Software Engineer Intern - Mentored, Agile, Cloud

Principal Financial Group; Des Moines (IA); On-site; USD 39,000 - 41,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Internship stipend

Office in Des Moines HQ

Mentor program

Job summary

Principal Financial Group in Des Moines, IA offers a Software Engineer Intern role within a structured Technology & Engineering internship program. You will join an Agile team with a formal leader and mentor, working on real projects across multiple functions and cloud environments.

The program emphasizes collaboration, hands-on learning, and exposure to a Fortune 500 tech culture, with opportunities to develop core software and cloud skills alongside experienced engineers.

Qualifications

• Pursuing or completed an undergraduate degree in a STEM field.
• Active involvement in student organizations or prior internship experience.
• Excellent communication, organization, and work ethic.
• Passion for technology and problem solving in tech-focused contexts.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate in an Agile scrum team to design, develop, test, deploy and maintain software and systems.
• Gain cloud experience while delivering customer-centric solutions.
• Partner with architects and engineers on application design and architecture.
• Document, demo and ensure software is secure and well-operational.
• Develop maintainable software with automated tests following team processes.
• Contribute to improving operations and knowledge transfer.

Skills

Java

Python

React

JavaScript

DevOps

Agile methodologies

Artificial Intelligence

Tools

Git

AWS

PowerBI

Informatica

Business Objects

SAS

Job description

Principal Financial Group in Des Moines, IA offers a Software Engineer Intern role within a structured Technology & Engineering internship program. You will join an Agile team with a formal leader and mentor, working on real projects across multiple functions and cloud environments.

The program emphasizes collaboration, hands-on learning, and exposure to a Fortune 500 tech culture, with opportunities to develop core software and cloud skills alongside experienced engineers.