Data Engineer Internship - UK, Amazon University Talent Acquisition (AUTA)

Job Title

2026 Data Engineering Internship – UK (12 months)

Overview

We’re seeking curious individuals who think big and want to shape the world of tomorrow. At Amazon, you will grow into a high-impact, visionary professional, facing exciting challenges, developing new skills, and achieving personal growth. If you love building tools and data pipelines and creating clear, effective reports and data visualizations, this internship may be for you. You will work alongside experienced engineers, be matched to a manager and a mentor, and contribute to mission-critical projects early in your career.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and automate deployment of a distributed system for collecting and processing log events from multiple sources
• Design data schemas and operate internal data warehouses and SQL/NoSQL database systems
• Own the design, development, and maintenance of ongoing metrics, reports, analyses, and dashboards to drive key business decisions
• Monitor and troubleshoot operational or data issues in the data pipelines
• Drive architectural plans and implementation for future data storage, reporting, and analytic solutions
• Collaborate with Business Analysts, Data Scientists, and other internal partners to identify opportunities and problems
• Provide assistance to the team by troubleshooting, researching root causes, and thoroughly resolving defects

A day in the life

Data Engineers at Amazon build and maintain the infrastructure to answer questions with data, applying software engineering best practices, data management fundamentals, data storage principles, and distributed systems concepts (e.g., MapReduce, MPP architectures, NoSQL). We seek Data Engineer interns to join various lines of business.

About the team

If you’re insatiably curious and eager to learn, you’ve come to the right place. Depending on location, country, job status, and other requirements, some benefits may be available to you as an intern, including:

• Competitive pay
• Impactful project and internship deliverables
• Networking opportunities with fellow interns
• Internship events such as speaker series, intern panels, Leadership Principles sessions, and Amazon writing skills sessions
• Mentorship and career development

Successful interns may be considered for a graduate role after completing their studies. Internship start dates vary throughout the year. The internship length is 12 months.

Additional Information

We are committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion, and value diverse perspectives to scale our impact. Amazon has affinity groups that support internal networks and community engagement. For more information, visit the links below.

• Affinity groups: https://www.aboutamazon.com/affinity-groups
• EMEA Student Programs Team Events: https://amazonstudentevents.splashthat.com/careers

Basic Qualifications

• Enrolled in a Bachelor's degree or higher

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with SQL, including class projects, personal projects, research, prior internships, or volunteer work

Equal Opportunity

Amazon is an equal opportunities employer. We value a diverse workforce and base recruitment decisions on experience and skills. We protect candidate privacy and data per our Privacy Notice: https://www.amazon.jobs/en/privacy_page.

We do not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status. If you require workplace accommodations during the application or hiring process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.