AbbVie Posted August 20, 2026

2027 Business Technology Solutions Intern - Data & Software Engineering (Undergraduate)

North Chicago, IL Intern
Information Technology Intern/Fellow/Postdoc

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About this opportunity

Company Description

About AbbVie

AbbVie's mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines and solutions that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people's lives across several key therapeutic areas including immunology, oncology and neuroscience - and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at  www.abbvie.com . Follow @abbvie on  LinkedIn,   Facebook ,  Instagram ,  X  and  YouTube.

Job Description

2027 Business Technology Solutions (BTS) Internship

Envision spending your summer working with energetic colleagues and inspirational leaders, all while gaining world-class experience in one of the most dynamic organizations in the pharmaceutical industry. This is a reality for participants in the Business Technology Solutions (BTS) Internship Program at AbbVie.

The Intern will be aligned to either a Data Engineering or Software/Application Engineering track:

Software/Application Engineering:  

The Software/Application Intern will help design, build, and maintain enterprise applications across the stack while applying technical and business knowledge, analytical thinking, and creative problem-solving. Responsibilities may include:

Front End: develop, test, and maintain highly interactive, responsive user interfaces

Back End: build backend services, APIs, and microservices in Java (Spring Boot); implement server-side logic, workflows, and data pipelines; optimize performance, scalability, and reliability

Full Stack: own both front-end and back-end components end to end

Data Engineering: 

The Data Engineering Intern will help build, maintain, and optimize the data infrastructure, including databases and data pipelines. Responsibilities could include:

Support the design and development of data, software, or technology solutions to answer scientific or business questions

Leverage a range of technologies related to programming languages, data integration, data warehousing, and data visualization and analysis

Help build, maintain, and optimize data infrastructure

Ensure data is collected, processed, and stored efficiently and securely

Integrate different data sources and create the foundations on which analytics and data science can operate

This is an 11-week onsite internship. The majority of BTS Interns will be placed in Lake County, IL, though there is a possibility of being placed within any U.S. AbbVie or Allergan Aesthetics location. While location preferences are considered, placements will ultimately be based on business need.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:

Pursuing a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, AI or related majors with a minor or concentration in one of the above fields

Graduation date between December 2027 – June 2028

Must be enrolled in university the semester following your internship and graduate within 1-year post internship

Preferred Qualifications:

Software/Application Engineering Track: school or work experience with the following: Front End, NodeJS, Vue.js, HTML; Back End, Java, JavaScript; Full Stack, Java, SQL, TypeScript; APEX or Python; ability to apply generative AI to custom software solutions. Public code portfolio (GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket) highly preferred

Data Engineering Track: strong programming experience in Java, Python, R, and SQL. Experience using APIs to extract data and applying large language models or machine learning algorithms

Previous internship or related experience

Technical and business insight, strong analytical skills, and creative problem-solving abilities

Proven track record of teamwork, adaptability, innovation, initiative, and integrity

Excellent communication, leadership, and project management skills

Cumulative GPA of 3.00 or higher

Additional Information

Benefits and Amenities:

Competitive pay

Relocation support for eligible students

Select wellness benefits and paid holiday / sick time

Applicable only to applicants applying to a position in any location with pay disclosure requirements under state or local law: ​

​The compensation range described below is the range of possible base pay compensation that the Company believes in good faith it will pay for this role at the time of this posting based on the job grade for this position. Individual compensation paid within this range will depend on many factors including geographic location, and we may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in the future.​

Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, incentive, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole and absolute discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole and absolute discretion, consistent with applicable law. ​

AbbVie is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to operating with integrity, driving innovation, transforming lives and serving our community.  Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled.

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Job details

Seniority
Intern/Fellow/Postdoc
Function
Information Technology
Therapeutic area
Not listed
Location
North Chicago, IL
Employment type
Intern

How this role compares

Computed from every other active Information Technology role in our database, not just this employer's listings.

We currently track 52 comparable Intern/Fellow/Postdoc Information Technology roles across 9 biopharma companies.

52Comparable roles tracked
49Currently active
9Companies hiring similar roles
7Countries represented

Salary context

2 of 52 peers report a salary range (USD, annualized)

Peers share this role's job function and a matching or adjacent seniority level -- not necessarily the same therapeutic area or country.

This roleSubject $21/hr – $37/hr (≈ $43,680–$76,960/yr)
Lowest disclosed · Associate Software Engineer I · AbbVie $58,656/yr – $103,500/yr
Highest disclosed · Data Advisor (R-5) · Lilly $154,149/yr – $197,600/yr
Peer group range $81,078 – $175,875 (median $128,476)

Where these roles are based

Top locations among the 52 comparable roles

India39
United States5
Canada2
Spain2
Portugal2
Greece1

+ 1 more countries

Seniority mix

52 of 52 peers have a known seniority level

Associate48
Intern/Fellow/Postdoc4

Therapeutic area mix

0 of 52 peers have a known therapeutic area; the rest are genuinely unlabeled, not hidden

No peers with a known therapeutic area yet.

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Every comparison starts from the same 100-point budget: 25 for working in the same function, 40 for the same therapeutic area, 20 for the same or adjacent seniority, 15 for the same country. A dimension we can't confirm on both sides contributes nothing, never a guess, never a free pass.

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Unmatched or unknown dimensions score exactly the same: 0 points, never a partial guess. A role we know almost nothing about beyond its function bottoms out at 25%; it never inflates to 100% just because there's little to compare against. Seniority uses a defined ladder (Associate → Manager → Associate Director → Senior → Principal → Director → Senior Director → Executive/VP) so "Director" and "Senior Director" count as adjacent, but "Director" and "Executive/VP" do not.