SDET Intern - Pharmacy Technology

Walgreens • Deerfield, IL

4d • $15 - $34

About The Position

As a Quality Engineer Intern, you will work alongside software engineers, product managers, architects, data/AI engineers, and experienced quality professionals to ensure pharmacy technology applications meet high standards for quality, reliability, performance, security, usability, and patient safety.

The role extends beyond traditional software testing, with opportunities to contribute to test automation, continuous quality engineering, AI-powered testing, and AI agents that support software quality, test generation, defect analysis, test execution, and other engineering workflows. The ideal candidate enjoys solving problems, learning new technologies, writing code, experimenting with AI, and critically considering how software can fail and how to prevent those failures.

Walgreens is a pharmacy, retail, and health services company founded in 1901. It serves nearly 9 million customers and patients each day through approximately 8,500 stores across the U.S. and Puerto Rico, and has approximately 220,000 team members, including nearly 90,000 healthcare service providers.

Requirements

• Currently enrolled in a bachelor's degree program with two semesters remaining upon the start date.
• Experience communicating through written reports and presenting information in a formal or classroom setting.
• Experience collaborating with teams.
• Basic skills in Microsoft Office Suite, including Word, PowerPoint, and Excel.

Nice To Haves

• Strong understanding of software engineering and software testing fundamentals.
• Programming knowledge or experience in Java and Python.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Familiarity with the software development lifecycle and Agile methodologies.
• Curiosity and willingness to learn new technologies quickly.
• Experience developing automated software tests.
• Experience with automation frameworks such as Selenium, Playwright, or Tosca.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.
• Coursework, projects, or experience involving Generative AI, LLMs, AI agents, machine learning, or natural-language processing.
• Experience or knowledge with LLM APIs and AI development frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Perform activities that contribute to the strategy development process for the assigned business unit.
• Use tools and resources to analyze information and make recommendations to support the business.
• Provide general day-to-day support across Walgreens divisions.
• Recommend policy and process improvements to leadership.
• Potentially deliver a project aligned with strategic priorities and present it to a manager or leadership upon completion.
• Work with software engineers, product managers, architects, data/AI engineers, and quality professionals to support the quality, reliability, performance, security, usability, and patient safety of pharmacy technology applications.
• Contribute to test automation, continuous quality engineering, AI-powered testing, and implementation of AI agents for software quality and engineering workflows.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Intern