Company URL: https://www.berkleytechnologyservices.com/

Berkley Technology Services (BTS) is the dynamic technology solution for W. R. Berkley Corporation, a Fortune 500 Commercial Lines Insurance Company. With key locations in Urbandale, IA and Wilmington, DE, BTS provides innovative and customer-focused IT solutions to the majority of WRBC’s 60+ operating units across the globe. BTS’s wide reach ensures that ideas and opinions are considered at every level of the organization to guarantee we find the best solutions possible.  

Driven by a commitment to collaboration, BTS acts as consultants to our customers and Operating Units by providing comprehensive solutions that not only address the challenge at hand, but proactively plan for the “What’s Next” in our industry and beyond. 

With a culture centered on innovation and entrepreneurial spirit, BTS stands as a community of technology leaders with eyes toward the future -- leaders who truly care about growing not only their team members, but themselves, and take pride in their employees who shine. BTS offers endless ways to get involved and have the chance to grow your career into a wide range of roles you'd never known existed. Come join us as we push forward into the future of industry leading technological solutions.  

Berkley Technology Services: Right Team, Right Technology, Simple and Secure.  

As a Software Development Intern at Berkley Technology Services (BTS), you’ll support the continued evolution of a Java based policy administration platform. This enterprise platform is leveraged by multiple W.R. Berkley Corporation (WRB) member companies to enable underwriters to perform clearance, along with issuing quotes, binders and policies for various lines of insurance. On our team, you won’t be limited to the front-end or back-end; your role offers exposure to the full stack, helping you connect the requests we receive to the application features we build.  With us, you’ll get to see the impact of your work on the business, every day.

As an Intern, you’ll:

• Support and execute product enhancement requests for our proprietary underwriting platform
• Gain hands-on experience across the software development cycle, from requirements gathering to software design, development, testing, code review, deployment, and support
• Take a hands-on role in various tasks whereby you will gain exposure to Java, Spring, JavaScript, AngularJS, HTML, CSS, RESTful and SOAP APIs, and learn how all of these fit together to create a platform
• Triage and troubleshoot production support issues, working with end-users to resolve issues to their satisfaction
• Assist with activities like software release planning and see your code and changes migrate through the process
• Take an active role in supporting software development projects in an agile setting, where you’ll learn additional ways that agile can be implemented/utilized by software development teams

• At least two years of college or university coursework completed in a Computer Science discipline; MIS programs with an emphasis on programming are also applicable
• Experience with object-oriented programming languages; Java (preferred), Python, C++, C#/VB.NET will also be considered. Some experience writing SQL queries preferred
• Superior problem solving and analytical skills
• Strong customer service focus and sense of urgency
• Ability to quickly adapt and learn new technologies and systems
• Registered undergraduate student pursuing a major in a Software Engineering, Management Information Systems or related field
• Prior related co-op, internship, and/or on or off-campus technical experience preferred but not required