Software Engineer Internship – Technology Health Plan

Whats Application Development in our Technology Division At a time when technology is creating new business models disrupting industries and creating valuable experiences for consumers our role as technology team members must elevate an organization through innovative transformation modernized technology and delivery of new business strategies including an aim to continuously evolve and enhance the customer experience. As an intern youll contribute to real-world projects involving application modernization user experience and process improvement.

What projects might I support Although subject to change examples of projects you will be contributing to include:

• Support the conversion and modernization of existing SOAP/REST APIs gaining hands-on experience with application architecture integrations and modern development practices.
• Identify and implement enhancements to existing user interfaces to improve usability functionality and the overall user experience.
• Design build and test new features and functionality within existing user interfaces based on business and user needs.
• Contribute to modernization initiatives by evaluating existing application components and assisting with updates that improve maintainability functionality and user experience.
• Help design and develop a new tool to support data comparison or mapping including defining requirements building functionality and testing the solution.
• Learn the medical product configuration process and contribute to opportunities to improve or streamline supporting tools workflows or processes.

Ready to bring your strengths to Wellmark Review the qualifications below and submit your application if this internship aligns with your skills and interests.

This internship will start in May of 2027 working a hybrid schedule from our headquarters in Des Moines.

Qualifications :

• Current junior or senior pursuing a bachelors degree or current masters student in Computer Science Management Information Systems Software Engineering Information Technology Data Science or a related technical field
• Foundational knowledge of software development technologies such as typescript REST API AWS native API enabling technology NODE and software development life cycle  
• Strong analytical problem-solving skills. Accuracy and high attention to detail and self-starter.
• Ability to troubleshoot and develop creative technical solutions.
• Demonstrated computer skills with software development tools (preferably a version of Visual Studio) and Microsoft Office products (Word Access PowerPoint and Excel)
• Excellent writing and communication skills

Preferred:

Prior work experience in an office environment or internship

Additional Information :

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

An Equal Opportunity Employer

The policy of Wellmark Blue Cross Blue Shield is to recruit hire train and promote individuals in all job classifications without regard to race color religion sex national origin age veteran status disability sexual orientation gender identity or any other characteristic protected by law.

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At this time Wellmark is not considering applicants for this position that require any type of immigration sponsorship (additional work authorization or permanent work authorization) now or in the future to work in the United States. This includes but IS NOT LIMITED TO: F1-OPT F1-CPT H-1B TN L-1 J-1 etc. For additional information around work authorization needs please refer to the following resources:Nonimmigrant Workers and Green Card for Employment-Based Immigrants 

Wellmark supports and expects the responsible use of AI for our workforce! We welcome the responsible use of these tools by job seekers as well and are interested in learning from you; you will have an opportunity in the application process to share which tools you used and how you applied them. 

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Intern