ARAG Legal Insurance · 13 hours ago
Application Developer Intern
Des Moines, IA
Internship
Onsite
InternARAG Legal Insurance is seeking an Application Developer Intern for the summer of 2026. This role involves contributing to a team to build, enhance, and support custom-developed software that meets business needs, while also participating in Agile practices and production support.
Health InsuranceInsuranceLife Insurance
Responsibilities
Analyzes, develops, tests, implements, documents, and maintains applications that meet ARAGs business needs, with guidance
Unit tests code to an acceptable defect level prior to handoff to Quality Assurance Testing and User Acceptance Testing
Creates automated unit tests as part of development
Submits code for reviews and integrates suggestions into solution while meeting security standards necessary to pass the code review
Provides status updates to Manager, Application Development & Quality on a proactive and timely basis
Participants in development and scrum team meetings
Proactively monitors systems availability performance and capacity and suggest adjustments, as appropriate
Maintains documentation and design papers
Meets agreed upon timeframes
Balances prioritizes and manages time with direction
Actively participates in educational opportunities, both technical and business opportunities
Provides production support for applications and researches the root cause(s)
Develops business knowledge of the applications assigned to effectively provide support maintenance
Provides tactical troubleshooting and resolution of system incidents and problems while collaborating with IT Ops, Product Owners, and other developers
Serves as a positive role model by representing ARAG at its Best
Other duties as assigned
Qualification
Required
Understanding of Object-Oriented programming concepts
Knowledge of software development life cycle and methodologies
Proven experience working successfully on a team
Strong problem solving, troubleshooting, organization, time management and communication skills
Strong customer service skills
Currently pursuing, or already has completed, a Bachelor's degree in an IT related filed or equivalent combination of education, experience and formal training in IT or a related field. Must be in good academic standing with applicable college institution
Preferred
Spring Security & Framework
Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment Concepts
Unit testing strategies
Microservice Architecture
Java
Angular (2.0 or greater) or another JavaScript framework
Azure DevOps Experience
Responsive Design
Nexus, Maven, NPM Experience
Previous application development or related IT experience preferred. Course work or experience using Java, Java Script, and Angular preferred
Company
ARAG Legal Insurance
ARAG Legal Insurance is an insurance company that offers life, health, family, and group insurance services.
Founded in 1973
51-200 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageLeadership Team
David Murray
President & CEO
Melinda Dabney, ABC
Manager, Marketing for Partners, Clients and Eligibles
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