2026 Summer Innovation Developer Internship

Your Role 

The Information Technology team oversees our data & analytics, strategic planning & performance, IT infrastructure services, IT shared services, IT applications, and information security functions and responsibilities at Stellarus. IT is a business partner that provides delivery excellence and leverages technology advancement to ensure Blue Shield is an information-led organization, in a secure, connected healthcare ecosystem. The Information Technology Intern will report to a manager in one of our various business units.  In this role you will be developing and strengthening the structures needed to support a culture of AI development methodologies and delivering and collaborating on all aspects of AI product development, and working with leadership to identify, document, and enhance the team’s AI strategy to bolster the team’s capabilities.

Our leadership model is about developing great leaders at all levels and creating opportunities for our people to grow – personally, professionally, and financially. We are looking for leaders that are energized by creative and critical thinking, building and sustaining high-performing teams, getting results the right way, and fostering continuous learning.

Your Knowledge and Experience 

• Currently pursuing a bachelor’s or master’s degree in IT related role (SRE, Dev Ops, Computer Science, Business Analytics, UX Design, Cloud Engineering)
• Must reside in the state of California
• Requires at least 1 year of related professional experience, project, or coursework
• Strong communication skills required, particularly writing for publication
• Proactive, solution focused mindset with demonstrated creative, problem-solving skills 
• Passionate about changing healthcare and challenging the status quo to advance health equity

Pay

$25.00 per hour for Undergraduate

$30.00 per hour for Graduate

About Our Internships

Our paid internship program is thoughtfully curated to provide students experience and exposure to the health professional industry. Interns will be given the opportunity to get hands-on experience with real work projects, build meaningful relationship and connections within the organization, and experience our mission and enterprise goals through our program curriculum centered on our leadership model (Personal, People, Thought, and Results Leadership). To see more about our internship program, check out this video. 

Our Summer 2026 Internship is June 8th or June 15th through August 14th, 2026. 

Application Process and Timeline:

• Now: Actively accepting applications
• November: If you meet the requirements, you will receive an invitation to complete Pre-Recorded Video Interview
• November - January: 2nd round interviews & offers extended

As an intern at Blue Shield of California, you will:

• Participate in impactful projects during a 10-week internship program
• Undertake a 10-week curriculum designed to familiarize interns with BSC, leadership development, exposure to the healthcare industry, and more
• Be invited to participate in BSC employee events and networking opportunities such as Employee Resource Groups, employee volunteer activities, and more

Your Work 

In this role, you will: 

• Actively work on AI enabled applications, researching the tools and techniques used in the development process
• Experiment with AI code assistants to learn how tools like github copilot are changing the industry
• Explore how MCP enables AI to communicate and interact with various platforms outside of its knowledge