Software Engineering Intern

Looking for an internship program where you'll make a real difference – rather than just completing busy work? Then you've come to the right place. The Cigna Group's Summer Internship Program is designed to provide a diverse workload best suited for a well-rounded skill set. You will be assigned projects that have a lasting impact on our business, touching millions of people across the globe. 

As an intern, you'll get an inside look at your desired field, while working next to some of the best in the industry. Program activities, including an executive speaker series, volunteer events, and career development workshops, provide the opportunity to network with employees across the organization and prepare you for a full-time career.

About Cigna:

Cigna, a wholly owned subsidiary of Cigna Corporation, is seeking 2022 summer interns who have a passion for using software to solve challenging problems. We aim to improve affordability of healthcare, reduce provider burden, and improve administrative efficiency.  Cigna’s objective is to drive significant improvements in healthcare by leveraging our composition of clinical, pharmaceutical, demographic and behavioral data, and analytics solutions to make healthcare more simple, affordable, and predictable. Our charge is to identify and break down barriers to care, enabling our most vulnerable and underserved populations to live their best life.  Be a part of our purpose-driven organization and be on the frontier of something great!

Where You’ll Work:

The Software Engineering Intern will join a dynamic Boston based team developing technological solutions to solve some of healthcare’s most challenging problems in the arena of insurance prior authorization – the crux of how healthcare payments function and arguably the biggest burden facing physicians.  Working with other interns, more senior engineers, product managers, clinicians, and stakeholders, the software engineering intern will contribute to the development of enterprise software utilizing and learning software languages and technologies such as Java, Kubernetes, Helm, Docker, CI/CD, Azure, and Kafka within an Agile development framework.  Working within the insurance company space with access to hospital clients, the intern will be exposed to and guided in several opportunities, including automation work (e.g., software deployment and metric generation), infrastructure development, and specific product level features.

Qualifications:

Candidates must be currently enrolled in an undergraduate program; desired degrees include, but are not limited to Computer Science, Mathematics, and Engineering or related other Science programs. Alternatively, candidate has graduated from software bootcamp, or has industry experience.

Additional Information:

Schedule: You must be available to work a 40-hour work week for 10-12 weeks summer 2025, beginning May 19, 2025.

Location: This role is full-time work at home.

Compensation: For this position, we anticipate offering an hourly rate between $23.50 and $27.00 per hour, depending on relevant factors including major and year of study.

Work Authorization: One goal of this internship program is to prepare and identify qualified candidates for roles with the Cigna group post-graduation. Therefore, this temporary internship is open only to individuals who are eligible for employment in the U.S. and who would not require visa sponsorship now or in the future.

If you will be working at home occasionally or permanently, the internet connection must be obtained through a cable broadband or fiber optic internet service provider with speeds of at least 10Mbps download/5Mbps upload.

About Evernorth Health Services

Evernorth Health Services, a division of The Cigna Group, creates pharmacy, care and benefit solutions to improve health and increase vitality. We relentlessly innovate to make the prediction, prevention and treatment of illness and disease more accessible to millions of people. Join us in driving growth and improving lives.

Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, age, disability, sex, childbirth (including pregnancy) or related medical conditions including but not limited to lactation, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, religion, national origin, ancestry, marital or familial status, genetic information, status with regard to public assistance, citizenship status or any other characteristic protected by applicable equal employment opportunity laws.

If you require reasonable accommodation in completing the online application process, please email: SeeYourself@cigna.com for support. Do not email SeeYourself@cigna.com for an update on your application or to provide your resume as you will not receive a response.

The Cigna Group has a tobacco-free policy and reserves the right not to hire tobacco/nicotine users in states where that is legally permissible. Candidates in such states who use tobacco/nicotine will not be considered for employment unless they enter a qualifying smoking cessation program prior to the start of their employment. These states include: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nebraska, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah, Vermont, and Washington State.

Qualified applicants with criminal histories will be considered for employment in a manner consistent with all federal, state and local ordinances.