Intern Software Engineer at Internships with Zinnia

WHO WE ARE:

Zinnia is the leading technology platform for accelerating life and annuities growth. With innovative enterprise solutions and data insights, Zinnia simplifies the experience of buying, selling, and administering insurance products. All of which enables more people to protect their financial futures. Our success is driven by a commitment to three core values: be bold, team up, deliver value – and that we do. Zinnia has over $180 billion in assets under administration, serves 100+ carrier clients, 2500 distributors and partners, and over 2 million policyholders.

WHO YOU ARE:

Are you pursuing a degree in Computer Science or a related technical field?  Are you hungry and excited to learn new and emerging technologies? Are you excited to grow your skill set and your processional network? Then we want you!

WHAT YOU’LL DO:

• As a member of development team, you will work on everything from highly available micro services, platform features, to back-end systems using the hottest techniques using Springboot, Kafka, AWS cloud services, and other open-source frameworks. You will be working in a fast-paced agile environment on daily basis contributing with other developers to design and build new features, make performance improvements, prototype solutions and build scalable services to enable exceptional customer experience.
• Work with agile development methodologies, adhering to best practices and pursuing continued learning opportunities
• Build high volume and highly scalable online services
• Have first hand experience building distributed ledger / blockchain based enterprise solution – a first in the industry
• Excel in a fast-paced, startup-like environment, quick learner
• Stay on top of rapidly growing technologies and engineering trends to continuously extend and improve our stack
• Strong problem-solving ability and familiarity with at-least one object-oriented language
• Develop new features and infrastructure development in support of rapidly emerging business and project requirements
• Design Solutions to meet Zinnia platform requirements
• Collaborate with team members for new development, pair programming, code reviews and design discussions
• Assist our teams in providing ongoing support, troubleshooting, improvements, or custom enhancements to existing platforms.

WHAT YOU’LL NEED:  

• Pursuing a degree in Computer Science or a related technical field, ideally graduating between December 2024 and August 2026
• Excellent implementation skills in an OOP language (We mostly use Java and C++)
• Fast learner who picks up new technologies quickly
• Ability to work productively in a collaborative team environment
• Comfortable working within a fast-paced environment
• Familiar with at least one of the following languages: Java, Python, Go, C++, or JavaScript
• Ability to easily move between backend and frontend technologies
• Openness to new technologies and creative solutions
• Practical knowledge of data structures and algorithms with equivalent development skills to match
• Great communication, interpersonal, and critical thinking skills
• Excellent work ethic. Ability to work and travel independently. Advanced strategic thinking skills
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BONUS POINTS:  

• Strong debugging and problem-solving skills to resolve and mitigate issues quickly
• Experience working with RDBMS and NoSQL databases
• Exposure to AWS or Cloud Services
• Experience using IDE (Visual Studio, Eclipse, etc.)
• Familiarity with version control system (git, svn etc)
• Familiarity to Functional programming (i.e., Haskell, Scala, F#)

WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU?  

Zinnia offers excellent career progression and competitive compensation. We’re looking for the best and brightest innovators in the industry to join our team. At Zinnia, you collaborate with smart, creative professionals who are dedicated to delivering cutting-edge technologies, deeper data insights, and enhanced services to transform how insurance is done. Visit our website at www.zinnia.com for more information. Apply by completing the online application on the careers section of our website.  We are an Equal Opportunity employer committed to a diverse workforce. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability. 

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