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Data Engineering Intern - Summer 2027

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Data Engineering Intern - Summer 2027 in USA new

  • Riot Games
  • Full time
  • Email
  • Los Angeles, CA

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with data engineers, software engineers, data scientists, analysts, and game teams on data-focused projects.
  • Transform raw data into clean, documented, queryable datasets for downstream partners.
  • Implement small data pipeline, data modeling, and data-quality tasks with established tools and guidance.
  • Support relational data model and data product design for game, product, and business use cases.
  • Validate data accuracy, timeliness, completeness, and sustainability.
  • Participate in code reviews, technical discussions, team rituals, and project planning.
  • Document technical proposals, implementation details, and data definitions.
  • Learn how cloud, distributed-processing, and data-pipelining systems support Riot’s games and products.

Requirements

  • Graduating in the 2028 calendar year.
  • Currently enrolled in a Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science, or related technical degree program.
  • Available to work full-time for the 12-week internship duration.
  • Comfortable programming in Python or Java.
  • Understanding of data structures and algorithms.
  • Familiarity with SQL and relational data concepts such as tables, keys, normalization, or indexing.
  • Minimum GPA of 2.5.
  • Desired qualifications include graduate-level study, data-related projects or experience, AWS or GCP familiarity, Linux experience, distributed systems knowledge, and familiarity with listed data, cloud, infrastructure, and software development tools.
  • Experience with Scala, C++, Golang, or another programming language is desired.
  • A portfolio, website, GitHub, or other collection of original work is desired.

Benefits

  • Remote-only internship with a 12-week duration.
  • Paid internship with an hourly rate of USD $53.41-$69.28.
  • Eligibility to participate in Riot’s 401(k) plan.
  • In-game perks and participation in the Play Fund.
  • Intern-focused events and opportunities to connect with other interns and Rioters.

Riot Games

Since 2006, Riot Games has stayed committed to changing the way video games are developed, published, and supported for players. From our first title, League of Legends, to 2020’s VALORANT; we have strived to evolve the community with growth in Esports, and expansion from games into entertainment...

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