Intern – IT Data Engineering

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West Bend Insurance is currently seeking students for our 2026 Summer IT Internship Program

As a Data Engineering Intern at West Bend, you will enjoy meaningful experience, one on one mentorship, and the opportunity to work on impactful projects. If you are looking to grow and develop the skills necessary for a future IT role, apply now

Responsibilities

• Build and test data pipelines for analytics and reporting
• Integrate and validate data from multiple sources
• Contribute to coding, debugging, automation, and testing
• Assist with requirement analysis and technical specifications
• Apply data frameworks, models, and reusable patterns
• Maintain documentation for projects and solutions
• Collaborate with mentors and team members to solve problems
• Solve real business problems as part of an agile delivery team

Opportunities

• Gain hands-on experience with Snowflake, Databricks, Python, and SQL for data management and analytics
• Pair with a mentor to learn and grow your engineering skillset
• Work in an exciting, fast-paced office environment embedded on an IT team with access to the best amenities West Bend has to offer
• Give back to the community by participating in a community service project

Preferred Experience and Skills

• Enrollment in a Computer Science, Engineering, or IT-related program
• Proficiency in SQL and Python for querying and data wrangling
• Familiarity with cloud-based data storage
• Developed ETL pipelines in academic projects using Python and SQL
• Collaborated on team projects, applying Git for version control and code review
• Familiarity with data cleaning and preprocessing techniques
• Willingness to learn new technologies quickly
• Good analytical thinking skills
• Ability to collaborate and communicate with large teams (Business Analysts, Data Engineers, Quality Engineers, etc.)
• Good with time management and ability to adapt
• Strong critical thinking and problem solving skills
• Enjoys working as part of a team

Please note – 2026 Summer IT Internship Program participants can work at our West Bend or Madison office locations.

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