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Intern Software Engineering Cloud DB & Storage

full time starting in March-April-May 2026 6 months student status required

About the team and the role

The NuData team builds eBays next-generation distributed database platform spanning document vector graph columnar and key-value stores across thousands of shards and multiple regions. The team operates with a startup-like culture while delivering hyperscale infrastructure developed through open-source contributions for eBay. As a Software Engineering Intern (Cloud DB & Storage) youll collaborate with engineering teams in Dublin the US and China to design and develop features prototypes and benchmarks that advance our cloud database and storage capabilities.

What you will accomplish

• Contribute to designing and building features prototypes proofs of concept or benchmarks for eBays next-gen distributed database platform.
• Apply academic research and engineering principles to enhance scalability performance consistency and multi-region availability.
• Work with global teammates from ideation through design implementation and testing with potential for production readiness.
• Implement features using open-source and cloud-native technologies with a strong focus on automation and quality.
• Explore innovative approaches share ideas and integrate feedback to deliver impactful engineering outcomes.
• Strengthen system reliability by applying guidelines across the software development lifecycle.

What you will bring

• Proficiency in object-oriented programming data structures algorithms and design patterns.
• Experience with languages such as C Java Python Scala JavaScript and scripting skills like Bash.
• Understanding of distributed systems database internals cloud infrastructure and Linux systems.
• Ability to build or contribute to scalable fault-tolerant high-performance systems in distributed environments.
• Hands-on experience from academic personal or prior work projects involving software design and problem-solving.
• Strong communication skills and comfort working in Agile or interactive development environments with interest in full stack development a plus.

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