SDET Intern - Pharmacy Technology

Walgreens • Deerfield, IL

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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 help 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 position is suited to someone who enjoys problem-solving, learning new technologies, writing code, experimenting with AI, and critically evaluating how software can fail and how those failures can be prevented. Responsibilities also include supporting strategy development for an assigned business unit, analyzing information and making recommendations, providing day-to-day support across Walgreens divisions, suggesting policy and process improvements, and potentially completing and presenting a project aligned with strategic priorities.

Walgreens was founded in 1901 and serves nearly 9 million customers and patients each day through approximately 8,500 stores in the U.S. and Puerto Rico. It has approximately 220,000 team members, including nearly 90,000 healthcare service providers, and aims to build trusted relationships that create healthier futures for customers, patients, team members, and communities. The role will remain open until filled. Applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered if qualified.

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-level skill in Microsoft Office Suite, including Word, PowerPoint, and Excel.
• 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.

Nice To Haves

• 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

• Contribute to strategy development activities 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 improvements and updates to policies and processes 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 AI-agent implementation for software quality workflows.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Intern