Software Engineer Intern (Database Engineering) - Spring 2027

US-CA-Menlo Park🌐 Remote💼 Internship🗓 2026-09-25

Core

Build enterprise-grade database systems, query engines, and distributed data processing infrastructure for a cloud data platform.

Role type

Software Engineer Intern (Database Engineering)

Builds

Cloud data platform components including query compilation, execution, and distributed storage systems

Domain

Cloud computing, Database systems, Distributed systems

Deliverable

production ML models | product features

Required skills

C++ or Java, Data structures and algorithms, Systems programming, Multi-threading and concurrency, SQL

Preferred skills

C++20 or C++17, Java 17 or Java 20, Cloud computing, Compilers, Distributed systems, Big data processing

Technologies

AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, Spark, Hadoop, FoundationDB, Unistore

Responsibilities

Implement and test features in query compilation and compiler design, Work on query execution and performance optimization, Contribute to large-scale distributed systems and data warehouse design, Collaborate on database internals and transaction processing

Seniority

Intern

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