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IBM Off Campus Drive 2026 – full job details

The IBM Off Campus Drive 2026 opening sits inside IBM Consulting, the arm of the company that builds hybrid cloud and AI systems for enterprise clients. As an Associate Data Scientist you will solve business problems with open-source tooling such as Python, R and TensorFlow, layered on top of IBM’s own AI application suites. Day to day you prepare, analyse and interpret data so that stakeholders get usable insight rather than raw numbers.

A large slice of this role is Gen AI proof-of-concept work. IBM wants people who can show that a Gen AI code assistant is capable of refactoring, rewriting and documenting code across languages — COBOL to Java being the flagship example. That mix of classic statistics and modern generative tooling is what makes this listing unusual for a fresher-level position.

Key responsibilities

• Implement and validate predictive and prescriptive models, and maintain statistical models built on big data with machine learning techniques.
• Write programs that cleanse and integrate data in an efficient, reusable way.
• Build proof-of-concept solutions that demonstrate the feasibility of proposed AI systems, then iterate on them with development teams.
• Demonstrate Gen AI code-assistant capability for refactoring and documenting legacy code, particularly COBOL to Java migrations.
• Work in an Agile setting alongside scientists, engineers, consultants and database administrators.
• Talk to internal and external clients to understand business needs and pick the right modelling technique.
• Evaluate modelling results and explain them to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Document solution architectures, design decisions and lessons learned; produce technical white papers and best-practice guides.

IBM Off Campus Drive 2026 eligibility criteria

• Bachelor’s degree is the stated minimum; a Master’s degree is preferred.
• Strong programming ability in Python, plus exposure to AI frameworks — TensorFlow, PyTorch, Keras or Hugging Face.
• Working understanding of scikit-learn, Pandas, Matplotlib and similar libraries.
• Familiarity with at least one cloud platform.
• Knowledge of COBOL and Java is preferred, given the code-migration focus of the proof-of-concept work.
• Comfort explaining model behaviour, not just producing model output.

IBM has not published a batch restriction for this requisition, so recent graduates and candidates with up to roughly two years of experience are both in scope for the IBM Off Campus Drive 2026 hiring process.

Selection process & tips

IBM Consulting typically runs an online application screen, followed by a technical assessment or coding round, one or two technical interviews and an HR discussion. For a data science requisition, expect questions on regression and classification fundamentals, feature engineering, model evaluation metrics, and at least one open-ended case on how you would frame a business problem as a modelling problem.

Two things raise your odds here. First, have a project you can walk through end to end — data collection, cleaning, model choice, evaluation, and what you would do differently. Second, read up on Gen AI code assistants and legacy modernisation, because that theme runs right through this job description. Candidates who can discuss why a transformer-based assistant succeeds or fails at COBOL translation will stand out from those who only recite framework names.

How to apply for IBM Off Campus Drive 2026

Applications for the IBM Off Campus Drive 2026 are accepted only through the official IBM careers portal. Open the job listing for requisition 86123, sign in or create an IBM candidate profile, upload an updated resume, complete the profile questions and submit. Keep your resume to one or two pages and put your Python and machine learning projects near the top — recruiters screening a data science pipeline scan for tooling first.

You can reach the requisition directly on the official IBM careers page. There is no application fee at any stage. If you are also tracking other analytics openings this month, see our IBM Data Scientist Internship 2026 listing for the intern-level version of this role.

About IBM

IBM is one of the oldest and largest technology companies in the world, with a research history spanning mainframes, semiconductors, quantum computing and enterprise AI. In India it operates delivery and research centres across Bangalore, Pune, Hyderabad, Chennai, Kochi and Gurugram. IBM Consulting works with clients on hybrid cloud and AI transformation, supported by Red Hat and a network of strategic technology partners. For freshers, IBM is a common first employer because of its structured onboarding, internal certification paths and the breadth of client problems an early-career data scientist gets exposed to.