Big Data Platform Engineer Intern (PhD/Masters)

Key Skills

Algorithms, AWS, Azure, Big Data Technology, Databricks, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Java Programming, Python Programming, Spark Core

Job Description

About the Role

We, in the Stargate Platform Engineering team, are searching for an enthusiastic intern who is ready for an exciting career! We focus on optimizing data intensive distributed systems, building and improving data pipelines while making our platform more efficient, secure and reliable. Our team members range from PhD in Mathematics to contributors to open-source Apache Big Data projects.

If you join us, you will be able to participate in a variety of interesting initiatives. For example, you will:

• Help us improve the resilience of the world by modelling/interpreting/studying real-world data, from COVID-19 analytics to models for floods and earthquakes. Transforming terabyte large datasets or make millions of API calls is normal day of work.
• Write Big Data pipelines and analyse how data are handled in a global company in a petabyte scale.
• Support many other exciting projects in a collaborative environment with colleagues from Swiss Re's international offices, building the data backbone of the company.
• Helping other internal customers making better use of the platform, by providing guidance and handling Issues they may raise internally. You will advise these customers on how to efficiently ingest terabytes data from a relational database or million of records Kafka topic to the platform.

About the Team

We are a diverse team and our passion to learn is what connects us. We are looking for a person who loves to learn, and we will support you in this journey! We reserve time for studying, getting certificates, attending conferences, and we organize our own upskilling sessions as well. In addition to projects for our clients, we also work on innovation projects which allow us to learn new methodologies and gain fresh experience.

About You

Nobody is perfect and meets 100% of requirements. If you however meet some of the criteria below and are genuinely curious about the world of data science, we will be happy to meet you.

In order to be successful in the role, you need to ideally have these technical skills and knowledge:

• Studying PhD, Master or final year of Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Computer/Electronics Engineering, Applied Mathematics, Physics or related quantitative field.
• Good knowledge of Python and/or Java programming languages.
• Knowledge of Apache Spark.
• Knowledge of Algorithms.
• Knowledge of database internals.

If you also have the following experience and interests, it is a huge plus:

• Background in Software Engineering.
• Experience in distributed computing/ databases.
• Passionate about high-performance-computing, functional programming and constant optimizations.
• AWS/Azure/GCP/Palantir/Databricks Certificates.
• Experience handling tickets and guiding customer in their learning process.

We look forward to receiving your application!

This job offer is suitable for people who have been impacted by the invasion of Ukraine.

The minimum gross base salary for this role is 9EUR/ per hour. Our final offer to you will be set up fairly, considering the skills and experience that you bring to the Swiss Re Group. 

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About Swiss Re

Swiss Re is one of the world’s leading providers of reinsurance, insurance and other forms of insurance-based risk transfer, working to make the world more resilient. We anticipate and manage a wide variety of risks, from natural catastrophes and climate change to cybercrime. Combining experience with creative thinking and cutting-edge expertise, we create new opportunities and solutions for our clients. This is possible thanks to the collaboration of more than 14,000 employees across the world.