Data Engineer Intern

About the job

Tencent is a world-leading internet and technology company that develops innovative products and services to improve the quality of life of people around the world. Founded in 1998 with its headquarters in Shenzhen China, our guiding principle is to use technology for good.

We are not only a major video game publisher in the world, we also produce other high-quality digital content, enriching interactive entertainment experiences for people around the globe. We offer a range of services such as cloud computing, advertising, FinTech, and other enterprise services to support our clients' digital transformation and business growth.

Interactive Entertainment Group (IEG) is responsible for the R&D, operation, and development of the company's interactive entertainment business including games and eSports. Through online gaming, live broadcasts, and offline eSports, IEG assists the company in leading the global interactive entertainment market to create better interactive entertainment content experiences for users.

Responsibilities:

1. Responsible for the raw data pipeline for all Tencent overseas games, ensuring scalability, reliability, and efficiency.

2. Collaborate closely with upstream engineering teams to optimize data ingestion, processing, and storage.

3. Partner effectively with downstream stakeholders, including data analysts, data scientists, and ML engineers, to enable data-driven decision-making and advanced analytics.

4. Drive improvements in data pipeline performance, quality, and maintainability by implementing best practices and innovative solutions.

Requirements:

1. Technical experience designing, building, and maintaining distributed data processing platforms.

2. Experience working with batch or streaming distributed data processing technologies. e.g. Hadoop, MapReduce, Spark, Flink, Kafka, Presto, etc. for building efficient & large-scale data pipelines.

3. Data modeling experience designing data warehouse table schemas and logging schemas.

4. Proficiency in at least one high-level programming language (Java, Scala, Python, Go or equivalent).

5. Experience with large, complex, highly dimensional data sets; hands-on experience with SQL.

6. Experience working with cross-functional teams to collect business requirements, build consensus, and manage expectations.

7. You are self-directed and capable of operating amidst ambiguity.

8. You are humble, continually growing in self-awareness, and possessing a growth mindset.

9. You are curious and have excellent written and verbal communication as well as problem-solving skills.

Equal Employment Opportunity at Tencent

As an equal opportunity employer, we firmly believe that diverse voices fuel our innovation and allow us to better serve our users and the community. We foster an environment where every employee of Tencent feels supported and inspired to achieve individual and common goals.