Launch Your Career with a Pacific Life Internship

Are you looking to kickstart your career at a Fortune 500 company that values innovation and offers real opportunities for growth? Pacific Life is investing in bright, agile new talent with fresh perspectives to help us innovate and build meaningful relationships for years to come. A career at Pacific Life is more than a job description. It’s a career with purpose, where you have the support, balance, and resources to make a positive impact on the future - including your own.

Pacific Life: A Company Overview

Pacific Life provides financial solutions that protect your future and provide peace of mind. The company supports your workforce with innovative employee benefits and retirement solutions. Pacific Life simplifies complex retirement and pension risk management with tailored solutions for large organizations. They also empower your clients with confidence by leveraging Pacific Life’s comprehensive portfolio of financial products.

We’re ambitious. We’re investing in innovation. We’re honing our expertise. Have ambitions of your own? Our Customer Service team provides exceptional service experience in every interaction.

Internship Opportunities at Pacific Life

Pacific Life’s Summer Internship Program has become Pacific Life’s talent pipeline for full time early career opportunities. The University Relations team ensures each intern has a well-rounded positive experience to help them reach their career goals. The Summer Program includes:

Professional Development
Executive Mentorship Program
Collaborative Environment
Real World Work
Social Events
Training and Education
Networking and Exposure to Leadership

Pacific Life offers a variety of internship opportunities across different departments. Here are a couple of examples:

Read also: Internship Opportunities

Data Analytics Intern

Pacific Life is currently looking to add Data Analytics Interns to our team for Summer 2026 at a Fortune 500 company in the financial services industry. As a Data Analytics Intern, you will play a key role in developing a more data driven culture at Pacific Life. Interns will use industry leading tools such as Python, Snowflake, and Tableau to help solve real world business problems. They will be paired with various business units (such as predictive analytics, actuarial, IT, customer experience, etc.) to provide technical expertise while learning more about the business.

Data Engineering Intern

Pacific Life is currently looking to add Data Engineering Interns to our team for Summer 2026 at a Fortune 500 company in the financial services industry. As a Data Engineering Intern, you will play a key role in developing a more data driven culture at Pacific Life. Interns will use industry leading tools such as Python, R, Sales Force, and Alteryx to help solve real world business problems. They will be paired with various business units (such as predictive analytics, actuarial, IT, customer experience, etc.) to provide technical expertise while learning more about the business. If you are passionate about data, you’re exactly who we’re seeking!

What Data Engineering Interns Do

Participate in evaluating business needs, and clarify requirements, data, processes, and systems for complex technology projects.
Mine large and complex datasets for insights and converting the insights into product features.
Collaborate with analysts and other engineers to formulate innovative data engineering solutions.
Build creative solutions to complex business problems that provide functionality, speed, scalability, and reliability required by the business to use data effectively.
Work closely with other teams to assist with integration design, development & implementation.
Communicate complex concepts and results in a clear and effective manner.

Factors for Success

Currently enrolled in a Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, Mathematics, Economics, Business, Machine Learning, Applied Mathematics, Statistics, or another quantitative Field.
Strong analytical, problem solving, and organizational skills
Excellent communication skills, the ability to multitask, prioritize work, take initiative, and be self-sufficient with responsibilities
Ability to work well with others as a team and independently
Desire for learning new technologies and analytic tools; as well as modeling and quantitative techniques
Experience in programming (Python or R preferred)
Experience with data modeling
Familiarity with data science or data analytics tools and platforms such as: Alteryx, AWS data science and analytics related services, SAS platform, Tableau, RDBMS such as MSQL, Postgres, other DBMS, e.g NoSQL experience
Demonstrated skills of machine learning, data modeling, used in data science or other applied technology skills such as database engineering, application development, cloud engineering and user experience design
Display a true passion and intellectual curiosity for data science via coursework, external activities such as Kaggle contests or hackathons, or some combination of both

Compensation and Benefits

The base pay rate for the Data Engineering Intern position is $25.00 per hour for undergraduates and $30.00 per hour for advanced degrees. A relocation stipend is available if residence is outside of a 50-mile radius from the office location.

As an early career actuary at Pacific Life, we believe in giving you opportunities that challenge you to grow and broaden your experience. Our rotational program will allow you to gain exposure to multiple functional areas, products, and technologies as you work toward your FSA designation. You’ll also receive benefits like mentorship, paid study time, cost coverage for study materials and exam fees, and bonuses and raises for passing exams and achieving your designations.

