Data Engineer Internship (Summer 2026)
About The Position
Our Technology & Engineering internship program offers opportunities for 95+ interns and has a strong reputation with over 20 years of history. You’ll work on real projects collaborating with a range of team members, including other interns through senior level management. We'll place you in a role customized to your expertise and interests, all while working in an Agile team environment. You'll be assigned a formal leader and mentor to help guide you through the program. This is an excellent opportunity to understand and learn more about Principal’s Technology Engineering culture. Operating at the intersection of financial services and technology, Principal builds financial tools that help our customers live better lives. We take pride in being a purpose-led firm, motivated by our mission to make financial security accessible to all. Our mission, integrity, and customer focus have made us a trusted leader for more than 140 years. As a Data Engineer Intern, project involvement could include: Leveraging software and technology skills to deliver on a variety of data solutions to advance data analysis and insights Conducting data engineering and analysis tasks to meet business requirements and improve efficiency Working with teammates and business partners to build technical solutions that are reusable, scalable, fast, and maintainable through datasets, both clean and un-clean. Solving a broad scope of data infrastructure/data pipeline related challenges and opportunities Combining data from multiple sources in an on-prem or cloud integration platform, data transformations, data virtualization and data visualization domains
Requirements
- You are currently pursuing or have completed an undergraduate degree program- in a preferred science, technology, engineering, or math-related field of study
- You are involved in student organizations on your respective campus, within the community or have prior internship experience
- You have exceptional communication and organizational skills and a strong work ethic
- You have a passion for technology which includes:
- Technical curiosity
- Ability to think critically and solution for technology-based problems
Nice To Haves
- Leadership positions within student, work or community organizations
- Past IT internship or work experience
- Consideration will be given to candidates that demonstrate continuous learning through certifications and other non traditional learning paths
- Technical experience with:
- Development in Java, Python, React, JavaScript, SQL,Git, AWS
- Data visualization technologies - R, Business Objects, Informatica, PowerBI, SAS
- Automation tooling
- DevOps, Agile methodologies
Responsibilities
- Leveraging software and technology skills to deliver on a variety of data solutions to advance data analysis and insights
- Conducting data engineering and analysis tasks to meet business requirements and improve efficiency
- Working with teammates and business partners to build technical solutions that are reusable, scalable, fast, and maintainable through datasets, both clean and un-clean.
- Solving a broad scope of data infrastructure/data pipeline related challenges and opportunities
- Combining data from multiple sources in an on-prem or cloud integration platform, data transformations, data virtualization and data visualization domains
Benefits
- Paid company holidays and any time off required in your state.
- You will receive a lump sum stipend of $3,000. This amount is intended to support incidental expenses you may incur as part of your internship. The Company will provide a tax gross-up on this stipend as a financial benefit, but is not intended to compensate for all tax liabilities.
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What This Job Offers
Career Level
Intern
Number of Employees
5,001-10,000 employees
