Comcast Data Engineer Intern

Make your mark at Comcast -- a Fortune 30 global media and technology company. From the connectivity and platforms we provide, to the content and experiences we create, we reach hundreds of millions of customers, viewers, and guests worldwide. Become part of our award-winning technology team that turns big ideas into cutting-edge products, platforms, and solutions that our customers love. We create space to innovate, and we recognize, reward, and invest in your ideas, while ensuring you can proudly bring your authentic self to the workplace. Join us. You’ll do the best work of your career right here at Comcast. (In most cases, Comcast prefers to have employees on-site collaborating unless the team has been designated as virtual due to the nature of their work. If a position is listed with both office locations and virtual offerings, Comcast may be willing to consider candidates who live greater than 100 miles from the office for the remote option.)

Job Summary

This job code is to be used for internships and co-ops. It is not to be used for temporary or contract workers.

Job Description

Program Overview  

Discover opportunities designed to set your career in motion! The Comcast internship/co-op program will help you cultivate meaningful relationships, develop strong interpersonal and business skills, gain exposure to the day-to-day operations of a Fortune 40 media and technology company, and receive mentorship opportunities to expand your professional network.  

This program immerses students into the daily operation of a contemporary media and technology company while working side-by-side with Comcast’s top innovators. The student becomes an integral part of the Comcast team working on creative, innovative, and thought-provoking projects within various business units. 

Organization & Team Overview 

The dx Team in Comcast TPX organization is building core components needed to drive the next generation of data platforms and data processing capability at Comcast. Building data products, identifying trouble spots, and optimizing the overall user experience is a challenge that can only be met with a robust architecture capable of providing insights that would otherwise be drowned in an ocean of data. To provide access to data in Comcast’s platforms, dx team has built an enterprise Query Fabric based on open-source and commercial Trino technologies.  This Data Engineer intern role will include a mixture of DevOps responsibilities, contributing to the software development of the Query Fabric Platform, new software features and defect resolution, day-to-day platform operations and support, and other platforms/technologies (e.g. caching and web services) as needed.  You will have the opportunity to make contributions to the Trino codebase as well as other open-source projects, and you will be expected to support hundreds (and eventually thousands) of internal customers in their use of this platform.    

Success in this role is best enabled by a broad mix of skills and interests ranging from traditional software engineering prowess to the multidisciplinary field of data science and data engineering. 

Role Description 

Comcast’s dx org is seeking a highly motivated and ambitious Data Engineer Intern to join our dynamic Query Fabric team. dx Open Egress Team has responsibility for the harmonization of the data egress and consumption layer across Comcast.  We support accessing enterprise data sources via a consolidated set of entry points to help lower the barrier to entry to data access and use.   

  

The Data Engineer intern will develop (code/program), test, debug SQL queries and data programs supporting both internal and external technically challenging business requirements (complex transformations, high data volume), as well as provide operational support for the underlying services and infrastructure of our big data platforms. 

Develop solutions capable of processing millions of events per second and multi-billions of events per day, providing both a real time and historical view into the operation of Comcast’s wide array of systems. Design collection and enrichment system components for quality, timeliness, scale and reliability. Work on high-performance real-time data stores and a massive historical data store using best-of-breed and industry-leading technology. Build platforms that allow others to design, develop, and apply advanced statistical methods and Machine Intelligence algorithms, fostering self-service capabilities and ease of use across the entire Technology, Product, Xperience (TPX) organization landscape and beyond! 

Job Responsibilities 

Data Engineer intern will have the opportunity to work on a variety of projects across dx platform engineering team that have significant operational impact on the business within 1-3 years. Specific responsibilities will include but are not limited to: 

 

• Participate in the development and/or deployment of components and infrastructure supporting big data platforms 

• Support platform capabilities that analyze massive amounts of data both in real-time and batch processing  

• Facilitate the deployment of prototype ideas for new tools, products and services and the environments that support them 

• Employ rigorous continuous delivery practices managed under an agile software development approach  

• Ensure a quality transition to production and solid production operation of the platforms 

• Enhance our DevOps practices to deploy and operate our systems  

• Automate and streamline our operations and processes  

• Build and maintain tools for deployment, monitoring and operations  

• Troubleshoot and resolve issues in our development, test and production environments  

