Software Engineering Intern, Summer 2026

Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Department: Internships

At Northmarq, you can be part of something special. Northmarq is a unique capital markets resource for commercial real estate investors, providing our clients access to experts in debt, equity, investment sales, loan servicing, and fund management. We offer you a career path with best-in-class training, and we foster inclusive teams committed to collaboration, mentoring, and growth. At Northmarq, we will help you unlock your potential – whether you are an industry veteran or you’re just getting started. Your new career is waiting. Start something special today. Northmarq was voted by Real Estate Forum as one of The Best Places to Work in Commercial Real Estate! 

Northmarq is seeking an IT Software Engineer Intern to join its Information Technology department in the Bloomington headquarters office, working closely with the Application Services team. The ideal candidate will be analytical, detailed, and driven to meet various deadlines while working independently on assigned projects. A disciplined individual who is driven, while demonstrating problem-solving skills and the ability to handle multiple tasks is wanted. Ongoing training is provided as part of the position to ensure expertise within the team and department. Additional responsibilities, including a summer intern project and multiple other projects, may be added as job expertise is demonstrated. The special project will involve software development skills.

Internship Schedule: Monday – Friday, 40 hours per week in-office

Position Responsibilities:

As a Software Engineering Intern, you will work in a collaborative team environment that encourages you to learn software engineering while contributing to the engineering efforts of one of our Scrum teams. You will learn and apply your knowledge of modern software design, best practices, design patterns, and frameworks, with an understanding of application performance and maintainability. You will aspire to use new technologies and challenge yourself to develop innovative solutions.

• The primary project is to design and develop test automation suites for various applications
• Evaluate test automation execution runs and maintain test cases based on results
• Work closely with developers to communicate bugs found during test automation to bring them to resolution
• Develop, troubleshoot, and debug software programs for web services, databases, applications, and tools
• Write readable, maintainable, and efficient code
• Collaborate with team members on best practices, code reviews, internal tools, and process improvements
• Create and maintain documentation for related software, processes, and procedures

What We're Looking For:

• Currently pursuing an Associate or Bachelor’s degree in information technology, management information systems, computer science, computer engineering, or a STEM-related discipline
• Previous internship, co-op, and/or industry experience is a plus
• Demonstrated analytical, problem-solving, and conceptual skills
• Ability to work in-person at the Minneapolis headquarters office
• Experience in object-oriented programming (C#, Java, C++, or similar), in a job or through schoolwork
• Understanding of programming and database concepts
• Passion to learn new technologies and develop applications
• Ability to work well in a team-oriented environment
• High energy, confident, ambitious, and self-motivated individual
• Must be an effective communicator
• Familiarity with web technologies (JavaScript, HTML, ReactJS,)
• Cloud knowledge/experience is a plus, but not required

Northmarq offers a highly competitive benefits package including: medical, dental, vision, paid time off, 401K match and an annual discretionary contribution based on business performance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance, education assistance, volunteer paid time off, charitable contribution match and so much more!

Minnesota Residents: Northmarq carefully considers multiple factors to determine compensation, including a candidate’s education, training, and experience. The pay for the IT Software Engineer Internship position is $26.00 per hour. This range is a good faith estimate and the actual compensation that is offered to a successful candidate will depend on the candidate’s skills, qualifications, and experience.

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