Software Engineer Intern

Docusign•San Francisco, CA

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

This role will be building a KQL -> SQL (ClickHouse) translation layer to accelerate our migration from Azure Data Explorer (Kusto) to ClickHouse for operational time-series analytics. The intern will contribute to real-time telemetry pipelines, data quality checks, and the enablement needed for anomaly-detection and forecasting services to run on ClickHouse at Docusign scale. This is an internship role for 3 months of duration.

Requirements

Currently pursuing a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Software Engineering
Expected graduation in December 2026 or May/June 2027
Experience with Python and SQL and familiarity with time-series analytics
Experience with Kusto Query Language (KQL) and/or SQL
Experience with fundamentals in parsers/compilers or DSLs (e.g., ASTs, grammar tools such as Lark/ANTLR)

Nice To Haves

Good written/spoken communication; crisp design docs and runbooks

Responsibilities

Design and implement a KQL->SQL transpiler: grammar/AST mapping, function/operator equivalence, and edge-case handling
Build a validation harness that runs queries against ADX and ClickHouse, compares results, and reports parity/precision deltas with explainable diffs
Publish a Python library/CLI, a "how-to migrate" playbook, and dashboards that track coverage and success metrics
Partner with mentors to migrate a prioritized set of KQL queries used by product and platform teams into ClickHouse
Prototype an assistive tool that suggests translations for unsupported KQL constructs and surfaces review hints (kept strictly behind manual review gates) as a stretch goal

Benefits

Pay for this position is based on a number of factors including geographic location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.
Based on applicable legislation, the below details pay ranges in the following locations: California: $39/hour - $51/hour base salary
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