Salesforce Software Developer Intern - Cambridge Investment Research, Inc.

Cambridge has recruited talented interns from across the country to join us during the summer for a 10-12 week internship. Each year, over 35 interns join us for a paid summer internship experience at our home offices in Fairfield, Iowa, West Des Moines, Iowa, and Phoenix, Arizona. The Next Step® internship program gives students practical insight into the financial services industry and allows students to gain practical knowledge in their field. Students are partnered with a professional mentor, supervisor, and executive leader to gain networking opportunities and learn from industry professionals. At the conclusion of the internship, each intern will have the opportunity to present on their experience and a specific project of their choice.  

The Information Systems team provides service to all Cambridge financial professionals, administrative staff, and home office associates. The intern will be part of a software development team focused on the Salesforce Ecosystem including, but not limited to, Salesforce Sales Cloud, Mulesoft, Tableau and CRM Analytics. Project work may include solutioning for the Salesforce ecosystem in a variety of mediums; Salesforce Administration and Configuration, Salesforce and Mulesoft platform development utilizing Anypoint Studio, Salesforce Apex, Lightning Web Components and Visual Studio Code. As well as build and release development operations with Gearset and SFDX. The intern will learn and use standard industry practices, such as established coding conventions, writing automated unit tests, participating in code reviews, pair programming, and Continuous Integration, as well as participate in practices according to the Agile/Scrum software development methodology. The intern may also write test plans and test cases along with conducting testing.

We have two Salesforce Software Developer Internship openings located in the West Des Moines, IA office.

As the Salesforce Software Developer Intern, you will:

• Design, develop, and test software features and components for existing or new applications that will be delivered to the business
• Work on projects that include web programming and business layer design and development
• Use standard industry practices, such as established coding conventions, writing automated unit tests, participate in code reviews, pair programming, and Continuous Integration
• Participate in practices according to the Agile/Scrum software development methodology
• Write test plans and test cases along with conducting testing and bug reporting
• Utilize skills in C#, .NET Framework, ASP.NET MVC, SQL, Visual Studio, MS SQL Server Management Studio, Team Foundation Server (TFS) and others
• Learn how to use Test Driven Development (TDD) and Continuous Integration (CI) while developing a challenging project
• Work collaboratively with a team to solve difficult problems
• Learn how to evaluate the pros and cons of design and coding decisions that aren’t taught in the classroom

Students studying computer science, computer information systems, or computer engineering will likely be the most successful in this role.

Compensation: $19-25 per hour.

This range is a good faith estimate of the compensation to be offered for this position based on the ideal candidate’s qualifications, the Company’s operational needs, and other considerations permitted by law. The actual pay offered to a specific candidate may vary above or below the stated range.

Benefits:

• Paid time off: Interns receive 16 hours of paid time off to use throughout the summer
• Volunteer time: Interns receive eight hours of paid time off to volunteer throughout the summer
• Holiday pay: Memorial Day and Independence Day
• Educational courses: Interns participate in educational training hosted by our Associate Training and Development team. Courses consist of career workshops, problem solving, professional development and financial services industry basics.
• Networking events: Interns have the opportunity to network with our company executives during the Welcome and End of Summer Banquets. Interns will participate in leadership panels to hear from company leaders, ask questions and gain valuable insight as well as have the chance to job shadow in other teams at Cambridge. Following the summer internship, interns have access to The Next Step® Intern Alumni LinkedIn group to stay in touch with Cambridge and other past interns.
• Opportunity to discuss continued employment with Cambridge on a part-time or full-time basis following the internship.