Data Engineering Intern

Strayer Education, Inc.

2d • $20 - $30

About The Position

Kickstart your career and gain meaningful, hands‑on experience as part of SEI’s paid summer internship program! Strategic Education Inc. (SEI) is a mission‑driven education organization dedicated to enabling economic mobility for working adult learners through innovative, career‑relevant learning pathways. SEI creates flexible, workforce‑aligned learning experiences across a global portfolio of institutions and platforms, including Strayer University, Capella University, Sophia Learning, Workforce Edge, and more. As an intern within our Information Technology (IT) department, you’ll work full‑time alongside experienced engineers and project teams, contributing to real initiatives that support SEI’s mission and business goals. You’ll join a collaborative scrum team involved in designing, developing, testing, deploying, and supporting mission‑critical applications. This internship offers the opportunity to learn modern technologies, strengthen your technical skills, and experience a supportive, fast‑paced engineering environment built on teamwork, curiosity, and hands‑on learning.

Requirements

• Junior or senior pursuing a bachelor’s degree, or a graduate student in Computer Science, Mathematics, or a related field
• Strong team‑oriented mindset
• Creative and proactive problem‑solving skills
• Self‑starter who asks questions and seeks clarity
• Strong attention to detail and organizational skills
• Clear written and verbal communication
• Experience connecting to data sources, including external APIs
• Basic understanding of cloud concepts (Azure, AWS, or GCP preferred)
• Familiarity with development methodologies such as Agile, Waterfall, DevSecOps, and version control

Responsibilities

• Preparing technical requirements and documentation
• Writing, testing, and documenting code
• Troubleshooting and debugging technical issues
• Assisting with QA and application support
• Helping develop technical and user support documentation
• You may be writing Python and SQL to explore, ingest, transform, and extract data
• You could be participating in DevOps workflows using tools such as Terraform and GitLab
• You might be working with databases—including tables, views, stored procedures, triggers, indexes, and relational/dimensional models

Benefits

• SEI offers a comprehensive package of benefits to employees scheduled 30 hours or more per week.
• In addition to medical, dental, vision, life and disability plans, SEI employees may take advantage of well-being incentives, parental leave, paid time off, certain paid holidays, tax saving accounts (FSA, HSA), 401(k) retirement benefit, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, tuition assistance as well as entertainment and retail discounts.
• Non-exempt employees are eligible for overtime pay, if applicable.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Intern
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees