Application Development Intern

Recognized as one of Crain's "Best Places to Work in Chicago" as well as a 2024 "Great Places to Work" by the Great Place To Work Institute Inc., Sasser prides itself on supporting an employee-driven, opportunity-based culture that empowers, recognizes, and rewards its employees. From highly competitive benefits to exciting employee events to organic, grassroots philanthropy and volunteerism, Sasser is an awesome place to begin and grow your career. We are a fourth-generation, family-held transportation asset services and management company with roots dating to 1928. Sasser's six subsidiary units are leaders in providing commercial- and industrial-focused rail, automotive, containerized shipping, and aviation transportation equipment solutions including asset leasing, fleet administration management, asset repair and maintenance, and innovative technology services.

Sasser Family Companies includes subsidiaries Chicago Freight Car, Union Leasing, CF Rail Services, Express 4x4 Truck Rental, Xced GSE, and Falcon Lease. To learn more about what makes Sasser special, visit www.sasser.com.

What We Offer

As a student preparing for your career, it's important that you find an opportunity that allows you to explore challenging work in a hands-on learning environment. Our internship opportunities are designed to help interns explore and perform meaningful projects and work in various business functions while gaining applicable experience and knowledge of our industries.

All Sasser internships offer both organized professional development opportunities, as well as team-based social activities, including:

• Participation in an Intern Leadership program, in which interns are provided with weekly live trainings, monthly panel discussions with CEOs, leaders and young professionals, intern round table discussions, on-demand webinars, and networking
• Lunch with our CEO
• Beginning and end of Internship events
• Volunteer days, alongside our employees
• 2025 Sasser Family Company Picnic

As an Application Development Intern, Here's What You'll Do:

The Application Development Intern is part of the application development team that builds and maintains enterprise applications in an Agile development environment. Responsibilities include participating in the design, development, testing and maintenance of various software systems, as well as business data reporting needs in a Microsoft development environment.

Role and Responsibilities

• Participate in the process to design, develop, and test software created to provide solutions to business challenges led by senior team members
• Participate in the development process through attending daily stand-ups, iteration planning meetings, retrospective meetings and the ceremonies employed in an Agile Software Development Process
• Under supervision, enhance existing applications to support business activities
• Adhere to change management process to ensure integrity of the production environment
• Utilize source code management tools to manage source code following internal process
• Works with Quality Assurance, Project Management, and Business Analysts in their roles to deliver quality solutions
• Familiarity with Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) concepts and technologies is a plus
• Follow and promote all technology use policies either with technology teams or the end user

Note: Responsibilities include the expectation to always act to support the interests of the department and organization and to perform other duties as assigned to ensure the successful achievement of departmental and company objectives.

Qualifications and Education Requirements

• Undergraduate student progressing towards a bachelor's degree in computer science, business information systems or data analytics.
• Verbal and written communication skills
• Analytical and problem-solving skills
• Time management skills
• Previous work or classroom experience in some of the following: C# (preferred), Java, SQL, CSS, JavaScript, HTML, Angular (preferred), and React
• Knowledge of relational database and/or NoSQL document databases
• Object-oriented design (OOD) skills
• Ability to work onsite at our corporate facility in Schaumburg, IL

Physical Demands

Ability to operate in a professional environment and routinely use standard office equipment such as computers, phones, copy machines, filing cabinets, and printers

Compensation

The hourly rate for internship opportunities is: $17.50 to $23.50.

The hourly rate depends on factors such as knowledge, skill level, experience, and education level. This role is classified as non-exempt for purposes of all applicable wage and hour laws, which means that the individual hired will receive overtime pay for more than 40 hours worked in a workweek.

Working Conditions

Schaumburg Office with occasional remote work flexibility.

The Company provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.