Job description

Data Engineering Intern - Summer 2027

Program Duration: End of May - Early August

Location: Pella, IA (on-site) or Urbandale, IA (on-site)

Pella Corporation is seeking motivated undergraduate students for our Data Engineer Internship in Pella, Iowa.

Data engineering is at the foundation of modern analytics, reporting, automation, and AI-driven solutions. At Pella, we're building smarter, data-driven systems that help improve decision-making, enhance business processes, and drive innovation across the organization.

This internship provides hands-on experience working with enterprise data platforms, modern cloud technologies, and experienced data professionals. Interns gain practical experience delivering data solutions while building technical and professional skills that prepare them for future careers in data engineering, analytics, and technology.

If you're eager to learn, enjoy solving problems, and want to work with modern data technologies in a collaborative environment, we'd love to connect with you.

As a Data Engineer Intern, you will support Pella's data and analytics initiatives through project work and collaboration with experienced data professionals. You'll gain exposure to modern data engineering practices while contributing to solutions that support business decision-making.

Responsibilities are similar to what we expect of entry-level data professionals who join Pella after graduation.

As a Data Engineer Intern, you may:

Work as part of a Scrum team to develop and support data engineering solutions
Write PySpark notebooks and SQL queries to extract, transform, and load (ETL) data within Azure Databricks
Create and orchestrate data jobs to support data integration, reporting, and data quality initiatives
Support enterprise data platforms and tools including Azure Databricks, Azure Synapse, Azure Logic Apps, Informatica, Power BI, REST APIs, and SQL Server databases
Collaborate with business and technical stakeholders to understand requirements and deliver data-driven solutions
Participate in Agile ceremonies including standups, sprint planning, and retrospectives
Contribute to an individual internship project and collaborate with fellow interns on a cross-functional project focused on improving a business process or solution