Software Engineer Internship - Charlotte, NC (Summer 2027)

Principal Financial Group is a purpose-led financial services and technology company that builds tools to improve customers' financial security. The Software Engineer Intern will contribute to customer-focused software projects in an Agile environment, collaborating with technical teams and stakeholders to design, develop, test, deploy, and maintain secure, scalable systems.

What you'll do:

• Delivering customer centric solutions that incorporate desired capabilities, security, scalability, and performance
• Collaborating with your scrum team to design, develop, test, deploy, maintain and improve software and systems while also gaining cloud experience
• Solving interesting and complex problems to create a positive customer experience
• Partnering with architecture, technical engineers, and other stakeholders on application design and architecture
• Aiding in improving operations, documenting and demonstrating solutions, and ensuring software is updated and secure
• Developing maintainable and high-quality software by integrating automation tests and following standard processes as laid out by the team

What they're looking for:

• You are currently pursuing or have completed an undergraduate degree program - in a preferred science, technology, engineering, or math-related field of study
• You are involved in student organizations on your respective campus, within the community, or have prior internship experience
• You have exceptional communication and organizational skills and a strong work ethic
• You have a passion for technology including technical curiosity and ability to think critically and solution for technology-based problems
• Leadership positions within student, work, or community organizations
• Previous IT internship or relevant work experience
• Proven continuous learning through certifications and/or other non-traditional learning paths
• Development in Java, Python, React, JavaScript, Git, AWS
• Data visualization technologies - R, Business Objects, Informatica, PowerBI, SAS
• Automation tooling
• DevOps, Agile methodologies
• Artificial Intelligence

Benefits:

• Opportunity to participate in a bonus program for non-sales positions
• Paid company holidays and any time off required in your state.
• A lump sum internship stipend of $4,000 to support incidental expenses incurred as part of the internship
• A tax gross-up on the $4,000 internship stipend as a financial benefit
• A formal leader and mentor to help guide you through the program
• Hands-on experiences with dedicated teams and mentors
• Opportunities to learn new skills
• Professional networking opportunities across a global Fortune 500 company
• Events such as the Executive Speaker Series
• Career direction