Internship - Data Engineering [RID-00701]

Setel; Kuala Lumpur; Hybrid; MYR 17,000 - 28,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work arrangement

Exposure to data platforms

Mentorship and learning opportunities

Job summary

Setel in Kuala Lumpur is seeking a Data Engineer Intern to help scale our data infrastructure in the cloud. You will work with Python (or equivalent) and SQL to build, test and maintain data pipelines and ELT jobs, supporting analytics and ML use cases.

The role focuses on performance tuning, observability, and data quality, with a hybrid work arrangement and a collaboration-driven culture. The internship is 4+ months starting Oct/Nov 2026 and suits students in Computer Science, Data Science, or

Qualifications

• Pursuing or recently completed degree in CS/DS/Statistics or related field.
• Minimum 4 months of internship starting Oct/Nov 2026.
• Strong problem solving and communication skills with technical prowess.

Responsibilities

• Build, test and maintain production data pipelines.
• Automate and version control data workflows for reliability.
• Monitor and tune data pipelines for performance and observability.
• Identify improvements in data quality and efficiency through testing.
• Assist with related tasks and ensure policy compliance.
• Collaborate with analytics and ML teams for use cases.

Skills

Python

SQL

Problem solving

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science / Data Science / related field

Tools

PostgreSQL

SQL Server

MongoDB

Job description

The Future of Mobility

Introduced in July 2018, Setel is a mobile platform that aims to delight customers by innovating for better, inclusive mobility. Setel serves customers across Malaysia by powering one app as the constant companion to ease motorists’ journey across fueling, parking, EV charging, motor insurance, road tax, auto assistance, general purchases, and more across an ecosystem of PETRONAS petrol stations, retail partners, and online merchants.

Role Purpose:

The Data Engineer Intern will assist the Data Engineering team in providing the technical expertise to scale our data infrastructure using the right tools and frameworks, enabling access to high-quality data for Setel and our stakeholders. The responsibilities include performance tuning and monitoring of our data warehouse, developing best-in-class extract, load & transform (ELT) job architecture, and building batch or streaming data pipelines for analytics and ML use cases. This role will require someone with keen interest in developing and implementing data engineering solutions in a cloud environment, experienced with data warehouse technologies and data processing frameworks as well as proficient in Python (or equivalent) and SQL.

In this role you will:

• Build, test and maintain a production deployment for our data pipelines.
• Leverage the appropriate data tools and technologies to automate and version control our data workflows, enabling the team to effectiveness and efficiency.
• Monitor and tune/optimise the performance of our data pipelines using data engineering best practices.
• Identify improvements in data reliability, efficiency and quality through pipeline testing and observability.
• Assist with any related tasks, projects, and other assigned duties as and when deemed necessary.
• Ensure adherence to the compliance of company policies, industry regulations and legal requirements.

You’re a great fit if you have/are:

• Currently pursuing or recently completed a bachelor’s degree in related field or similar quantitative discipline (e.g. Computer Science, Data Science, Statistics, etc.)
• A minimum of 4 months of internship period that starts on October/November 2026
• The role will require strong problem solvers who are technically skilled in data/software engineering practices.
• Experience in working with databases like Postgresql, SQL Server or MongoDB
• Proficient in Python (or equivalent) and SQL.
• Ability to handle sensitive information with confidentiality.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

What Makes Working With Us Awesome

• Our people and culture - You will get to work with awesome and friendly colleagues to whom you can expect to collaborate well to deliver your work. Empowerment is given and you will get a lot of opportunities for peer-learning.
• Availability of tools and applications - You will be provided with different tools to facilitate your work. Automate your work whenever possible so that you can focus on delivering impact for your role.
• Development focused - Your learning and growth matters most for us. We are people centric and always ready to help our people to define what they want to make an impact on and craft their learning plan accordingly.

Cool Perks/ Benefits

• Our office elevates our values on the importance of collaboration & engagement. We want our work to be fun and to support this, we have spacious collaboration spaces, a well-stocked kitchen and gaming area.
• Hybrid work arrangement.
• Exciting sport and engagement activities to strengthen employee bonding.

Personal Data Protection

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