Data Engineer

Egreenservices; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 80,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

Family Dollar is seeking a hands-on Data Engineer for an internship in Houston. You will architect, code, and deploy data systems while maintaining a strong focus on quality and long-term growth. The role emphasizes ownership over meaningful work and close collaboration with local teams.

The internship offers exposure to scalable LLM services, bug tracing, and architecture improvements, with a clear path to contribute across Houston and Texas-scale initiatives.

Qualifications

• Clustering expertise in a fast-moving tech environment.
• Reliable, proactive teammate who can work without micromanagement.
• Customer-focused with strong interpersonal skills.
• TX work history or ability to thrive in Texas.
• Comfort with owning metrics that can move up or down.

Responsibilities

• Read LLM stack traces and trace bugs to root causes.
• Identify bottlenecks and propose architectural improvements.
• Scale LLM services from Houston pilot to TX-wide rollout.
• Replace Snowflake hack with LLM solution for Houston scale.
• Enhance test automation to increase release confidence.
• Pair-program tricky MLOps edge cases with Houston engineers.

Skills

Clustering

Reliability

Customer focus

TX work history

Metric ownership

Job description

Family Dollar needs a hands-on Data Engineer who can architect, code, and deploy without losing sight of quality. An internship Data Engineer role that values ownership over busywork, pays $80,000 - $125,000, and invests in your long-term growth.

Key Responsibilities

• Read the Large Language Models stack traces others skim past, and trace bugs to their root
• Identify bottlenecks and propose architectural improvements proactively
• Scale Family Dollar's Large Language Models services from Houston pilot to TX-wide rollout
• Replace the brittle Snowflake hack with a Large Language Models solution that survives Houston scale
• Enhance test automation frameworks to increase release confidence
• Pair-program tricky MLOps edge cases with engineers across Houston, TX

What You'll Bring

• Demonstrated Clustering expertise in a fast-moving technology environment
• The reliability that lets a manager stop checking in
• Customer-focused outlook with strong interpersonal skills
• A TX work history, or strong reasons you'll thrive here anyway
• Comfort owning a number that goes up or down because of you

People choose Family Dollar because we pair team-oriented technology with a team that genuinely cares, right here in Houston. Psychological safety is something we actively build, so disagreeing in good faith is encouraged.

The offer reads $80,000 - $125,000, plus the soft stuff that hard-wins loyalty: coaching, coverage, and a flexible internship rhythm.

As of today's date, this Data Engineer req has not been filled.