2025 Technology Summer Internship Program - Group Benefits Solution Technology - Engineer

 Job Requisition ID: 91081 

Location Designation: Hybrid - 3 days per week 

Group Benefit Solutions delivers comprehensive insurance and absence management solutions for mid-sized and large companies. Our work fosters a healthier, happier, and more secure workforce, contributing to New York Life’s legacy of being there when we’re needed most. Here, you'll design, implement, and support these solutions directly impacting employees’ lives. At our core, we provide financial security and peace of mind to people through our absence, accident, disability, voluntary benefits, and life insurance solutions. Click here to learn more about Group Benefits solutions.

Shape your future with a dynamic internship experience at New York Life. We offer opportunities across a variety of exciting businesses, including Actuarial, AI & Data, Finance, Investments, Technology, Underwriting, and more. Your internship journey is designed to challenge you through hands-on work experience that will equip you with valuable skills you can use anywhere. You will build your network through collaboration and connection with talented interns and experienced employees through team-building activities, mentorship programs, and fun social events. By the end of your internship, you'll be equipped with new skills and a network that will propel you forward in your career journey.

Role Overview:

Technology Summer Interns join us for 11 weeks in our Philadelphia office. You will have an opportunity to explore potential career paths while working on real-life projects across supporting the Group Benefits Solutions Technology organization and gain the valuable experience essential for you to take the next step in starting your career. Our world is full of opportunities to collaborate, imagine, invent, and evolve transformative technology.

You’ll also expand your skills through hands-on training and development opportunities – all designed to prepare you for a successful career after graduation.

Here, you’ll be part of a strong network and learn alongside a group of highly motivated peers just like yourself. It’s a collaborative environment full of learning opportunities designed to help you evolve your skills, challenge your strengths, and reach your full potential. You’ll also build mentoring relationships, have access to senior leadership, and gain exposure across the company.

What You’ll Do:

Engineering interns will support on one of our agile release trains and will focus on either: Performance and Quality, Software Development, or AWS Cloud Operations Engineering

Role: Performance and Quality Engineer 

Description:

The Performance and Quality Engineer supports the agile release train ensuring quality code delivery which meet business acceptance criteria.  The intern will support the system testing team through documentation of performance test activities, learn industry standards, and assist with scripts execution.  Through this experience they will gain valuable experience with agile delivery methodology and system testing.

Role: Development Engineer

Description:

The Development Engineer will support the lead system architect in an agile release train. Activities may include:

• Align with system architect on GBS engineering best practices
• Collaborate with System Architect to provide input into system design and development approach
• Participate in problem management during initial phases (warranty period) after project implementation
• Partner with product owners to understand user story acceptance criteria and to provide accurate story point estimations and sizing
• Coordinate code reviews prior to source control merge requests
• Review static code analysis and security reports and provides guidance to team members to address findings and works with product owners and scrum masters on corresponding PI/sprint plan adjustments
• Participate in creation and maintenance of Confluence pages to share information about products produced by the team
• Support code packaging and deployment strategy for a given initiative
• Support scrum team in warranty defect triage sessions

Role: AWS Cloud Operations Engineer 

Description:

The AWS Cloud Operations Engineer will support the lead site reliability engineer in the deployment, configuration, and maintenance of AWS-based cloud infrastructure, including EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, and other AWS services. Activities may include:

• Monitor the performance, availability, and security of cloud systems and applications.
• Help implement and maintain cloud automation scripts (e.g., using AWS CloudFormation, Terraform, or similar tools).
• Collaborate with the DevOps and Cloud Operations teams to troubleshoot and resolve infrastructure issues.
• Assist in configuring and managing cloud monitoring and alerting systems (e.g., AWS CloudWatch).
• Participate in cloud resource provisioning, cost optimization, and performance tuning activities.
• Support the documentation of processes, configurations, and best practices for cloud infrastructure management.
• Participate in cloud security audits, ensuring compliance with organizational standards and industry best practices.
• Contribute to various cloud operations projects, gaining exposure to enterprise-level cloud solutions.

What You’ll Bring: An innovative mindset and the ability to challenge the status quo while exhibiting excellent problem-solving, communication, interpersonal and analytical skills.

Required Skills:

You must be a rising senior or graduate student studying towards a Bachelor’s or master’s degree in business, Economics, Computer Science, Engineering, Cyber Security or other related major with a keen interest in the financial services industry, along with documenting IT solution requirements (business, functional and/or technical), and strong technical knowledge.

Preferred Skills:

• You have a minimum GPA of 3.2.
• You possess excellent problem-solving, communication, interpersonal and analytical skills.

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Pay Transparency

Salary range: $30 - $35 / hour 

Overtime eligible: Nonexempt 

Discretionary bonus eligible: No 

Sales bonus eligible: No 

Actual base salary will be determined based on several factors but not limited to individual’s experience, skills, qualifications, and job location. Additionally, employees are eligible for an annual discretionary bonus. In addition to base salary, employees may also be eligible to participate in an incentive program.

Actual base salary within that range will be determined by several components including but not limited to the individual's experience, skills, qualifications, and job location. In addition to base salary, employees may also be eligible to participate in an incentive program.

Our Benefits 

We provide a full package of benefits for employees – and have unique offerings for a modern workforce, including leave programs, adoption assistance, and student loan repayment programs. Based on feedback from our employees, we continue to refine and add benefits to our offering, so that you can flourish both inside and outside of work. Click here to discover more about our comprehensive benefit options or visit our NYL Benefits Site.

Our Diversity Promise 

We believe in a diverse workforce because it is our mission to advocate for the financial security and success of people in every community. This is why diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) are guiding principles that are embedded in our brand and our culture. Click here to learn more about how we have been recognized for our leadership.

Recognized as one of Fortune’s World’s Most Admired Companies, New York Life is committed to improving local communities through a culture of employee giving and volunteerism, supported by the Foundation. We're proud that due to our mutuality, we operate in the best interests of our policy owners. To learn more about career opportunities at New York Life, please visit the Careers page of www.NewYorkLife.com.