Software Engineer Intern, Data Engineering (Summer 2026)

Ripple is building a world where value moves like information does today. As a Software Engineer Intern, you will work on challenges that impact our mission and shape our company. You will be one of the core builders within Ripple's central Data Engineering team, implementing data ingestion and transformation for analytics, machine learning, and powering various business functions at Ripple.

Requirements

• Currently enrolled in an Undergraduate or Graduate degree preferably in a Computer Science or related field.
• Available to work for 12 weeks during Summer 2026, beginning in May or June.
• Intent to return to degree-program after the completion of the internship.
• Experience in at least one programming language (e.g. Python, Scala) and comfortable working with SQL.
• Experienced in at least one Data Warehouse or data lake platforms such as Databricks.
• Ability to write sophisticated code and comfortable with picking up new technologies independently.
• Familiar with developing distributed systems with experience in scalable data pipelines
• Familiar with data technologies like Spark or Flink and comfortable in engineering data pipelines using these technologies on financial datasets.
• Experience with RESTful APIs and server-side APIs integration.
• Highly or conceptually familiar with AWS cloud resources (S3, Lambda, API Gateway, Kinesis, Athena, etc.)
• Experience in orchestrating CI/CD pipelines using GitLab, Helm, and Terraform.
• Appreciate the importance of excellent documentation and data debugging skills.
• Excited about operating independently, demonstrating perfection, and learning new technologies and framework.

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Bonuses
• Equity
• Competitive benefits that cover physical and mental healthcare, retirement, family forming, and family support
• Employee giving match
• Mobile phone stipend
• R&R days
• Generous wellness reimbursement and weekly onsite & virtual programming
• Generous vacation policy
• Industry-leading parental leave policies
• Family planning benefits
• Catered lunches, fully-stocked kitchens with premium snacks/beverages, and plenty of fun events