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What’s the User Experience team in our Technology Division? At a time when technology is creating new business models, disrupting industries and creating valuable experiences for consumers, our role as technology team members must elevate an organization through innovative transformation, modernized technology and delivery of new business strategies, including an aim to continuously evolve and enhance the customer experience. The User Experience Team designs intuitive, accessible, and user-centered experiences that help customers achieve their goals efficiently. Through research, design, engineering, testing, and collaboration, the team ensures products are both functional and engaging. What projects might I support? Although subject to change, examples of projects you will be contributing to include: • Provide day to day experiences of collaboration and partnership with various leaders and team members; focus on small scale deliverables, building interpersonal relationships, exposure to cross divisional elements of the Wellmark organization  • Assist with the management and troubleshooting of multiple applications in support of Wellmark's systems • In collaboration with application operations, assist and work with Technology and business stakeholders to troubleshoot and provide production support to research and find root cause for systems errors • Develop business knowledge of the application necessary to effectively provide support maintenance • Participate in the development of complex UI artifacts used by multiple development teams • Maintain documentation and code examples which describe usage and best practices • Work closely with UX Designers, Engineers, and other stakeholders to ensure user experience is integral part of creation process from start to finish • Collaborate in a team environment with shared code; disciplined use of source code control and process documentation. Ready to bring your strengths to Wellmark? Here’s what’s next! Review the qualifications below. If the position is a match with your passion and interests, submit your application today! This internship will start in May of 2027, working a hybrid schedule from our headquarters in Des Moines. • Current junior, senior or master’s student pursing a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, MIS, or related field. • Experience or knowledge of software development technologies (Angular, NodeJS, TypeScript, C++, .NET, Java, or SQL). • Strong analytical problem-solving skills. Accuracy and high attention to detail and self-starter. • Ability to troubleshoot and develop creative technical solutions. • Demonstrated computer skills with Microsoft Office products (Word, Access, PowerPoint and Excel). • Ability to gather information, perform necessary research needed for root cause analysis, problem definition and formulation, recommend solution using data to support recommendations. • Excellent writing and communication skills to communicate with all levels of the organization. • Ability to thrive in fast-paced environment with changing priorities. Excellent organizational skills. Strong time management skills with the ability to set and meet established timeframes with little direction, while assuring data and information integrity. Preferred: • Prior work experience in an office environment or internship. • Experience in software development lifecycle methodologies. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines. An Equal Opportunity Employer The policy of Wellmark Blue Cross Blue Shield is to recruit, hire, train and promote individuals in all job classifications without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other characteristic protected by law. Applicants requiring a reasonable accommodation due to a disability at any stage of the employment application process should contact us at careers@wellmark.com Please inform us if you meet the definition of a " Covered DoD official ". At this time, Wellmark is not considering applicants for this position that require any type of immigration sponsorship (additional work authorization or permanent work authorization) now or in the future to work in the United States. This includes, but IS NOT LIMITED TO: F1-OPT, F1-CPT, H-1B, TN, L-1, J-1, etc. For additional information around work authorization needs please refer to the following resources: Nonimmigrant Workers and Green Card for Employment-Based Immigrants Wellmark supports and expects the responsible use of AI for our workforce! We welcome the responsible use of these tools by job seekers as well and are interested in learning from you; you will have an opportunity in the application process to share which tools you used and how you applied them.

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What projects might I support? Although subject to change, examples of projects you will be contributing to include:
Assist with the management and troubleshooting of multiple applications in support of Wellmark's systems
In collaboration with application operations, assist and work with Technology and business stakeholders to troubleshoot and provide production support to research and find root cause for systems errors
Develop business knowledge of the application necessary to effectively provide support maintenance
Participate in the development of complex UI artifacts used by multiple development teams
Maintain documentation and code examples which describe usage and best practices
Work closely with UX Designers, Engineers, and other stakeholders to ensure user experience is integral part of creation process from start to finish
Collaborate in a team environment with shared code; disciplined use of source code control and process documentation.
Ready to bring your strengths to Wellmark? Here’s what’s next! Review the qualifications below. If the position is a match with your passion and interests, submit your application today!
This internship will start in May of 2027, working a hybrid schedule from our headquarters in Des Moines.
Current junior, senior or master’s student pursing a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, MIS, or related field.
Experience or knowledge of software development technologies (Angular, NodeJS, TypeScript, C++, .NET, Java, or SQL).
Strong analytical problem-solving skills. Accuracy and high attention to detail and self-starter.
Ability to troubleshoot and develop creative technical solutions.
Demonstrated computer skills with Microsoft Office products (Word, Access, PowerPoint and Excel).
Ability to gather information, perform necessary research needed for root cause analysis, problem definition and formulation, recommend solution using data to support recommendations.
Excellent writing and communication skills to communicate with all levels of the organization.

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Prior work experience in an office environment or internship.
Experience in software development lifecycle methodologies.
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
An Equal Opportunity Employer
Applicants requiring a reasonable accommodation due to a disability at any stage of the employment application process should contact us at careers@wellmark.com
Please inform us if you meet the definition of a " Covered DoD official ".

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