Software 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 Software Engineer Intern, project involvement could include: Delivering customer centric solutions that incorporate desired capabilities, security, scalability, and performance Collaborating with your scrum team to design, develop, test, deploy, maintain and improve software and systems while also gaining cloud experience Solving interesting and complex problems to create a positive customer experience Partnering with architecture, technical engineers, and other roles on application design and architecture Aiding in improving operations, documenting and demonstrating solutions, and ensuring software is updated and secure Developing maintainable and high quality software by integrating automation tests and following standard processes as laid out by the team
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, Git, AWS
- Data visualization technologies - R, Business Objects, Informatica, PowerBI, SAS
- Automation tooling
- DevOps, Agile methodologies
Responsibilities
- Delivering customer centric solutions that incorporate desired capabilities, security, scalability, and performance
- Collaborating with your scrum team to design, develop, test, deploy, maintain and improve software and systems while also gaining cloud experience
- Solving interesting and complex problems to create a positive customer experience
- Partnering with architecture, technical engineers, and other roles on application design and architecture
- Aiding in improving operations, documenting and demonstrating solutions, and ensuring software is updated and secure
- Developing maintainable and high quality software by integrating automation tests and following standard processes as laid out by the team
Benefits
- Paid company holidays
- Time off required in your state
- Internship Stipend of $3,000
- Tax gross-up on this stipend as a financial benefit
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What This Job Offers
Career Level
Intern
Number of Employees
5,001-10,000 employees
