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Software Engineering Intern, Summer 2026

Northwestern Mutual
life insurance
United States, Wisconsin, Milwaukee
720 E Wisconsin Ave (Show on map)
Oct 29, 2025

Internship candidates can expect a fulltime onsite internship program, running from June 1, 2026 to August 7, 2026.

Carefully selected from universities across the country, our interns bring distinctive ideas and perspectives to our organization. Our employees are passionate about building our emerging talent and future leaders. In addition to their day-to-day tasks, interns participate in professional development workshops, senior leadership Q&A's, volunteer initiatives, networking/social events, and more!

Software Engineering Intern

The Actuarial Software Engineering team at Northwestern Mutual is responsible for creating and improving systems that ensure the company can meet its financial promises to its customers, employees, and field representatives. These systems are financial in nature, centered on risk products and benefit plans, and based on the professional knowledge of the actuary. The applications are varied, generally are mathematical in nature, and involve working in close partnerships with technical peers and actuarial business experts.

The assignment will be converting applications that are using old sign-on technology to the new Single Sign On (SSO) standard. In addition, new mainframe rest service API's will be built to retrieve data from the mainframe. To excel in this role, you need to be passionate about software craftmanship and eager to understand the insurance business.

Bring Your Best! What this role needs. Minimum qualifications

  • Pursuing a bachelor's degree in software engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics or related field from an accredited college or university

  • Cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or higher

  • Previous work or classroom experience with C#, JSON, Git. Mainframe experience a plus.

  • Employer immigration sponsorship is not available for this role.

Preferred skills and Proficiencies

  • Previous software engineering internship and/or relevant project experience.

  • Effective oral and written communication skills.

  • Demonstrated analytical and problem-solving ability.

  • High degree of self-motivation, passion, and a strive to learn.

  • Ability to balance multiple priorities.

Next steps

We encourage you to apply! Once your application is reviewed, if selected to move forward, our UR team members will reach out for a call, where we will learn more about you and share internship opportunities aligning to your interests and abilities and share any next steps of our recruiting process.

Who we are

Northwestern Mutual has been helping families and businesses achieve financial security for over 160 years through a distinctive planning approach that integrates risk management with wealth accumulation, preservation, and distribution. With more than $290 billion in assets, $30 billion in revenues and more than $1.9 trillion worth of life insurance protection in force, Northwestern Mutual delivers financial security to more than 4.6 million clients. People are the power behind Northwestern Mutual, and diversity makes us better. NM is committed to reflecting and serving the marketplace. We do so by attracting and improving the engagement of those who bring their outstanding perspectives, ideas, and beliefs. At Northwestern Mutual, people matter. And you'll be working for a company that's consistently voted among the "most admired" in the nation. We invite you to explore your career interests with us.

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Compensation Range:

Pay Range - Start:

$16.50

Pay Range - End:

$30.00

We believe in fairness and transparency. It's why we share the salary range for most of our roles. Internship salaries are determined based on academic tenure and major. The standard pay structure is listed.

Build a strong career foundation with a best-in-class company that puts our clients' interests at the center of all we do. Get started now!

Northwestern Mutual is an equal opportunity employer who welcomes and encourages diversity in the workforce. We are committed to creating and maintaining an environment in which each employee can contribute creative ideas, seek challenges, assume leadership and continue to focus on meeting and exceeding business and personal objectives.

FIND YOUR FUTURE

We're excited about the potential people bring to Northwestern Mutual. You can grow your career here while enjoying first-class perks, benefits, and our commitment to a culture of belonging.


  • Flexible work schedules
  • Concierge service
  • Comprehensive benefits
  • Employee resource groups
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