Data Engineer Intern: Build Scalable Web Scraping & ETL

Wayne State University; Madison (WI); On-site; USD 27,552 - 41,328; Full time

Job summary

A prominent university is seeking a Data Engineer Intern in Madison, Wisconsin. The role involves building and maintaining web scrapers, designing ETL pipelines, and working with AI engineers to drive data quality and automation. The ideal candidate should have strong programming skills in Python, experience with web scraping tools, and familiarity with database management. This position offers the opportunity to work in a dynamic startup-like environment.

Qualifications

• Strong programming skills in Python required.
• Experience with web scraping tools/frameworks preferred.
• Knowledge of data cleaning and normalization techniques necessary.
• Familiarity with SQL and NoSQL databases is advantageous.
• Capable of designing and automating workflows.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain web scrapers for data extraction.
• Design ETL/ELT pipelines for data normalization.
• Collaborate with AI engineers on model training.
• Monitor data quality and scraper performance.
• Explore new data sources for long-term infrastructure.

Skills

Strong programming skills in Python

Experience with web scraping tools

Understanding of data cleaning techniques

Knowledge of SQL and NoSQL databases

Ability to design and automate ETL workflows

Strong problem-solving skills

Curiosity and fast learning ability

Tools

Playwright

Selenium

Scrapy

BeautifulSoup

Apify

Job description

A prominent university is seeking a Data Engineer Intern in Madison, Wisconsin. The role involves building and maintaining web scrapers, designing ETL pipelines, and working with AI engineers to drive data quality and automation. The ideal candidate should have strong programming skills in Python, experience with web scraping tools, and familiarity with database management. This position offers the opportunity to work in a dynamic startup-like environment.