Data Engineering Internship (Summer 2027)
Castleton Commodities International · Stamford, CT · 1 wk ago
EducationFull-time
Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain robust data ingestion pipelines from various internal and external sources, including APIs, FTP endpoints, and cloud data providers.
- Develop data ingestion and transformation pipelines using Python and SQL, publishing Snowflake for downstream use in analytics and forecasting tools.
- Work on data architecture and data management projects for both new and existing data sources.
- Design and implement ETL processes to clean, normalize, and store structured and semi-structured data in Snowflake, our core relational data warehouse.
- Analyze data pipeline performance and implement optimizations to improve efficiency and reliability.
- Conduct data quality checks and build validation logic to identify anomalies and ensure data integrity for use by commercial trading and analytics teams.
- Automate data workflows using Python, SQL, and orchestration tools (e.g., Airflow or similar).
- Assist in transitioning legacy datasets and codebases into scalable, cloud-native workflows aligned with our modern data architecture.
- Document data sources, pipeline logic, and data models to ensure maintainability and knowledge transfer.
Qualifications
- Currently pursuing a Bachelor’s or higher degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Management Information Systems, or related technical field.
- Expected graduation date of Winter 2027 or Spring/Summer 2028.
- Strong programming experience in Python (preferred libraries: pandas, NumPy, SQL alchemy, etc.).
- Strong understanding of SQL and experience querying relational databases (Snowflake a plus).
- Exposure to or interest in cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure), particularly with cloud data storage and compute.
- Familiarity with web scraping frameworks and handling large-scale structured and unstructured data sources.