Data Engineer Summer 2026 Intern
Posted on Dec. 13, 2025 by University of Phoenix
- Phoenixville, United States of America
- $21.0 - $28.0
- Full Time
General Information
Location:
US-AZ - Phoenix
Position Type:
Full Time
Virtual Eligible:
Yes
Job Category:
Administration
Ref #:
7359
Description and Requirements
At the University of Phoenix, we are committed to the future of work by providing a fully remote, work-from-home environment. This strategy enables us to attract top talent nationwide. Are you looking for a rewarding and fulfilling position that offers challenging work and the opportunity to make a significant impact while collaborating with a team of fun, innovative individuals? Would you prefer to work with an organization that positively contributes to the world? If so, we would love to hear from you!
Are you searching for a rewarding, fulfilling position that offers challenging work and the ability to make a big impact while working side-by-side with a team of fun, innovative people? Ideally, would you like this position to be with an organization that makes a positive contribution to the world? If so…we would love to hear from you!
About Us
University of Phoenix is a leading higher education institution founded in 1976 by Dr. John Sperling. Our mission is to improve the lives of our students, their families and future generations through higher education. Our values (which hopefully you share) are: Brave. Honest. Focused.
Our University values and embraces all team members and their unique perspectives. We fundamentally believe in fostering an environment which deeply respects, celebrates, and actively encourages a diverse workforce. We are committed to hiring – and learning from – those who share our passion to help others achieve their educational aspirations.
We offer excellent benefits, an effective recognition program, and outstanding learning and development tools, including tuition vouchers for employees and their qualified family members.
About the Position
A Data Engineer Internship at University of Phoenix provides an opportunity for enthusiastic students to supplement their formal education with hands-on experience in an area related to their field of study. Interns learn and are exposed to real-world application of practical knowledge in actual business situations and contribute to business results through completion of assigned responsibilities, project participation and collaboration with colleagues within their own department and throughout the University.
In addition, Interns have the opportunity to network with others already working in their chosen profession and to build relationships that can help them through the internship and into the future. Actual duties and responsibilities during the internship will vary based on the program discipline.
What You'll Do
- Engage with various teams within the specific department related to the internship, as well as throughout the University, to gain exposure and hands-on experience in their field of study; actively participate in a wide range of opportunities to apply practical knowledge to current business situations.
- Collect, analyze, and present findings in related areas using opportunities to apply practical knowledge and gain exposure to working with various levels of colleagues throughout the University.
- Participate in work groups to broaden knowledge and enhance skills
- Perform research and provide actionable recommendations in work-related areas.
- Perform other duties as assigned or apparent.
Additional Responsibilities:
- Collaborate with team members to work on at least one project associated with processing data and building data pipelines
- Work with middleware and back-end data engineering technologies in designing and developing enterprise solutions with cloud technologies
- Work with product teams to assist with ad-hoc data requests, data exploration and building business knowledge models
- Share personal knowledge gained through classroom and work experience to bring forward potential solutions to enhance current business processes.
NOTE: The primary accountabilities above are intended to describe the general content and requirements of this position and are not intended to be an exhaustive statement of duties. Incumbents may perform all or most of the primary accountabilities listed above. Specific goals or responsibilities will be documented in the incumbents’ performance objectives as outlined by the incumbents’ immediate supervisor or manager.
Supervisory Responsibilities
None
MINIMUM EDUCATION AND RELATED WORK EXPERIENCE:
- Currently pursuing a degree in a field related to focus of internship: Information Technology or Information System. Mathematics, Computer Science, Business Information Technology, or Information Systems OR have graduated with a related degree in the past 12 months.
- Able to commit to the internship position for a minimum of 3 months (May 18, 2026 - August 14, 2026), with the possibility of an extension.
- Able to commit to 40 hours per week (Monday-Friday) in a virtual environment free from distraction.
ADDITIONAL QUALIFICATIONS:
- Familiarity with the following:
o To build and maintain data pipelines and ETL processes.
o To develop and maintain data infrastructure systems, including data warehouses and data lakes.
o To create infrastructure as a code using Terraform.
o Writing complex SQL queries.
o Scripting languages like Python, Node JS, JavaScript.
o AWS Cloud Platform services like AWS S3, AWS Lambda, Glue, Managed Airflow, IAM, Amazon RDS, Amazon Redshift, MSK, Kafka, Apache Airflow
o Other software and online applications (will vary by internship discipline).
- Collaborate with data scientists and analysts to understand data requirements and create mapping documents.
- Explore ways to optimize data pipelines and systems for performance and scalability.
- Participate in troubleshooting data pipeline and system issues.
- Create and maintain documentation of data architecture, data pipelines, and data systems.
- Good problem-solving and analytical skills.
- Strong communication and collaboration skills.
- Ready to take on tasks and open to learn.
#LI-Remote
University of Phoenix is an Equal Opportunity employer.
If you are an active-duty military member seeking employment when off-duty, compliance with Department of Defense Joint Ethics Regulation, 5500-7-R, is required prior to starting employment with University of Phoenix. You are advised to contact your base Judge Advocate General to seek such approval and answer any questions.
Pay Range
The hourly pay rate range is $21.97 (minimum), $25 (midpoint), and $28.85 (maximum). The annualized amount, not including eligible overtime pay, is $45,700 (minimum), $52,000 (midpoint), and $60000 (maximum).*
- Typical hiring range is between the minimum and midpoint of the above pay range. Actual starting base pay may vary based on factors such as education, experience, skills, location and budget.
Application Deadline is 01/16/2026.
Application Deadline
01/16/2026
Advertised until:
Jan. 12, 2026
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