Software Engineer Internship; Summer at Principal Financial Group- Corporate Headquarters

Software Engineer Internship (Summer 2026)

Our Technology & Engineering internship program offers opportunities for 95+ interns and has a strong reputation with over 20 years of history. You’ll work on real projects collaborating with a range of team members, including other interns through senior level management. We'll place you in a role customized to your expertise and interests, all while working in an Agile team environment.

You'll be assigned a formal leader and mentor to help guide you through the program. This is an excellent opportunity to understand and learn more about Principal’s Technology Engineering culture.

Operating at the intersection of financial services and technology, Principal builds financial tools that help our customers live better lives. We take pride in being a purpose-led firm, motivated by our mission to make financial security accessible to all. Our mission, integrity, and customer focus have made us a trusted leader for more than 140 years.

As a Software Engineer Intern, project involvement could include:

• 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 roles 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

Who You Are

• 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 which includes:
• Ability to think critically and solution for technology-based problems

Skills That Will Help You Stand Out

• Leadership positions within student, work or community organizations
• Past IT internship or work experience
• Consideration will be given to candidates that demonstrate continuous learning through certifications and other non traditional learning paths
• Technical experience with:
  • Development in Java, Python, React, JavaScript, Git, AWS
  • Data visualization technologies - R, Business Objects, Informatica, Power
    
    BI, SAS
  • Automation tooling
  • Dev Ops, Agile methodologies

Salary Range Information
Salary ranges below reflect targeted base salaries. Non-sales positions have the opportunity to participate in a bonus program. Sales positions are eligible for sales incentives, and in some instances a bonus plan, whereby total compensation may far exceed base salary depending on individual performance. Actual compensation for all roles will be based upon geographic location, work experience, education, licensure requirements and/or skill level and will be finalized at the time of offer.

Salary Range (Non-Exempt expressed as hourly; Exempt expressed as yearly)

$28 - $30 / hour

Time Off Program

Paid company holidays and any time off required in your state.

Pension Eligible

No

Our Internship Culture

Join an established program that provides hands‑on experiences for 200+ interns each year! You'll learn new skills with dedicated teams and mentors, build your professional network and collaborate across a global Fortune 500 company. We care about offering you diverse experiences and exciting challenges that push you to reach for bigger life goals, all while enjoying our flexibility and work life balance.

Join us for events such as our Executive Speaker Series, gain career direction, and much more.

Internship Stipend

You will receive a lump sum stipend of $3,000. This amount is intended to support incidental expenses you may incur as part of your internship. The Company will provide a tax gross‑up…