QA Automation Engineer Intern

Farmers Mutual Hail (located in West Des Moines, IA) is currently looking for a qualified undergraduate to join our 2027 Summer Internship Program.  This is a paid internship starting Monday, May 17 through Friday, August 6, working up to 40 hours per week for the summer, with the potential to turn into a full-time, permanent position in the future.

We are looking for currently-enrolled college students who are close to the West Des Moines area, as this is not a remote internship.

REQUIREMENTS:

Education: Must be a currently-enrolled sophomore, junior or senior at an undergraduate college or university, majoring in Computer Science or MIS; who has taken technical college-level courses. (May 2027 graduates will not be eligible). 

Skills: Exposure to Java, SQL Queries, and Object-Oriented Programming concepts is a plus.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Works with other experienced QA testers and the development team to understand the requirements, scope, and objectives for any new or modified functionality within the system.
• Creates new and updates existing test scripts, based upon the business requirements and technical specifications.
• Identifies bugs or unexpected behavior during testing, reports and documents issues found, and re-tests to satisfy expected behavior.
• Builds and maintains automated tests using automation framework/tooling in support of functional, regression, and smoke tests.
• Interacts and communicates with other IT department staff.
• Follows all IT department processes and procedures.
• Accomplishes other tasks and duties as assigned.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

• Office environment with individual workspace provided.
• Casual dress.
• On-site fitness center and cafeteria.
• Employee appreciation events.
• Opportunity to participate in company-wide activities.