IT Intern

Why USAA?

At USAA, our mission is to empower our members to achieve financial security through highly competitive products, exceptional service and trusted advice. We seek to be the #1 choice for the military community and their families.

Embrace a fulfilling career at USAA, where our core values - honesty, integrity, loyalty and service - define how we treat each other and our members. Be part of what truly makes us special and impactful.

The Opportunity

Our internship program lets you showcase your skills, while gaining real-life experience that'll help you jump-start your career. Our interns deliver innovative solutions to real business challenges, while building enduring relationships in a collaborative culture with their manager and an assigned mentor.

This position is based in San Antonio, TX, Plano, TX, Phoenix, AZ.

What you'll do :

Under direct supervision and following risk and compliance procedures and guidance, perform routine work assignments and problem resolution to support other team members, including the following tasks :

Software Engineers : provides support to the Enterprise through delivering best in class technology solutions! Engaged in all phases of the software systems and application development lifecycle which include capturing and analyzing requirements, designing, testing, documenting, and implementing software, responding to outages.

Primary Responsibilities

Design, develop, code, and test technical solutions collaborating with senior engineers.

Participate in code / design reviews

May begin to help organize work to deliver features and solutions

May participate in production issue resolution of varying complexities" or something similar.

Contribute to projects aligned with USAA's EDDT Technology Strategy

Assist in the development and implementation of innovative IT solutions, potentially leveraging AI tools and techniques

Create and record documentations related to technical solutions.

Leverage both AI technologies and automation strategies to drive efficiency, improve accuracy, and enhance overall performance.

Seek opportunities to integrate AI-powered solutions with automated workflows for maximum impact.

Data Engineers : Deliver quality reporting and data intelligence solutions to the organization and assist client teams with drawing insights to make informed, data driven decisions. Data Engineers (DEs) are engaged in all phases of the data management lifecycle; assemble and analyze requirements, collect, process, store and secure, use, share and communicate, archive, reuse and repurpose data.

Primary Responsibilities :

Follows written risk and compliance policies and procedures for business activities

Investigates and resolves complex application and system technical problems and production issues by advising solving of end-to-end solutions.

Design, write, test and deploy data pipeline code

Participate in design and code review sessions

May participate in production issue resolution of varying complexities" or something similar.

Contribute to projects aligned with USAA's EDDT Technology Strategy

Assist in the development and implementation of innovative IT solutions, potentially leveraging AI tools and techniques

Create and record documentations related to technical solutions.

Leverage both AI technologies and automation strategies to drive efficiency, improve accuracy, and enhance overall performance.

Seek opportunities to integrate AI-powered solutions with automated workflows for maximum impact.

Infrastructure Engineer : Responsible for creating, modifying, maintaining and supporting infrastructure and individual system components that enable business functions and IT Services. Balance availability, security, efficiency and functional requirements to help provide an optimized production service.

Primary Responsibilities :

Learns how to design scalable infrastructure, starts to implement system change, learns how to automate service delivery and maintenance tasks and starts to build monitoring and tooling activities

Learns how to independently resolve production issues through solving of systems

Starts to analyze outages in order to find opportunities

Learns how to experiment with new patterns and technologies

Contribute to projects aligned with USAA's EDDT Technology Strategy

Assist in the development and implementation of innovative IT solutions, potentially leveraging AI tools and techniques

May participate in production issue resolution of varying complexities" or something similar.

Create and record documentations related to technical solutions.

Leverage both AI technologies and automation strategies to drive efficiency, improve accuracy, and enhance overall performance.

Seek opportunities to integrate AI-powered solutions with automated workflows for maximum impact.

What you need to have :

To qualify, you must be pursuing a bachelor's degree or higher at a 4-year accredited university and plan to graduate after the final day of the internship. Most of our interns participate the summer between their junior and senior years. Our 2026 internship will start on May 27, 2026 and last through August 7, 2026.

Graduation date cannot be prior August 8, 2026

0 to 2 years of related experience and accountability for simple to moderately complex tasks and / or projects required

Foundational and conceptual knowledge of the function / field and demonstrated application of knowledge, skills and abilities towards work products required

Foundational level of business acuity in the areas of the business operations, industry practices and emerging trends required

What sets you apart :

Pursuing a degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Management Information Systems or related field

Graduation date between August 8, 2026 and July 2027

Familiarity with Github Copilot code assistant and similar AI technologies.

Demonstration of Automation or Gen AI implementation in projects.

USAA views its internship program as a pipeline to possible future employment. This is based on an individual's graduation date, performance, role qualifications, and business need. To be considered for possible future employment opportunities interns must meet the full-time work eligibility requirements for any given role. Thus, interns should ensure their sponsorship status and other provided information is accurately reflected on their intern application. Inadequate completion of your application may render you ineligible for further consideration in the hiring process.

Compensation range : The salary range for this position is : $24 - $35 . Interns will receive an intern stipend to assist with expenses.

USAA does not provide visa sponsorship for this role. Please do not apply for this role if at any time (now or in the future) you will need immigration support (i.e., H-1B, TN, STEM OPT Training Plans, etc.).

USAA views its internship program as a pipeline to possible future employment. This is based on an individual's graduation date, performance, role qualifications, and business need. To be considered for possible future employment opportunities interns must meet the full-time work eligibility requirements for any given role. Thus, interns should ensure their sponsorship status and other provided information is accurately reflected on their intern application. Inadequate completion of your application may render you ineligible for further consideration in the hiring process.

Compensation : USAA has an effective process for assessing market data and establishing ranges to ensure we remain competitive. You are paid within the hourly range based on your experience and market data of the position. The actual hourly rate for this role may vary by location.

The above description reflects the details considered necessary to describe the principal functions of the job and should not be construed as a detailed description of all the work requirements that may be performed in the job.

Benefits : At USAA our employees enjoy best-in-class benefits to support their physical, financial, and emotional wellness. These benefits include comprehensive medical, dental and vision plans, 401(k), pension, life insurance, parental benefits, adoption assistance, paid time off program with paid holidays plus 16 paid volunteer hours, and various wellness programs. Additionally, our career path planning and continuing education assists employees with their professional goals.

Interns may not be eligible for all benefits, for more details on our outstanding benefits, please visit our benefits page on USAAjobs.com.

Applications for this position are accepted on an ongoing basis, this posting will remain open until the position is filled. Thus, interested candidates are encouraged to apply the same day they view this posting.

USAA is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

If you are an existing USAA employee, please use the internal career site in OneSource to apply.

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Find your purpose. Join our mission.

USAA is unlike any other financial services organization. The mission of the association is to facilitate the financial security of its members, associates and their families through provision of a full range of highly competitive financial products and services; in so doing, USAA seeks to be the provider of choice for the military community. We do this by upholding the highest standards and ensuring that our corporate business activities and individual employee conduct reflect good judgment and common sense, and are consistent with our core values of service, loyalty, honesty and integrity.

USAA attributes its long-standing success to its most valuable resource : our 35,000 employees. They are the heart and soul of our member-service culture. When you join us, you'll become part of a thriving community committed to going above for those who have gone beyond : the men and women of the U.S. military, their associates and their families. In order to play a role on our team, you don't have to be connected to the military yourself - you just need to share our passion for serving our more than 13 million members.

USAA is an EEO / AA Employer - applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, protected veteran status or other status protected by law.

California applicants, please review our HR CCPA - Notice at Collection () here.

USAA is an EEO / AA Employer - applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, protected veteran status or other status protected by law.