About the role#
The Software Development Engineer Intern supports engineering teams by building and improving software solutions. You will gain hands-on experience in an Agile environment by participating in Scrum ceremonies, team meetings, and development activities across web, mobile, API, and data-driven applications. This role also involves assisting with DevOps tooling, vulnerability remediation, and production support, concluding with a final capstone presentation.
What you'll do#
- Attend and participate in Scrum events, including sprint activities, daily stand-ups, sprint planning, sprint review, and sprint retrospective.
- Participate in team and departmental meetings.
- Assist with vulnerability remediation.
- Build and improve DevOps tooling, such as pipelines and static scanning.
- Maintain a production-first mindset focused on scale, uptime, and resolving production issues.
- Contribute to the Agile practice to improve product quality and time to market.
- Develop product features for data marketplaces, mobile applications, web applications, and API services.
- Complete a final capstone presentation.
What you'll need#
- Current enrollment in a bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science, Data Science, Data Analytics, Information Systems, or Statistics.
- Junior or Senior classification preferred, with at least one semester remaining upon start.
- Minimum 3.0 GPA on a 4-point scale.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills for presentations and business interactions.
- Analytical, quantitative, problem-solving, and conceptual skills.
- Ability to work independently or in a team setting and prioritize tasks to meet deadlines.
- Ability to use AI tools like Microsoft Copilot and evaluate AI outputs for accuracy, compliance, and bias.
- Familiarity with AI-assisted research, summarization, content generation, and responsible AI use.
- Experience with AI-assisted software development, prompting techniques, and GenAI capabilities is preferred.
- Previous internships are considered a plus.
Location & details#
- Location: Arlington, Texas.
- Term: Summer 2027 (May 26, 2027, to August 6, 2027).
- Modality: Hybrid (3 days per week in office).
- Employment: Full-time, paid internship.
- Note: GM Financial does not provide immigration-related sponsorship for this role.
About GM Financial
GM Financial operates as a captive finance company and a wholly owned subsidiary of General Motors. Founded in 1992, the firm provides auto finance solutions across North America, Latin America, and China. It supports retail loan and lease programs through dealer networks while offering commercial lending products for business growth. The company maintains its headquarters in Fort Worth, Texas, and employs between 5,001 and 10,000 people.
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