Software Engineering Intern - Identity

Transcarent

21h

About The Position

About the Identity Team:
The Identity team owns the core services that power how members and workforce users securely access Transcarent experiences. This includes:
Member Identity Services – login, registration, account recovery, and management of member identifiers across systems (user IDs, person IDs, membership IDs, etc.).
Workforce Identity Services – corporate identity and accounts for employees and partners using platforms like Okta and Ping
SSO and Federation – inbound and outbound SSO for member apps and integrations with customers and partners.
The team builds and operates secure, highly available backend services and APIs running in modern cloud infrastructure, integrating with Okta, Ping Identity, and related tooling.
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What you’ll do:
Work on projects that impact the business and contribute directly to Transcarent’s mission of better health and care by making it easy and safe for members and employees to sign in and access our products.
Help design, build, and test features in our Identity and Access Management services, including login, registration, account recovery, and SSO/federation workflows for member and workforce users.
Contribute to backend services that integrate with Ping and AWS/GCP infrastructure, focusing on reliability, performance, and security.
Support projects around environment and tooling for our identity platform (e.g., improving non-prod and sandbox environments, automation, and observability) to enable safe, repeatable changes.
Participate in the full engineering lifecycle: design discussions, code reviews, writing tests, monitoring services, and responding to issues as part of an on-call/support culture.
Collaborate with engineers across web, mobile, platform, data, and security teams to deliver secure and delightful sign-in experiences.
You’ll gain exposure to how a real engineering team works, from sprint planning to shipping code, and you’ll have a formal mentor on the Identity team guiding you throughout your internship period.
What we’re looking for:
Currently pursuing a degree in Computer Science or a related field.
Proficiency in at least one modern programming language such as Go, Java, Python, or TypeScript
Interest in security, compliance, and privacy and how those shape real-world identity platforms.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Strong problem-solving skills & attention to detail
Willingness to learn and adapt in a fast-paced environment
Nice to have
Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure)
Exposure to identity platforms such as Okta, Ping Identity / PingOne, Auth0, or AWS IAM / IAM Identity Center
Understanding of CI/CD pipelines, and Git-based workflows.
About Our Internship Program
We're excited to offer a hands-on internship experience designed to give you real-world exposure and meaningful work from day one. Our summer program runs May 26 – August 14, giving you a structured, full-season experience alongside talented teams across the business. We're looking for curious, driven individuals who are eager to learn, contribute, and grow. If that sounds like you, we'd love to hear from you!
Program Details:
Duration: May 26 – August 14
Compensation: Competitive hourly rate (role dependent) we do not provide relocation assistance
Benefits: Internship roles are not eligible for Full-Time employee benefits
Work Authorization: Candidates must be independently authorized to work in the U.S. — we are unable to provide sponsorship or work authorization for this position
Who we are
Transcarent is the One Place for Health and Careᵀᴹ, bringing medical, pharmacy, and point solutions together with the WayFindingᵀᴹ experience, the first and only generative AI-powered health and care platform for health consumers. Our WayFinding experience, paired with transparent and consumer-driven pharmacy care, 2nd.MD expert medical opinions, and virtual primary care, works seamlessly with comprehensive Care Experiences – Cancer Care, Surgery Care, and Weight Health – to support people with all of their health needs, simple or serious. More than 1,700 employers and health plans rely on us to provide information, guidance, and care, empowering health consumers with more choice, an experience they love, access to higher-quality care, and lower costs for 21 million Members. For more information, visit transcarent.com, and follow us on LinkedIn.
At Transcarent, our values guide everything we do:
People First: We prioritize our Members, clients, and each other in every decision
Care: Every decision starts with improving health and care for our Members
Resilience: We push boundaries and take the uncharted path to change an industry
Results: We take ownership, solve with speed, and deliver for our people and each other
Humble and Human: We lead with humility, bring fun to tough moments, and go further together
Total Rewards
Individual compensation packages are based on a few different factors unique to each candidate, including primary work location and an evaluation of a candidate’s skills, experience, market demands, and internal equity.
Salary is just one component of Transcarent's total package. All regular employees are also eligible for the corporate bonus program or a sales incentive (target included in OTE) as well as stock options.
Our benefits and perks programs include, but are not limited to:
Competitive medical, dental, and vision coverage
Competitive 401(k) Plan with a generous company match
Flexible Time Off/Paid Time Off, 13 paid holidays
Protection Plans including Life Insurance, Disability Insurance, and Supplemental Insurance
Mental Health and Wellness benefits
Transcarent is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. If you are a person with a disability and require assistance during the application process, please don’t hesitate to reach out!
Research shows that candidates from underrepresented backgrounds often don’t apply unless they meet 100% of the job criteria. While we have worked to consolidate the minimum qualifications for each role, we aren’t looking for someone who checks each box on a page; we’re looking for active learners and people who care about disrupting the current health and care with their unique experiences.

Requirements

• Currently pursuing a degree in Computer Science or a related field.
• Proficiency in at least one modern programming language such as Go, Java, Python, or TypeScript
• Interest in security, compliance, and privacy and how those shape real-world identity platforms.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong problem-solving skills & attention to detail
• Willingness to learn and adapt in a fast-paced environment

Nice To Haves

• Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure)
• Exposure to identity platforms such as Okta, Ping Identity / PingOne, Auth0, or AWS IAM / IAM Identity Center
• Understanding of CI/CD pipelines, and Git-based workflows.

Responsibilities

• Work on projects that impact the business and contribute directly to Transcarent’s mission of better health and care by making it easy and safe for members and employees to sign in and access our products.
• Help design, build, and test features in our Identity and Access Management services, including login, registration, account recovery, and SSO/federation workflows for member and workforce users.
• Contribute to backend services that integrate with Ping and AWS/GCP infrastructure, focusing on reliability, performance, and security.
• Support projects around environment and tooling for our identity platform (e.g., improving non-prod and sandbox environments, automation, and observability) to enable safe, repeatable changes.
• Participate in the full engineering lifecycle: design discussions, code reviews, writing tests, monitoring services, and responding to issues as part of an on-call/support culture.
• Collaborate with engineers across web, mobile, platform, data, and security teams to deliver secure and delightful sign-in experiences.

Benefits

• Competitive medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Competitive 401(k) Plan with a generous company match
• Flexible Time Off/Paid Time Off, 13 paid holidays
• Protection Plans including Life Insurance, Disability Insurance, and Supplemental Insurance
• Mental Health and Wellness benefits

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Intern
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees