Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Travelers is a property casualty insurer with a culture rooted in innovation and collaboration. The Engineering Development Program Co-op Intern will gain hands-on experience in software engineering through real-world projects, technology curriculum, mentoring, and professional development activities. The role involves applying academic learning, collaborating with fellow interns, and presenting solutions to business and technology topics.
Responsibilities
- The Co-Op program offers hands-on experience in areas of software engineering which is supported by a technology and business development curriculum, an assigned co-op manager, and technical mentors. The four-month experience will provide first-hand opportunities for interns to apply what they have conceptually learned in academia in a real-world setting
- The Co-Op experience will provide first-hand opportunities for interns to apply what they have conceptually learned in academia in a real-world setting
- Perform other duties as assigned
Skills
- Exposure to Object-oriented programming (OOP) in one major language
- Accountability: Strong track record of taking ownership and responsibility for actions and outcomes, performance, and results
- Analytical and Critical Thinking: Demonstrated aptitude in identifying current or future problems or opportunities, analyzing data, synthesizing and comparing information to understand issues, identifying cause/effect relationships and exploring alternative solutions to support sound decision making
- Change Management/Resilience: Ability to remain energized and focused in the face of ambiguity, change or strenuous demands
- Customer Focus: Proven customer service skills with the ability to provide service excellence to internal or external clients
- Emotional Intelligence: Demonstrated track record of self and social awareness, empathy and balances confidence with humility
- Interpersonal: Excellent communication skills with the ability to actively engage with others while maintaining a positive attitude
- Judgment/Decision Making: Capability of exercising sound judgment, making decisions and committing to a position
- Learning agility: Demonstrated aptitude for learning and applying new capabilities in actuarial and analytics
- Leveraging Differences: Proven capacity to works with and include people from different backgrounds, experiences, cultures, races, etc. and view those differences as assets to be leveraged to accomplish business goals and objectives
- Relationship Management: Strong relationship management skills including the ability to seek out, build, foster and maintain productive relationships, networks or alliances to meet goals and achieve results
- Teamwork: Ability to work together in situations when actions are interdependent, and a team is mutually responsible to produce a result
- Technical curiosity: Self-starter with a strong track record of exploring new technologies, applications and environments beyond required job and/or educational commitments
- Work Ethic: Possession of a strong drive to do what it takes to get the job done; inquisitive and demonstrates a strong willingness to learn
- Obtained or pursuing a technology or business-related undergraduate degree with technology minor; or a graduate degree with a technology minor
- Legally authorized to work in the United States now and in the future
- Cumulative GPA of 3.0 or greater preferred
- Suggested majors include (but not limited to): Software Engineering, Math, Computer Science, Computer Information Systems, and Cybersecurity
Benefits
- Employees are also eligible for performance-based cash incentive awards.
- Access to a technology curriculum.
- Mentoring program.
- The Co-op program is offered as a remote opportunity.
- An opportunity to work on a hybrid schedule for those within a commutable distance to the Hartford, CT offices.
- Hands-on experience in areas of software engineering.
- An assigned co-op manager and technical mentors.
- Company-wide events such as Intern Symposium and community outreach events.
- Opportunities to interact and network with many levels of leadership and management.
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