• Analyzes and determines data integration needs 

• Consults with and supports customer integration needs leveraging our platforms 

• Evaluates and plans software designs, test results and technical manuals using Big Data ecosystem 

• Reviews literature, current practices relevant to the solution of assigned projects in the Data Egress/Access domain 

• Experience with DevOps tools (GitHub, Jira) and methodologies (Agile, Scrum, Kanban, Test Driven Development) 

• Experience with a variety of relational and NoSQL database, Teradata, and other large Data Warehouse environment access capabilities 

• Exposure to data integration and storage in AWS - S3, Lambda, Glue Crawlers, Data Pipelines 

• Exposure to Hadoop ecosystem tools like Spark, YARN, HDFS, Hive, Sqoop, understanding of systems performance data (collection, monitoring, analysis) 

• Exposure to CI/CD, containerization and test-driven development (TDD)  

• Exposure to data loads in Databricks 

• Programs new software using Java or Python and Shell Scripts 

• Deep knowledge of SQL and data sourcing technologies such as Informatica. 

• Monitor job performances, file system/disk-space management, cluster and database connectivity, log files, management of backup/security and troubleshooting various user issues 

• Edits and reviews technical requirements documentation 

• Displays knowledge of software engineering methodologies, concepts, skills and their application in the area of specified engineering specialty (like Data Egress)  

• Displays knowledge of, and ability to apply, process software design and redesign skills 

• Displays in-depth knowledge of, and ability to apply, project management skills 

• Works independently, assumes responsibility for job development and training, researches and resolves questions and problems, requests supervisor input and keeps supervisor informed required 

• Other duties and responsibilities as assigned 

• All work needs to be documented 

Preferred Skills 

• Excellent organizational, interpersonal and communication skills 

• Self-starter with ability to drive analytics independently and manage multiple projects / deadlines 

• Familiarity with MPP Databases (massively parallel processing) is a requirement 

• RDMS: Teradata or Oracle or MS SQL or MySQL 

• Language/Scripts: Java 8+ or Python, Shell Scripts, SQL 

• Scala, Python, R, UC4, Ranger, Kafka, AWS, AWS Lambda, BTEQ, Spark, Sqoop, gRPC, Apache Thrift, HTTP2.0 

• Web: HTTP, REST 

• Security: OAuth 2 with OpenId, RPC 

• AWS: S3, Glue 

• Experience with hybrid Linux infrastructure footprints – cloud hosts (e.g. AWS EC2 instances), Virtual hosts (e.g. VMWare), and local data center hosts 

• Preferred Majors: Computer Science, Information Technology, Data Engineering, Data Sciences 

 

Minimum Qualifications and Eligibility Requirements 

• Currently pursuing bachelor’s in computer science engineering or information technology 

• Rising Junior or Rising Senior only (must have a graduation date between Winter 2025- Spring 2027)   

• Returning to degree-program (for at least a semester) after the completion of the summer internship (meaning, student must be returning to school for Fall 2025 semester before graduating)  

• Available to work 40 hours per week over the course of the summer program- June 2 through August 15, 2025 

• Authorized to work in the United States with no current or future sponsorship needs 

• Available to report in-person to the work location on the job posting (unless virtual offering) 

• Comcast is an Affirmative Action/EEO employer M/F/D/V.

 

Compensation

Base Pay: $32.00

Base pay is one part of the Total Rewards that Comcast provides to compensate and recognize employees for their work.    Most sales positions are eligible for a Commission under the terms of an applicable plan, while most non-sales positions are eligible for a Bonus.  Additionally, Comcast provides best-in-class Benefits to eligible employees.  We believe that benefits should connect you to the support you need when it matters most, and should help you care for those who matter most.  That’s why we provide an array of options, expert guidance and always-on tools, that are personalized to meet the needs of your reality – to help support you physically, financially and emotionally through the big milestones and in your everyday life. Please visit the compensation and benefits summary on our careers site for more details. 

The application window is 30 days from the date job is posted, unless the number of applicants requires it to close sooner or later.

Education

Certifications (if applicable)

Relative Work Experience

0-2 Years

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