The Visual Communication lab at the IBM Center for Social Software is seeking software engineers to help us design, build and deploy the next generation of visualization-based applications. Our engineers work to solve critical problems in visualization, communication, collaboration, human-computer interaction, artificial intelligence, analytics, information retrieval and natural language processing.
Our group offers a friendly, vibrant and intellectually exciting environment with opportunity to have significant impact internally and externally, on IBM and academic research communities.
Software Engineer
Candidates should hold a B.S. or M.S. in Computer Science or a related field and should have skills in one or more of the following areas:
- Ability and interest in processing and analyze large quantities of data (e.g. analytics, natural language processing, social network analysis, information retrieval etc.) in support, or as part of, exciting visual representations.
- Design and development of new visualization techniques.
- Design and construction of web applications with rich user experiences. Some tools we currently use include: Ruby on Rails, jQuery, Java.
- Scalable system architecture and cloud deployment. Experience with Linux, Hadoop, relational databases and various key-value based stores a plus.
This is a full-time position and is based in Cambridge, MA. To apply, send your resume/CV via email to 
with the subject line "Software Engineer Position".
Research Staff Member
We are looking for a PhD-level researcher who is excited by data, visualization, and communication. A job candidate should have a history of designing and building innovative information visualizations. An emphasis on large-scale user participation (e.g. collaboration, crowdsourcing, social communication) and on evaluation of hypotheses about user behavior is a plus. A successful candidate will have published in one or more areas of information visualization, computer-supported cooperative work, and human-computer interaction.
This is a full-time position and is based in Cambridge, MA. If you are interested in applying, please send a CV and examples of your work to with the subject line "Research Staff Member Position".
IBM is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.