Healthfirst

Healthfirst’s 2025 Summer Trailblazer Internship is a 10-week paid program beginning on June 2, 2025. This is an immersive and interactive learning experience, that lays a foundation for continued leadership development. Interns do impactful work, collaborating with other interns, employees, and business leaders to solve current business problems and deliver solutions. Who We Are: For nearly 30 years, Healthfirst has been serving New Yorkers. We helped pioneer the value-based healthcare model—where hospitals and physicians are paid based on patient outcomes—because our company was founded on the belief that insurers need to be true partners in the health system.

Duties & Responsibilities:  

• Operate with intellectual curiosity and critically assess existing processes and procedures to identify opportunities for improvement 

• Hold oneself accountable for the accuracy, completeness, quality, and relevance of deliverables in order to own responsibility for work product

• Exhibit collaborative attitude, willingness to work with others on features that included working team(s) made of cross departmental/interdisciplinary users 

• Additional duties as assigned 

Minimum Qualifications: 

• Possess technical curiosity and the desire to learn new things quickly 

• Ability to prioritize, multi-task and maintain attention to detail 

• Ability to work in teams and build good working relationships 

• Excellent interpersonal skills and follow- up skills 

• Experience with object-oriented programming and ability to learn new programming languages

• Very strong verbal and written communication skills required 

• Ability to work independently and as part of a team 

• Familiarity with HTML/CSS/ JavaScript

• Basic understanding of PC and Mac platform UI guidelines

Healthfirst Internship Program Requirements: 

• Undergraduate students must be a junior or senior at an accredited institution or have graduated within 12 months of the program. Graduate students must be enrolled at an accredited institution or have graduated within 12 months of the program. 

• Will not require sponsorship for employment 

• Eligible to work in the U.S. 

• Must have a minimum of a 3.0 GPA from an accredited school 

Hiring Range*:

• Greater New York City Area (NY, NJ, CT residents): $39,208 - $52,000

• All Other Locations (within approved locations): $34,091 - $49,920

As a candidate for this position, your salary and related elements of compensation will be contingent upon your work experience, education, licenses and certifications, and any other factors Healthfirst deems pertinent to the hiring decision.

In addition to your salary, Healthfirst offers employees a full range of benefits such as, medical, dental and vision coverage, incentive and recognition programs, life insurance, and 401k contributions (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). Healthfirst believes in providing a competitive compensation and benefits package wherever its employees work and live.

*The hiring range is defined as the lowest and highest salaries that Healthfirst in “good faith” would pay to a new hire, or for a job promotion, or transfer into this role.

WE ARE AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER. Applicants and employees are considered for positions and are evaluated without regard to mental or physical disability, race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, age, genetic information, military or veteran status, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other protected Federal, State/Province or Local status unrelated to the performance of the work involved.