Summer 2026 Software Engineering Intern

Job description

Kickstart your career with hands-on experience at New England’s largest electric utility.

As an Eversource Engineering Intern, you’ll gain real-world exposure to the energy industry while receiving professional development, coaching, and training.

Interns are valued team members, contributing fresh perspectives and innovative solutions across a variety of projects.
The Eversource Intern & Co-op program is designed to energize your summer with hands-on learning, leadership exposure, and real-world impact.

From day one, interns dive into immersive experiences like “Our Business, Our Future” with senior leaders, skill-building sessions through LinkedIn Learning and Toastmasters, and thought-provoking Catalyst Conversations covering everything from clean energy to customer experience.

We promote wellness through virtual health sessions, and encourage giving back with volunteer opportunities.

Career exploration, networking panels, and our Intern Showcase ensure you're not just observing — you're contributing.

Top it off with National Intern Day fun and you’ve got a summer that’s anything but ordinary!
**What You’ll Get:**
+ Practical experience in a dynamic work environment
+ Career development and mentorship
+ Exposure to hands-on engineering tasks and experienced teams
+ Opportunities available in Connecticut, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire
**Join us and power your future with Eversource!**
An intern working with ourSoftware Engineering team will work to help complete basic end to end software engineering tasks.

The student will perform basic analysis, development, testing, debugging, configuration, incident investigation, documentation, health monitoring/alerting, and implementing based on and related to user or system design specifications.

Work within guidelines set by team to independently tackle well-scoped problems.

Seek opportunities to expand technical knowledge and capabilities.
**Essential Functions:**
+ Influences others within the work area through explanation of facts, policies, and practices.
+ Works to achieve day-to-day objectives with moderate impact on work area.
+ Works with direct supervision on projects / assignments.

Sets objectives for own area of responsibility to meet the objectives or goals of projects and assignments.
+ Problems and issues faced are general and may require understanding of broader set of issues.
+ Problems may span a range of issues or work areas and are typically solved through exercise of discretion and / or judgment, drawing from prior experiences, with analysis of the issue
+ Responsible for making minor changes or enhancements in systems and processes to solve problems or improve effectiveness of work area.
+ Communicates with parties within and outside of own team.
+ Explains policies, practices, and procedures of the work area to others within the organization, influencing decision- makers with recommended courses of action.
**Technical Knowledge/Skill/Education/Licenses/Certifications:**
_Technical Knowledge/Skill:_
+ Student must be currently enrolled in a four year accredited university program.
+ Effectively uses code version control systems such as git
+ Understands basic programming and OOP concepts
+ Understands core application development patterns
+ Experienced using data structures
+ Familiar with traditional data stores
+ Familiar with REST API syntax and tools for documenting and testing the REST APIs such as Swagger and Postman
+ Familiar with Agile methodology
+ Theoretical knowledge of work area
+ Ability to work autonomously with limited supervision
+ Displays strong work ethic
+ Understands direction provided and implements assigned tasks effectively
+ Displays Project/team level impact
+ Troubleshoots simple engineering problems by checking logs, using developer tools and debugger effectively
+ Able to use existing knowledge of algorithms, structures and patterns to design and implement solutions of light to moderate complexity.
+ Objectively evaluates whether they've met their goals.
+ Communicates effectively during meetings
+ Completes work or raises roadblocks in a timely manner
+ Open to change and learning new skills to get work done
+ Accepts feedback graciously and learns from experience.
+ Shows respect towards other team members
+ Experience using TypeScript and Node.js
+ Familiar with Microfrontends and Microservices
+ Experience with React
+ Experience with SQL Server and Writing Stored Procedures
+ Experience using Azure Cloud Services
+ Experience using Azure Dev-Ops
+ Knowledge of .NET Framework 4.x and .NET Core 3.x
+ Experience using Visual Studio utilizing the C# programming language.
**Worker Type:**
Regular
**Number of Openings:**
1
**Emergency Response:**
Responding to emergency situations to meet customers’ needs is part of every employee’s role.

If employed, you will be given an Emergency Restoration assignment.

This means you may be called to assist during an emergency outside of your normal responsibilities, work hours and location.
**EEO Statement** :
Eversource Energy is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, religion, disability status, or protected veteran status.
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