News: This summer, 16 tech talents apply no-code skills to create and deploy real apps for our customers

Written By Maria Nilsson
 

Every year, many aspiring young professionals apply for summer jobs and internships to gain work experience. This summer, 16 students out of 350 applicants will receive their own, real-life projects for Genus customers. The majority are from NTNU, and the rest are from UiO. Together, they come from different university programs, but what they have in common is a desire to solve problems at the intersection of business and technology.

Projects for leading Norwegian companies

This summer, seven independent projects will be completed in just five weeks and later used by leading Norwegian companies such as Norconsult, BWE and KLP, not to mention three in-house projects for our R&D.

The projects are:

  • KLP - Flyt
    Upgrade KLP’s claims platform with Genus: new features, continuous tweaks, plus an AI plan for faster, automated processing.

  • Norconsult – CV Tool
    Four interns build a bid-focused CV system: tailor CVs to client specs and add a searchable employee/CV portal.

  • Norconsult – Equipment Rental
    Create a two-part tool for technical gear: admin inventory + user search / reservation.

  • BWE - JIB app
    Turn the Joint Interest Billing (JIB) cost-sharing app into a web solution for oil-field partners.

  • Genus - Secret Manager

    Better integration with external secret stores (e.g., Azure Key Vault).

  • Genus - Optical Scanner

    Control for automatic barcode/text capture via device camera.

  • Scheduling

    Move action scheduling from desktop to web with a faster, cleaner UI.

The students will work in pairs and are fully responsible for the projects from start to finish. However, when help is needed, they are supervised by experienced business engineers and developers in Genus.

Summer Intern Superpower 🚀

Since 2015, our five-week summer program has been what Norwegian tech students queue up for—200-300 applicants fight for the spots yearly. It seems to work:

  • 43 of Genus’ 87 employees started out as summer interns.

  • New hires every autumn: grads keep saying “yes, please” to full-time offers.

“It’s the perfect trifecta: students build real solutions with no-code, customers get new applications, and we find the talent that will power Genus tomorrow.”

– Erik Hannisdal, Interim CEO Genus

Experience > Paycheck

Students are motivated more by hands-on experience than salary; project work clarifies their future career interests, and no-code developers collaborate directly with business teams, gaining valuable domain expertise rather than focusing solely on traditional coding.

“I applied to the Genus summer program because I wanted to work on real projects, alongside skilled people who genuinely care about teamwork and sharing knowledge. I was curious about no-code/low-code, and saw this as a great way to explore how my skills could be applied in that space. I also got the impression that Genus offers a safe and supportive learning environment, with a strong focus on professional development and having a good time at work”.

-Maria Hurtado Beisvåg, summer student 2025

Students

The students who will work in Genus this summer come from UiO, BI, and NTNU.

 
Maria Nilsson
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