Data Platform Engineer Intern

RippleMatch, Inc.; Boston (MA); Hybrid; USD 30,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

CarGurus is seeking a Data Platform Engineer Intern for the Data Engineering team to support a modern data warehousing platform during a period of growth. This 11-week, full-time internship runs June–August 2027 with a hybrid model in Boston, MA, requiring about three days per week in the office.

You'll gain hands-on experience building scalable ETL/ELT pipelines using Python, SQL, Airflow, and Terraform, collaborating with cross-functional teams and refining data infrastructure while learning

Qualifications

• Pursuing a Bachelor's or Master's degree in CS, IS, Data Management, or related field.
• Interest in data engineering and scalable data pipelines.
• Exposure to ETL/ELT processes and data infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Understand and contribute to the evolving data and analytics stack.
• Assist in building robust ETL/ELT pipelines using Python, SQL.
• Write clean, testable data pipeline code with proper error handling.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to develop testing.
• Work with upstream producers and downstream consumers.
• Assist in deploying and managing data infrastructure with Terraform.

Skills

Python

SQL

Data pipelines

Data engineering

Problem-solving

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in CS/IS/Data Management

Tools

Airflow

Luigi

Job description

Role overview

CarGurus is looking for a highly motivated Data Platform Engineer Intern for the Data Engineering team to support evolving our modern data warehousing platform to world-class levels! As CarGurus enters the next phase of dramatic growth with new data sources, new business lines, and business acquisitions, we are looking for a candidate who is interested in learning and being part of revamping how we do data at the company.

As a Data Platform Engineer Intern, you will join an 11-week Summer Internship Program designed to give you hands-on experience, expand your professional network, and build core industry skills. This full-time opportunity (40 hours per week) runs from June through August 2027. CarGurus operates on a hybrid working model, and candidates should expect to work out of our Boston, MA office 60% of the time (approximately three days per week).

What you’ll do

• Gain a deep understanding of our evolving data and analytics stack

• Understand and follow the decisions around the Data Engineering domain while providing input into strategic decisions around the overall data pipeline process

• Help build robust and scalable data integration (ETL/ELT) pipelines using Fivetran, Python, SQL and Airflow

• Write clean data pipeline code that is easily testable, understood by other developers, and handles errors

• Partner with stakeholders / leads to develop testing

• Collaborate with upstream data producers and downstream data consumers, and maintain a healthy work environment

• Deploy and manage our data infrastructure using Terraform

What you’ll bring

• Currently pursuing a Bachelor's or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Management, or a related field, with eligibility to complete a full-time internship.

• Exposure to data engineering and interest in designing and building scalable and reliable data pipelines and infrastructure

• Proficiency with Python programming skills and knowledge of SQL

• Experience working in a cross‑functional team environment

• Good understanding of overall data pipeline system architecture and data modeling

• Good problem‑solving skills and attention to detail

• Working knowledge of workflow management tools like Airflow, Luigi etc

• Understanding of requirement gathering, analysis, code review, unit and integration testing

• Great teammate, interested in sharing knowledge with other team members, and is curious about learning new technologies

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