Intern - Software Developer

Location: Portland, ME, Washington DC, Chicago, IL, Boston, MA, Dallas, TX

About the Role

We are seeking a Software Engineer Intern on our Technology team, you will work in a team that partners closely with Product Managers and customers to learn about the challenges employers face while navigating the competitive employee benefits landscape.  You will support and help design solutions that solve problems in ways our customers love and work for our business.  You will build the highest quality software in the latest technologies and test driven development practices.

Our Summer Internship Program puts you in the heart of one of the most strategic Fin-Tech companies in the world. You will partner with multiple team members, collaborate with different departments, focus on specific projects, which you will support and even lead. Your expertise will help solve problems that may not even exist today. Our guidance and education throughout this journey will help build your confidence, expand your professional experiences and help improve your leadership skills. Our Program runs for approximately 13 weeks from the end of May to mid-August. Internships are paid and available for those seeking remote, hybrid, and onsite opportunities.

WEX hires the brightest, most talented individuals into our program. Many of our interns end up securing full-time positions or receive extended internship opportunities within the company after completing their initial program. If you perform well and align with our values, you might have the chance to kickstart your career with us.

How You’ll Make an Impact: 

Measure, inspect, and drive decisions using data.

Design, test, code, and instrument new solutions.

Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines using tools such as Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions.

Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using tools like Terraform.

Strengthen and drive our engineering process with TDD and BDD, Microservice and Vertical Slice Architectures.

Support live applications, promote proactive monitoring, rapid incident response, and continuous improvement.

Analyze existing systems and processes to identify bottlenecks and opportunities for improvements.

Mentor and learn from your peers, foster continuous learning within your team and organization.

Partner with and assist your peers on completing tasks.

Experience you'll bring:

Currently enrolled in Bachelor's program in, Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field;
You will be a rising Junior or Senior as of May 2025

Project work experience in software engineering.

Strong problem-solving skills, excellent communication and collaboration skills.

Experience C#, Python 

Passionate about keeping up with modern technologies and design.

Preferred Skills & Qualifications  

Modern RDBMS (i.e. MS SQL, Postgres)

ASP.NET RESTful API design

Modern Web UI Frameworks (i.e. Angular, React, Blazor)

Docker

Kafka / event-driven design

Terraform

Kubernetes

Helm/ArgoCD

GitHub Actions

NoSQL databases

GraphQL