Application Development Intern - Application Development

An internship with American Family Insurance is a great opportunity to build your skillset and explore your career interests. Our summer student internship is a 10 to 14 week program that starts in mid to late May and ends in August.

During your internship, you'll work on impactful projects that make a difference at our company, with our customers, and in our communities. You'll also gain exposure to different areas of our business and have numerous opportunities for networking and coaching.

Interns may be eligible for a one-time hiring bonus to assist with housing costs depending upon proximity to an AmFam office location.

Compensation Minimum: $25.00

As an Application Development intern, you will code and work on projects in IT that support our sales organization.

Responsibilities

• Develop an understanding of our business, corporate culture and structure to support your work.
• Contribute creative ideas and strategic approaches in response to changing situations.
• Collaborate with software engineers, product teams, and business partners on technology solutions that support Personal Lines Sales IT
• Design, develop, test, and maintain web applications that assist customers in writing new insurance policies for auto and home lines of business
• Work with a full stack development team to build responsive, scalable, and user-friendly applications
• Use Java, React JS, HTML, CSS, and JavaScript to support application development efforts
• Participate in agile team ceremonies, including standups, sprint planning, and retrospectives
• Use Git for version control and collaborate effectively with team members
• Troubleshoot issues, debug code, and help improve application performance, quality, and reliability
• Write clean, maintainable, and well-documented code
• Apply software engineering best practices, including testing, secure coding, and collaborative development standards
• Contribute creative ideas and strategic approaches in response to changing situations and team needs
• Build relationships through networking, coaching, and exposure to different areas of the business

Requirements

• Must be in student status at an accredited 4-year college or university during the internship, graduating August 2027 or later; however, for this role, we strongly prefer candidates graduating in August 2027, December 2027, or May 2028.
• Must be pursuing a Bachelors, Masters, or PhD. Major/program must align with internship role--for this role, Computer Science or related.
• Familiarity with React or other modern front-end frameworks
• Experience using Git or other version control tools
• Exposure to web application development, APIs, testing, or debugging practices
• Participation in hackathons, coding clubs, team projects, or open-source activities
• Experience with Java, including coursework, academic projects, or hands-on development using object-oriented programming concepts to build, test, and support applications

Additional Information

• To ensure a strong start, all employees participate in our New Employee Orientation during their first week. This experience is held in person at our Madison, WI Headquarters or one of our AmFam core locations to help you connect with our mission, meet key team members and build relationships that support your growth. At times, sessions may be delivered virtually based on scheduling and availability.
• Offer to selected candidate will be made contingent on the results of applicable background checks
• Offer to selected candidate is contingent on signing a non-disclosure agreement for proprietary information, trade secrets, and inventions
• Sponsorship will not be considered for this position unless specified in the posting

Due to the nature of this role, we are unable to consider candidates who may require visa sponsorship.

Work Location:

This role may be considered for a Full-Time Hybrid work arrangement based on the selected candidate's location. Work locations for this role include Madison, WI or Boston, MA.

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We provide benefits that support your physical, emotional, and financial wellbeing. You will have access to comprehensive medical, dental, vision and wellbeing benefits that enable you to take care of your health. We also offer a competitive 401(k) contribution, a pension plan, an annual incentive, 9 paid holidays and a paid time off program (23 days accrued annually for full-time employees). In addition, our student loan repayment program and paid-family leave are available to support our employees and their families. Interns and contingent workers are not eligible for American Family Insurance Group benefits.

We are an equal opportunity employer. It is our policy to comply with all applicable federal, state and local laws pertaining to non-discrimination, non-harassment and equal opportunity. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law.

American Family Insurance is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. If a reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please email AskHR@AmFam.com to request a reasonable accommodation.

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