Data Engineering Intern - Summer 2027
Riot Games20 hours ago
Los Angeles, CA, USAIntern
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.
Tech Stack
Apache AirflowApache FlinkApache HiveApache KafkaApache SparkAWSC++DatabricksDockerGitGoGoogle Cloud PlatformJavaKubernetesLinuxPythonScalaSQLTerraform
Categories
Data Engineering
About Riot Games
Riot Games develops and publishes online multiplayer games for PC and mobile, including League of Legends, Valorant, Teamfight Tactics, Legends of Runeterra, and Wild Rift. The company operates free-to-play titles monetized via in-game purchases and runs global esports leagues and events around its franchises. Founded in 2006 and headquartered in Los Angeles, Riot is a subsidiary of Tencent with offices worldwide.