Intern Engineering

Compeer Financial is a member-owned cooperative that provides financial services supporting agriculture and rural communities. The Engineering Intern will gain practical experience building and operating modern digital solutions within a cross-functional product team, contributing to software design, development, testing, automation, deployment, support, and continuous improvement under the guidance of experienced engineers.

What you'll do:

• Own Engineering Delivery by completing well-defined engineering assignments under guidance, with attention to quality, security, reliability, maintainability, supportability, testing, documentation, and established engineering standards
• Develop Technical Foundations and Learning Agility by applying software engineering fundamentals while learning the team's technologies, domain concepts, and modern cloud-native, DevSecOps, automated testing, CI/CD, observability, and delivery practices
• Demonstrates curiosity, actively seeks coaching, experiments responsibly within established guardrails, and rapidly applies feedback and new knowledge
• Uses AI-enabled engineering tools and practices, Agentic AI patterns, and AI agents with appropriate supervision to accelerate learning and improve productivity and quality while validating results, protecting sensitive information, and maintaining human accountability
• Connect Engineering to Business Outcomes by developing an understanding of product goals, client needs, business priorities, and how assigned engineering work contributes to team objectives and meaningful business value. Begins building a trusted, value-added partner mindset by listening to comprehend, asking thoughtful questions, offering relevant observations, and reliably following through on commitments
• Strengthen Team Effectiveness by actively participating in Agile ceremonies, technical discussions, code reviews, testing, documentation, operational support, root-cause learning, and continuous improvement
• Demonstrates resilience by adapting to feedback and changing priorities, learning from mistakes and setbacks, and persisting through routine technical challenges
• Collaborate Across Teams by building productive and trusted working relationships with engineers, quality engineers, product managers, architects, platform engineers, UX designers, and business partners
• Build Personal Capability by actively seeking coaching, reflecting on experiences, rapidly applying feedback and new knowledge, sharing learning, and demonstrating accountability for growth
• Contributes to an inclusive, positive, and engaging environment where team members take the work seriously, enjoy working together, and recognize progress and success while preparing for potential progression into an Associate Engineer role

What they're looking for:

• Currently pursuing a Bachelor or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, Information Technology, or a related technical discipline
• Completion of coursework in programming, software engineering fundamentals, algorithms, data structures, or comparable technical subjects
• Experience developing software through academic coursework, personal projects, hackathons, research, open-source contributions, or comparable learning experiences
• Demonstrated learning agility through curiosity, active feedback seeking, rapid application of new technical concepts, and adaptation of approaches to solve problems
• Experience with one or more modern programming languages or development frameworks
• Exposure to cloud-native application development concepts and one or more cloud platforms
• Familiarity with Git-based source control and Agile software development
• Exposure to automated testing, CI/CD pipelines, DevSecOps, or observability practices
• Ability to develop clean, maintainable, and well-tested software while working under appropriate guidance and established engineering practices
• Ability to analyze routine technical problems, ask effective questions, and apply foundational engineering principles to identify solutions
• Ability to responsibly use AI-enabled engineering tools and practices, Agentic AI patterns, and AI agents with appropriate supervision while applying critical thinking, validating outputs, protecting sensitive information, maintaining human accountability, and following engineering standards
• Ability to demonstrate learning agility by actively seeking and applying feedback, rapidly acquiring new knowledge, experimenting within appropriate guardrails, reflecting on outcomes, and continuously improving technical and professional capabilities

Benefits:

• Hybrid model – up to 50% work from home
• Flexible schedules including ample flexibility in the summer months
• This is a paid internship
• Business related transportation and expenses will be paid by the organization