Software Engineer Intern

The Software Engineer Intern will support the design development and maintenance of scalable software solutions that enable enterprise data processing system integrations reporting capabilities and emerging intelligent automation features. This role contributes to the implementation of ETL workflows API-based integrations file-based data exchanges and backend services supporting business-critical applications. The intern may also assist in integrating AI-powered services into data workflows and APIs under the guidance of senior engineers.

In this role the intern will gain hands-on experience working in a production environment and contributing to real-world integration solutions. This opportunity offers meaningful exposure to Java Python SQL REST API development AWS cloud technologies and AI-assisted development practices while collaborating with experienced engineers in an Agile delivery environment.

This 10-week internship (June 1 - August 14 2026) will work thirty (30) hours per week to provide practical experience with modern software engineering practices within a fast-paced team-oriented setting.

Hourly rate: $20./hour.

What You Will Gain

• Hands-on experience with enterprise-scale ETL and data integration workflows
• Exposure to REST API design configuration and documentation best practices
• Practical experience with Java Python SQL and AWS cloud services
• Understanding of secure data exchange and production deployment processes
• Exposure to integrating AI-powered APIs into enterprise data processing and system integration workflows
• Experience working in an Agile team-based development environment
• Insight into delivering scalable client-facing technical solutions

Key Responsibilities

• Assist in the design development and maintenance of ETL pipelines and file-based data integration processes (imports/exports).
• Support the configuration testing and documentation of RESTful APIs for internal and external system integrations.
• Perform data mapping transformation and validation between source and target systems.
• Contribute to API endpoint configuration request/response handling and schema validation.
• Participate in debugging testing and troubleshooting integration and data workflow issues.
• Write and optimize SQL queries to support data extraction reporting and validation activities.
• Support reporting data extracts and data warehousing initiatives.
• Leverage AI-assisted development tools responsibly to improve productivity while adhering to coding standards documentation practices and secure data handling procedures.
• Collaborate with cross-functional engineering and product teams in an Agile development environment.

Education Required:

• Currently working toward a Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science Software Engineering Information Systems or other relevant technical discipline.

Qualifications Required:

• Foundational programming knowledge inJava or Python.
• Basic understanding of relational databases and SQL.
• Familiarity with REST APIs and web service concepts.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Effective communication and collaboration abilities.
• Ability to collaborate in our Tampa office on ahybrid schedule (Tuesday Wednesday Thursday).

Qualifications Preferred:

• Basic exposure to ETL concepts or data transformation workflows.
• Some experience writing SQL queries and working with relational databases (e.g. MySQL Oracle)
• Familiarity with JSON XML or similar structured data formats.
• Coursework or project experience involving APIs integrations or cloud platforms.
• Introductory exposure to artificial intelligence machine learning or generative AI concepts through coursework or projects.
• Familiarity with LLM-based APIs (e.g. Anthropic Claude Code OpenAI AWS Bedrock or similar generative AI services) is a plus.
• Introductory exposure to AWS services.

At MHK we help health plans and pharmacy benefit managers deliver optimal care management across every members health journey. We do this through state-of-the-art technology that provides critical insights from member enrollment and maintenance through every stage of care and compliance. We believe that long-term partnerships are built on trust. Our team members are expected to build trusted advisory relationshipswith MHK clients and one anotherthrough responsive transparent communication while honoring commitments and tying that trust to outcomes.

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