Data Engineer - Intern

UWorld is a worldwide leader in online test prep for college entrance, undergraduate, graduate, and professional licensing exams throughout the United States. Since 2003, over 2 million students have trusted us to help them prepare for high-stakes examinations.

UWorld is seeking a Data Engineering Intern who is passionate about creating an excellent user experience and enjoys taking on new challenges. The intern will be responsible for understanding data, building, testing, and deploying of Data Analytics pipelines and reports, and making improvements to our Data warehouse platform.

Minimum Experience

• Masters/Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field.
• Strong in: Python, Spark/PySpark, Big Data Platforms (Databricks/Delta Lake), Database/Data warehousing fundamentals (MS SQL Server/MySQL), Unix/Linux Shell scripting
• Hands on experience in SQL, Stored procedures, and Relational Databases (MS SQL Server/MySQL/Oracle), Data warehousing.
• Hands on experience with Data Analysis, ingestion, cleansing, transformations, validation, verification, and presentation (Reports/Dashboards)
• Experience with Tableau/Power BI, NoSQL (MongoDB), and Kafka is a plus.
• Strong in Programming, Problem solving, Analytical ability, Applications of Data structures and Algorithms
• Familiarity with REST API, Web Services, JSON, and Cloud environments (Azure, AWS, GCS), and machine learning.

Job Responsibilities

The Data Engineer will perform the following duties:

• Understand Data Services and Analytics needs across the organization and work on the Data warehouse and Reporting infrastructure to empower them with accurate information for decision-making.
• Develop and maintain a Data warehouse that aggregates data from multiple content sources including Salesforce, NoSQL DBs, RDBMS, social media, other 3rd party web services (RESTful, JSON), flat-file stores, and Application databases (OLTPs).
• Use Python, Spark/PySpark, Databricks, Delta Lake, SQL Server, Maria DB, Mongo DB, Jira, Git/Bit Bucket, Confluence, Databricks/Delta Lake, REST services, Tableau, Unix/Linux shell scripting, Azure Cloud for data ingestion, processing, transformations, warehousing, and reporting.
• Develop scalable data pipelines using Data connectors, distributed processing transformations, schedulers, and data warehouse
• Understanding of data structures, analytics, data modeling, and software architecture
• Develop, modify, and test algorithms that can be used in scripts to store, locate, cleanse, verify, validate, and retrieve specific documents, data, and information
• Develop analytics to understand product sales, marketing impact, and application usage for UWorld products and applications
• Employ best practices for code sharing and development to ensure common code base abstraction across all applications. Continuously be up to date on the industry standard practices on big data and analytics and adopt solutions to the UWorld data warehousing platform.
• Work with QA engineers to ensure the quality and reliability of all reports, extracts, and dashboards by process of continuous improvement.
• Collaborate with technical architects, developers, subject matter experts, QA team, and customer care team to drive new enhancements or fix bugs in a timely manner.
• Work in an agile environment such as Scrum

Soft Skills

• Working proficiency and communication skills in verbal and written English
• Excellent attention to detail and organization skills and ability to articulate ideas clearly and concisely
• Ability to work effectively within a changing environment that is going through high growth
• Exceptional follow-through, personal drive, and ability to understand direction and feedback
• Positive attitude with a willingness to put aside ego for the sake of what is best for the team

At UWorld, we believe strength is derived from the talents, ideas, and experiences of a diverse workforce. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, veteran status, or any other protected class. UWorld is proud to be an equal opportunity employer providing a drug-free workplace. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.