Data Engineer Summer Intern

Data Engineering Intern

NinjaHoldings was founded in 2017 by a team seeking to revolutionize the way everyday Americans interact with financial services. Through our CreditNinja and NinjaCard brands, we empower people overlooked by traditional financial institutions to take control of their finances via a full suite of digital banking and lending products, providing incentives and rewards along the way as we guide them on a path to financial improvement. Through our NinjaEdge brand, we help companies better understand their customers by offering a package of bespoke underwriting, fraud detection, and analytics services. With offices in Chicago, Miami, and around the world through the power of remote work, we are a lean and innovative team always seeking like-minded talent to join us in our fight to disrupt consumer finance.

As a Data Engineering Intern, you'll gain hands-on experience supporting the development, monitoring, and optimization of our data infrastructure. You'll work with experienced data engineers and collaborate with teams across Engineering, Business Intelligence, and Data Science to ensure data is reliable, accessible, and scalable.

This internship is designed to give you exposure to real-world data engineering practices, including relational databases, data pipelines, and cloud-based data warehouses. You'll have the opportunity to learn how data powers decisions at a fast-growing fintech company while developing your technical skills in a supportive, collaborative environment.

Key Responsibilities:

• Learn how to manage and optimize relational databases (Postgres, MS SQL Server)
• Assist in building and monitoring data pipelines for BI and Data Science teams
• Support the setup and scaling of our data warehouse stack (Snowflake, Fivetran, DBT)
• Contribute to performance tuning tasks at query, table, and database levels
• Help establish monitoring and alerting for production data systems
• Gain hands-on experience with ELT data pipelines and best practices.
• Learn how to work with data in cloud environments like AWS
• Write automated warehouse data model tests

Ideal Candidate Will Have:

• Currently pursuing a degree in Computer Science, Data Engineering, or a related field
• Understanding of relational databases and SQL fundamentals
• Familiarity with concepts like row vs. column-based storage in data warehousing
• Interest in ELT processes and data modeling
• Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail
• Clear communication and eagerness to learn from senior team members

Additional Pluses:

• Experience with Python or Ruby for automation or scripting
• Exposure to Snowflake, DBT, or Fivetran
• Familiarity with Terraform or other infrastructure-as-code tools
• Interest in automated testing and data quality practices

Benefits:

• High performing interns will be considered for full-time employment
• Fun, fast-paced work environment
• Dynamic start-up culture
• Ability to make an immediate impact in a growth stage company
• Networking with full-time employees who are well-connected in the Chicago FinTech community
• Convenient downtown Chicago office located in the heart of the city
• Equal opportunity employer