Data Engineering Intern

Remote - US

MyFitnessPal

Reach your health, fitness & weight goals with MyFitnessPal, the #1 nutrition tracking app. Macro & calorie calculator, food tracker, and fasting app in one. Download today!

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MyFitnessPal is a part of Mogul's Top 100 Workplaces With The Best D&I Initiatives in 2021

At MyFitnessPal, our vision is to be the global catalyst for every “body” to achieve their healthy. We believe fitness starts with what you eat. We provide the tools and resources to reach your fitness goals. MyFitnessPal, you’ll have the opportunity to spend 12 weeks with our Data Platform team and work on projects that directly impact our product and users.

This role requires collaborating closely with data scientists and data engineers to test data transformation processes and data movement for quality control and accuracy.  Day to day activities include developing queries (Python, SQL,  Spark, etc), analyzing or sharing data in spreadsheets, developing tests to verify data pipelines and transformations are functioning to specification, and analyzing large food datasets to improve proprietary nutrition taxonomies.

What you’ll be doing: 

  • Develop and deliver a project while learning something new, in an area of your interest and with autonomy
  • Be mentored by an experienced teammate through the internship and advance in your career goals
  • Show off your work and impact to the entire company at the end of your internship
  • Connect, learn and hear from Data Platform leaders and executives at MyFitnessPal
  • Live our core values in all you do:
    • Be Kind and Care
    • Live Good Health
    • Be Data-Inspired
    • Champion Change
    • Leave it Better than You Found It
    • Make It Happen

Qualifications to be successful in this role: 

  • Be a current, full-time college student with at least one academic term remaining following an internship at MyFitnessPal. The following students are generally eligible:
    • Undergraduate students graduating between December 2022 and May 2023
    • (rising Juniors or Seniors)
    • Students completing their master’s degree between December 2022 and May
    • 2023
    • Full Time MBA students between the 1st and 2nd year of their program
  • Basic understanding of Structured Query Language (SQL) and Python
  • Experience with MS Excel or Google Sheets
  • Familiarity working with data using notebooks in Databricks, Jupyter, Spark, or similar
  • Familiar with statistical methods  
  • Outstanding attention to detail
  • Strong analytical and problem solving skills
  • Reliable access to the internet and comfortable in a remote working environment

Perks & Benefits

  • Paid internship with potential conversion to full time upon graduation
  • Remote equal philosophy enabling you to work from any state in which we have
  • operations in the continental U.S. (currently, not including AK, HI)
  • A dynamic, motivating and fun work environment
  • Mentorship and guidance from senior staff and leadership
  • Opportunity to work on a product with a positive impact on people’s lives

 

At MyFitnessPal, our mission is to ignite nutrition and wellness change in members by empowering them to succeed on their own terms through personalized data-led insights, guidance, and unwavering support. And it wouldn’t be possible without our team.

In addition, there is an opportunity for high-performing interns to convert full time upon graduation, and in doing so, you would be eligible for the following benefits listed below:

Full Time Employee Perks & Benefits:

  • Remote equal philosophy enabling you to work from any state in which we have operations in the continental U.S. 
  • Want to work in an office? We also have a physical office in Austin, TX
  • Bi-annual, in-person company retreats to work, bond, and enjoy team-building activities
  • Opportunities for team members to meet and connect in person for company paid lunches or working sessions
  • Flexible time-off policy + flexible working hours (Unlimited PTO Plan)
  • Competitive medical, dental, and vision benefits
  • Safe Harbor 401K program 
  • Supported path in parenthood with fertility benefits and paid maternity and parental leave
  • Monthly Wellness Allowance to assist team members to focus on their own physical and mental wellbeing and select wellness initiatives of their own choice
  • MyFitnessPal Premium 
  • A dynamic, motivating, and fun work environment 

At MyFitnessPal, our mission is to enable people to make healthy choices. And it wouldn't be possible without our team. We celebrate the unique POV that each person brings to the table and believe in a collaborative and inclusive environment. As an equal opportunity employer, we prohibit any unlawful discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, military or veteran status, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability or genetic information. These are our guiding ideologies and apply across all aspects of employment.

MyFitnessPal participates in E-Verify. 

* Salary range is an estimate based on our AI, ML, Data Science Salary Index 💰

Tags: Databricks Data pipelines Engineering Excel Jupyter Pipelines Python Spark SQL

Perks/benefits: 401(k) matching Career development Fertility benefits Fitness / gym Flex hours Flex vacation Health care Medical leave Parental leave Team events Unlimited paid time off Wellness

Regions: Remote/Anywhere North America
Country: United States
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