The Application Process

Firstly, complete your online application form. It shouldn’t take you any longer than 45 minutes to an hour, and all the details we need will be requested as you work through the form. You’ll receive an acknowledgement that your application has been safely received.

Read also: University of the Pacific Alumni

Please Note: Interviews for this program will begin in January 2026.

Additional Programs

IT Leadership Program

The IT Leadership Program jumpstarts your career by providing the ability to gain diverse experience across various IT and business sectors. You will be on a path to professional growth through four 6-month rotations that allow you to build strong technical and analytical skills. The program supports ongoing education, while enabling you to make a measurable impact on our business.

Sales Academy

Recognized by the Association for Talent Development, our award-winning career development program offers a unique opportunity for Internal Wholesalers to take their careers to the next level. The Sales Academy is an intensive 12-month program consisting of virtual and in-person classroom learning, professional networking, and a mentorship program.

Student Actuarial Rotation Program

Our Student Actuarial Rotation Program is a comprehensive approach to helping early career actuaries build well rounded careers at Pacific Life. Students typically complete three rotations, each lasting two years, that aim to expose students to multiple functional areas, different products and technologies.

A Culture of Belonging

At Pacific Life, we believe you belong. We foster a culture of belonging, a space where all employees are empowered to be authentic. We embrace and celebrate diversity, create a culture of equity and inclusion, and value and respect every employee.

Read also: Paying for SPU

Experiential Learning at Life Pacific University

Ready for some experience and hands-on training? Life Pacific University believes in the value of experiential education and life skill development. Internships provide students with marketable skills and real-world experience to strengthen their resume and put their education into practice. All students in the traditional programs are required to participate in experiential learning once they enter upper-division studies. Each degree offers an internship course that students complete alongside their experiential internship hours.

If you’ve been working through your Four-Year Plan, you hopefully have already begun building your network of practitioners in your field. If you haven’t, some great ways to begin would be to attend the Internship & Career Fairs and introduce yourself to get to know business, organization and/or ministry leaders in your career field. Who do you know and who knows you? Asking around in a professional manner in your network can build bridges to potential opportunities.

Internship Site Information for Life Pacific University Students

Find something? Many times sites will need to apply with us to agree on the terms or set up an MOU. You will also need to make sure your Program Chair approves of this location for you and your career goals. Once the site location is approved with LPU, students can then apply for their internship on Handshake.

We are open to partnering with more organizations and ministries interested in hosting our students. Determine if the student is completing the internship on their own, or if they are seeking academic credit. We highly encourage organizations, agencies, and businesses to attend one of our Internship & Career Fairs (fall/spring). This personal connection increases the possibility of a student interning with your organization.

Interview the student for culture and character fit. Before selecting a student, clarify student needs regarding whether this will be a summer or semester internship, start and end dates, housing, transportation, and whether the internship is paid/unpaid. We highly encourage paid internships as this is the standard for collegiate internships.

Select one supervisor as the connection to the student and LPU. Students are required to abide by the Community Life Agreement (CLA) (click here for details) during the semesters and their summer and breaks. LPU is responsible for the determination of any conduct issues relating to LPU students, the Community Life Agreement and academic internships. However, you may have a student who is not doing an internship for academic credit. This means we may not be aware that the student is with you. We always highly encourage our internship sites to let us know which LPU students are interning with them at any given time.

To be eligible to apply for an internship completed for academic credit, students need a minimum GPA of 2.0, must be in good standing with Ministry Formation & Spiritual Development program requirements, in good standing with Student Conduct, and have no balance to pay for the previous semester with Student Accounts. Students must have obtained upper division status to meet internship requirements. Only LPU approved host sites are applicable for internship course credit. Students must be interviewed and approved by the internship site. Students will complete their degree’s corresponding course and all assignments (MIN370, PSYC470, BUS370, COM470, WAM462, or WAM470) while completing the 150 required hours of experiential learning.

Additional Information for Life Pacific University Students

Can I complete an internship on my own (not for academic credit)? Yes! It is encouraged that students gain additional experience within their career field of choice. However, it is highly recommended you reach out to the Office if Career and Global Engagement for a list of vetted options.

Schedules differ from internship to internship. Students typically spend 10-20 hours per week, but some summer sites may offer up to 40 hours per week.

tags: #pacific #life #internship #requirements