RemotePosted 3 April 2026
Job Description
Data Engineering Intern
Atlanta, GAData Platform /Intern /Hybrid
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Greenlight is the leading family fintech company on a mission to help parents raise financially smart kids. We proudly serve more than 6 million parents and kids with our award-winning banking app for families. With Greenlight, parents can automate allowance, manage chores, set flexible spend controls, and invest for their family’s future. Kids and teens learn to earn, save, spend wisely, and invest.
At Greenlight, we believe every child should have the opportunity to become financially healthy and happy. It’s no small task, and that’s why we leap out of bed every morning to come to work. Because creating a better, brighter future for the next generation depends on it.
Greenlight's internship is a paid program for current college students. Throughout the internship, you’ll collaborate on thoughtful projects and bring your fresh perspectives to impact our product and families. We encourage you to make your mark here as you grow as a professional, broaden your network, learn new skills and live the Greenlight mission — to empower families to build financial strength, protect what matters most, and stay deeply connected—so they can thrive together in every stage of life.
We are seeking a motivated and curious Data Engineering Intern to join our Data Platform team. This internship offers a unique opportunity to gain hands-on experience building and maintaining real data infrastructure within a fast-growing fintech environment. The ideal candidate will work alongside our data engineers to support the development of pipelines, data models, and infrastructure tooling — while learning industry best practices across the full data stack.
What you will be doing:
Assist in building and maintaining data pipelines using Airflow to orchestrate workflows that ingest, transform, and deliver data into Snowflake and Databricks
Support the design and implementation of data models in Snowflake that serve analytics, reporting, and ML use cases
Help develop and maintain transformation logic using dbt, including writing models, tests, and documentation
Contribute to data quality checks and validation processes to ensure accuracy, completeness, and timeliness of data
Assist with infrastructure automation using Terraform to manage cloud resources in AWS
Participate in troubleshooting data pipeline issues and investigating root causes alongside senior engineers
Collaborate with data analysts, analytics engineers, and business stakeholders to understand requirements and contribute to technical solutions
Help create and maintain documentation for data pipelines, data models, and infrastructure processes
Participate in code reviews to develop best practices and learn from the team
What you should bring:
A 3.0 GPA or higher
Currently pursuing a Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Information Technology, or a related field
Basic understanding of SQL and comfort manipulating data
Interest in data engineering, data infrastructure, and/or analytics engineering
Familiarity with Python for scripting, data processing, or automation (preferred)
Basic understanding of cloud platforms, particularly AWS, is a plus
Strong analytical thinking and problem-solving skills — especially comfort working through ambiguity
Good communication and collaboration skills; able to work cross-functionally with technical and non-technical teammates
Eagerness to take ownership of your work and ask thoughtful questions
Learning Opportunities:
You'll have the opportunity to gain experience with technologies including:
Snowflake
dbt (data build tool)
Apache Airflow
AWS (S3, Lambda, EC2, IAM)
Databricks
Terraform
Fivetran
Segment
This internship provides an excellent foundation for a career in data engineering, analytics engineering, or data architecture within the fintech industry.
Who we are:
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