Summer 2026 Data Engineering Intern, Research Central

About the team:

The DataEngineeringIntern for theResearch Departments Central Data Science teamat Vera isanopportunity for a collegestudentor recentgradto immerse themselvesintoworking in adata role atanon-profit organization. Their workwill support the construction and maintenance of a centralizeddataingestion/processingframeworkand data warehousetosupportresearchers who work with public and/or large-scale data innational and place-based initiatives.

Over the course of their internship the dataengineeringinternwill focus on an engineeringproject that is relevant to their interests and might involve helping to design and manage large-scale data infrastructure systems creating computational frameworks designing data models or building new tools to empower our organizations researchers or community partners toleverageand improve Veras existing repository of data. Depending on their interest other day-to-day tasks could include exploratory analyses analytical software development web scraping or other related areas of interest.

The intern will also participate in all day-to-day team activities ranging from project planning and execution to code review sessions pair programming social activities and more. They will work directly with a senior data engineer on the team on a range of responsibilities including data collection data modelling automation building data infrastructure and ensuring data quality.

The Data Engineering intern will learn:

• To understand the process for data ingestion with variety of sources
• To build their skills in data modeling
• Workflow dynamics in a fast-moving team involved in multiple projects at once

About the role:

1. Dataingestion

• Integratenewsources of criminal justice immigration and economics data intoour internally collected data; cleantransform organize ensure qualityof production data
• Refactor existing web scrapers and data processes to new centralized infrastructureand frameworks

2. Centraldata modelconstruction

• Contribute code tobuildingacentral data modelfor unrestricted datasets

3. Code review and codebase maintenance

• Helpmaintainexisting codebase through reviewing requests
• Coordinate with data science staff to ensure consistency of datasets naming conventions code repository structure etc.

What qualifications are we looking for

:

• Demonstratedproficiencyworking with data collectionandprocessing in Python with preference for experienceusing SQL and Python Pandas library.
• Proficiencydeveloping code collaboratively using GitHub
• Commitment to advancing racial and gender equity
• Curiosity about emerging research and advocacy in the criminal justice spaceand/or immigration spaces
• Wrestles with creative and concrete ways to use data to shift power and advance equity and inclusion

Preferred:

• Professionalpersonalor academic engagement with issues of mass incarceration and mass criminalization
• Experience working with Google Cloud Platformand its toolsincludingAirflow

Knowledge Skills & Abilities youll bring:

The current tech stack uses the following technologies and working fluency in the following is required:

• Python
• SQL/relational databases
• Cloud Technology (GCPand/or AWS)
• GitHub
• Airflow
• Docker

Location:

Please note this role will report to one of our four offices (Brooklyn New York; Washington DC; New Orleans LA; Los Angeles CA). Vera employees adhere to a hybrid schedule and are in-office on an alternating schedule that generally amounts to 10 days per month.

Compensation and Benefits:

The compensation range for this position is $17.00 - $25.00.Actual salaries will vary depending on factors including but not limited to experience and performance. The salary range listed is just one component of Vera Institutes total compensation package for employees. As an employer of choice in our field supporting Vera staff - both personally and professionally - is a priority. To do this we invest in the well-being of our staff through other rewards including merit pay generous paid time off a comprehensive health insurance plan student loan repayment benefits professional development training opportunities and up to $2000 annual for education costs and fees relevant to Vera work employer-funded retirement plan and flexible time.To learn more about Veras benefits offeringsclick here.

Applications may also be faxed to:

ATTN: People Place and Culture / Summer 2026 - Data Engineering Intern Research Central
Vera Institute of Justice
34 35th St Suite 4-2A Brooklyn NY 11232
Fax:
Please use only one method (online mail or fax) of submission.
No phone calls please. Only applicants selected for interviews will be contacted.

Vera is an equal opportunity / affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without unlawful discrimination based on race color creed national origin sex age disability marital status sexual orientation military status prior record of arrest or conviction citizenship status current employment status or caregiver status.

Vera works to advance justice particularly racial justice in an increasingly multicultural country and globally connected world. We value diverse experiences includingwith regard toeducational background and justice system contact and depend on a diverse staff to carry out our mission.

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