Data Engineer Intern

Department: Engineering

Location: Los Angeles, California

Compensation: $30 per hour

Employment Type: Intern

Hi, We're Centerfield!

Supercharged customer acquisition. Centerfield delivers outcome-based digital marketing solutions and personalized omnichannel experiences for the world’s leading brands. Powered by our proprietary Dugout platform, Centerfield acquires customers at scale for leading residential service, insurance, e-commerce, and B2B brands. Centerfield’s digital experiences and digital brands, such as Business.com and BroadbandNow.com, reach more than 150 million in-market shoppers annually. Centerfield is headquartered in Silicon Beach and is proud to be recognized by Built in LA as a Best Place to Work in Los Angeles.

The Opportunity…

As a Data Engineer Intern at Centerfield, you’ll work closely with our Data Engineering team to support the development, testing, and maintenance of data pipelines and infrastructure that power our business. You'll gain hands-on experience writing and testing code, learning how data drives performance, and how we create scalable solutions in a fast-paced environment. This is a unique opportunity to learn the core of data engineering while collaborating with a team that’s building real-time, intelligent technology solutions.

We provide our interns with meaningful work that drives real impact. You’ll contribute to important projects and grow under the guidance of experienced mentors here at Centerfield!

Our summer internship applications are open until April 1, 2026, then we will close the posting. Thanks for your interest!

How You'll Contribute…

• Write and test clean, efficient, and scalable code

• Support and complete low-level tickets related to data ingestion, ETL pipelines, and tooling

• Participate in Level of Effort (LOE) estimations and planning

• Learn and contribute to internal data engineering processes and tools

• Analyze, manipulate, and query data to support projects

• Collaborate cross-functionally with stakeholders to understand and support data needs

• Learn the business and how data plays a central role in our success

• Complete a capstone project with real business impact, and present your work to Centerfield leadership at the end of your internship

What We're Looking For…

• Eagerness to learn and a growth mindset!

• Rising seniors or recent grads (Spring 2025) in Computer Science, Data Science, or a related field

• Familiarity with SQL, Python, and data pipeline frameworks

• Strong written and verbal communication skills

• Ability to write and test code effectively

• Basic understanding of programming languages and tools

• Interest in working with large data sets and solving real-world data challenges

• Local to our Playa Vista HQ and able to work in-office 3 days per week

Bonus Points!

• Understanding of ETL processes and data modeling

• Interest in digital marketing, analytics, or advertising

• Curiosity around cloud-based technologies (AWS, Azure) or data platforms

Intern Life at Centerfield…

• Weekly pay!

• Interactive, onsite new-hire orientation for your first week to meet your peers!

• End-of-summer internship commencement with presentations and fun interactive events!

• Be assigned a personal mentor for daily support and guidance

• Career-focused workshop presentations from Centerfield’s key stakeholders

• Unlimited access to LinkedIn Learning!

• Unlimited free snacks and drinks around the office!

• Monthly happy hours, catered Thursday lunches

• Award-winning culture & unprecedented team spirit (featured in LA Business Journal & Built In LA Best places to work)Monthly team outings (ball games, casino night, hikes, etc.)

• Career growth – we enjoy promoting from within!

This is a 6 month paid internship starting in June 2026 and ending in December 2026. The internship program will be 24 hours per week where you will come into the office Tuesdays, Wednesday, and Thursdays.

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Interviews will take place after resumes have been screened for minimum requirements. Please note that this position is not restricted solely to the responsibilities listed above and that the job scope and responsibilities are subject to change.

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Centerfield Media is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected under federal, state or local law.