Data Engineering Intern at ibotta · Denver, CO | newgrad.ai

Ibotta is seeking a Data Engineering Intern to join our innovative team and contribute to our mission to Make Every Purchase Rewarding. As a participant in our 2027 Summer Internship, you will have the opportunity to fully integrate with your team to directly contribute to ongoing Ibotta business initiatives. In addition to the daily time with your team, you will participate in ongoing teach outs curated to help build skills essential to transitioning into the workforce and building your career. We are looking for candidates who are eager to learn, excited to work on real-world business challenges, and want to be part of a mission-driven company. This will be a full-time, 12 week, internship during the summer of 2027. This is a hybrid position located in Denver, Colorado and requires 3 days in-office per week. Required in-office hybrid days are Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. Candidates must live in the United States.

What you will be doing

Explore Next-Gen Secure Data Sharing: Learn, leverage, and gain practical experience building and supporting secure data sharing solutions across multi-cloud environments using privacy first Clean Rooms, open protocols, and cloud storage utilities.
Automate & Scale Infrastructure: Build, maintain, and deploy reusable multi cloud infrastructure (Terraform) on AWS and Databricks Platform. Administer Databricks Unity Catalog to enforce unified governance, access controls, and asset discovery.
Collaborate Across Engineering: Work alongside senior platform engineers, security, and internal domain teams to integrate downstream workflows smoothly into governed escrow endpoints

What we are looking for

Academic Background: Rising Juniors or Seniors working towards a Bachelor's degree with a focus in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Data Engineering, Data Analytics, or a related technical field.
Core Technical Foundations: Hands-on experience or coursework in Python, SQL, big data and or distributed systems
Data Platform Interest: Exposure to relational databases, distributed data systems (Spark, Hadoop, Databricks), or modern cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure).
Problem-Solving Mindset: Analytical and creative problem-solving skills with a desire to build reusable, "Build Once, Scale Many" automation rather than one-off scripts.
Communication & Curiosity: Strong verbal and written communication skills with a hunger to collaborate, learn complex distributed architectures, and take ownership of projects.
Self-Motivated: Highly organized, self-directed, and eager to tackle end-to-end technical challenges from design to execution.
Embrace and uphold Ibotta's Core Values: Integrity, Boldness, Ownership, Teamwork, Transparency & A good idea can come from anywhere

About Us

Ibotta (NYSE: IBTA) is a leading performance marketing platform allowing brands to deliver digital promotions to over 200 million consumers through a network of publishers called the Ibotta Performance Network (IPN). The IPN allows marketers to influence what people buy, and where and how often they shop – all while paying only when their campaigns directly result in a sale. American shoppers have earned over $1.8 billion through the IPN since 2012. The largest tech IPO in history to come out of Colorado, Ibotta is headquartered in Denver, and is continually listed as a top place to work by The Denver Post and Inc. Magazine. To learn more about what our Tech teams are doing day to day, visit Building Ibotta on https://medium.com/building-ibottaMedium.com http://Medium.com

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This position is located in Denver, CO and includes competitive pay and housing assistance for out of state students. Denver office perks include snacks, and occasional meals.
The hourly compensation for this role is: $34.23 per hour worked. This compensation range is specific to the United States labor market.
Ibotta is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Ibotta's employment decisions are made without regard of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, veteran status, gender identity, sexual orientation, or any other legally protected status.
Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.
Applicants are accepted until the position is filled.
For the security of our employees and the business, all employees are responsible for the secure handling of data in accordance with our security policies, identifying and reporting phishing attempts, as well as reporting security incidents to the proper channels.

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