Summer Intern, Data Engineer

About the DDM Summer Internship Program:

The Dotdash Meredith Summer Internship Program is a 9 week full time, paid program that runs from June 9th - August 8th, based out of our New York office. The intern program consists of hands-on learning opportunities to create work that has an impact on the business, along with workshops in preparing you for post-college life (resume / interviewing) plus fun events throughout the summer!

Dotdash Meredith is committed to diversity, equity and inclusion and representing the communities that we serve. We strongly encourage BIPOC and LGBTQIA students to apply. 

Deadline to Apply: Friday, February 14th 

Eligibility Requirements:

• Internships are available to students who will be Juniors and Seniors in Fall 2025 at an accredited college or university

• You must be available to work full time for the entire 9 weeks of the program in the NY office, 3 days a week

• You must have access to your own housing and transportation to/from the NY office

About the Team:

Dotdash Meredith is looking for a Data Engineer Intern with strong Python and SQL skills to join the Data Operations team. The successful candidate will help build our data integration pipelines that feed into our data lakes and warehouses while maintaining data quality and integrity in our data stores. We are looking for someone who is a great team player but can also work independently. This person will also work closely with key stakeholders and understand and implement business requirements and see to it that data deliverables are met.

About the Role: 

As a Data Engineer Intern with Dotdash Meredith you will apply best practices and standards related to data governance. You will work closely with cross function teams to collaborate on data ingestion practices, managing data pipelines, and more. 

Responsibilities will Include: 

• Build BigQuery tables using dbt

• Learn how to create and manage data pipelines

• Learn data ingestion practices

About You: 

Candidates for this role should have or be:

• Knowledge of SQL, data modeling and at least one programming language(e.g., Python, Scala)

• Excellent communication, time management, and organizational skills

• Open to new challenges and excited to grow within a fast-paced, expanding, and constantly evolving organization

• Creative and driven self-starter that can take direction and run with it, asking questions up front to ensure you’re able to complete the task successfully

• Motivated problem solver who will proactively troubleshoot and create solution

• Experience with Google & Microsoft Suites

• Some experience with digital media is a plus but not required