Summer 2025 Intern, Data Integration Engineering

Company Description

At Western Digital, we are on a mission to unlock the potential of data so people, companies and organizations everywhere can create what’s next. To fulfill our vision, we are always on the lookout for potential team members who share our passion for solving problems to empower others.

When you join Western Digital, you join a legacy more than 50 years in the making. Across our Western Digital®, SanDisk®, SanDisk® Professional, WD® and WD_BLACK™ brands, we have brought some of the most storied advancements in memory and data storage technology to market—and our best, most innovative work is yet to come.

From energizing gaming platforms, to enabling systems to make cities safer and cars smarter and more connected, to powering the data centers behind many of the world’s biggest companies and public cloud, Western Digital is fueling a brighter, smarter future.

Here’s how you can help.

Job Description

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

The Big Data Platform team at SanDisk is seeking a summer Data Integration Engineering intern. An intern in this role will get a chance to work on the following:

• Developing, testing, and deploying data integration pipeline jobs using chosen cloud based native data integration tool according to company design principles.
• Troubleshoot existing pipeline jobs based on BASH, Python, Java and modify jobs for performance improvements.
• Design relational and unstructured data tables for faster load and optimal query performance
• Debug SQL statements and stored procedures in Postgres and AWS Redshift databases.
• Use git-based source control system bit bucket and continuous integration tools like Jenkins and deployment using Ansible.

Qualifications

Required technical skills:

• Passionate about working with BASH, Python and Java
• Understanding on Unix/Linux operating system like awk, ssh, crontab, etc.,
• Ability to write transact SQL, develop and debug stored procedures and user defined functions in python.
• Working experience on Postgres and/or Redshift database is preferred.
• Exposure to CI/CD tools like bit bucket, Jenkins, ansible, docker, etc. is preferred.
• Ability to understand relational database systems and its concepts.

Required personal skills:

• Passionate about working with large datasets
• Ability to read, write and speak in English clearly
• Ability to work as a team
• Ability to work in multiple projects and cope up with tight deadline and time constraints
• Ability to freely express their own views and accept well known methodologies.

Additional Information

Western Digital is committed to providing equal opportunities to all applicants and employees and will not discriminate against any applicant or employee based on their race, color, ancestry, religion (including religious dress and grooming standards), sex (including pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, breastfeeding or related medical conditions), gender (including a person’s gender identity, gender expression, and gender-related appearance and behavior, whether or not stereotypically associated with the person’s assigned sex at birth), age, national origin, sexual orientation, medical condition, marital status (including domestic partnership status), physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, protected medical and family care leave, Civil Air Patrol status, military and veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics. We also prohibit harassment of any individual on any of the characteristics listed above. Our non-discrimination policy applies to all aspects of employment. We comply with the laws and regulations set forth in the "Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal” poster. Our pay transparency policy is available here.

Western Digital thrives on the power and potential of diversity. As a global company, we believe the most effective way to embrace the diversity of our customers and communities is to mirror it from within. We believe the fusion of various perspectives results in the best outcomes for our employees, our company, our customers, and the world around us. We are committed to an inclusive environment where every individual can thrive through a sense of belonging, respect and contribution.

Western Digital is committed to offering opportunities to applicants with disabilities and ensuring all candidates can successfully navigate our careers website and our hiring process. Please contact us at jobs.accommodations@wdc.