CAPRED

Data Engineer Intern

Data SciencePosted 1 mo ago

Location

Phnom Penh

Job Type

INTERNSHIP

Experience level

Internship

Work Mode

On-site

Industry

Economic Development

Languages

Khmer, English

About the role

The Data Engineering Intern will provide technical support across CAPRED’s data engineering and software development.
The role combines two things that are usually kept apart: building reliable data pipelines and building the software that puts those pipelines to use, including management information system, internal web tools, APIs, and dashboards that economists and policy analysts actually open every week.
This position suits an early-career professional with solid technical foundations, genuine curiosity, and a willingness to learn through practice and mentoring; someone with a disciplined, independent approach to problem-solving and a positive, learning-oriented attitude.
Above all, the role suits someone who likes to test ideas, learn from mistakes, document what they find, and turn experimentation into practical tools that improve how CAPRED s.
The intern will be placed in the Policy Hub team and will alongside and learn from senior economists, data scientists, and policy analysts, with str ls development.

Requirements

Undergraduate Degree in Year 4 student Bachelor's Degree in data science, data engineering, software engineering, computer science, statistics, or a related field Good ing knowledge of Python and JavaScript, with the ability to write clear, reproducible, and well-documented code.
Foundational understanding of relational databases and SQL, APIs, data cleaning, data transformation, and quality-control concepts.
Evidence of having built at least one ing software, data, or automation project from course, a al project, or a hackathon that the candidate can explain and walk through.
Familiarity with version control using Git.
Good communication skills and the ability to respectfully and collaboratively in a diverse team environment with economists, policy analysts, project coordinating staff, and technical colleagues.
Willingness to experiment, test ideas, encounter errors, debug problems, learn from failure, and use those lessons to improve tools and introduce practical innovation at. ing proficiency in written and spoken English and Khmer.
Strong professional attitude, including.

Required Skills

PythonJavaScriptSQLrelational databasesAPIsdata cleaningdata transformationquality-control conceptssoftware projectdata projectautomation projectGitcommunication skillscollaborationteamworkproblem-solvingdebugginginnovationEnglishKhmer