Internship Platform & Data Engineering - #27911

Make a difference in the financial life of millions of people: At Erste Digital you are co-creating the digital future, in which better financial health is possible. #believeinyourself

We are part of Erste Group – the largest banking group in Central and Eastern Europe with more than 2,500 branches and over 45,000 employees. Our more than 2,000 IT experts and enthusiasts are the bank's Digital Muscle.

Department Description:

With top notch technology, we drive the realization offers the Group’s vision: To provide human banking in digital times, and to build Financial Health for over 16 million customers in the CEE region. We aim to attract and develop the best talent and aspire to be an IT employer beyond compare.

What to do:

• Get hands-on experience with the Databricks platform, PySpark, and cloud infrastructure
• Support the team in managing and operating data ingestion pipelines
• Assist with infrastructure-as-code deployments using Terraform
• Help maintain and improve CI/CD pipelines and DevOps workflows
• Participate in testing and evaluating new Databricks features
• Support documentation of platform processes and configurations
• Learn how a centralized data platform operates in an enterprise environment

You check these boxes:

• Enrolled in the final phase of a Bachelor's or ongoing Master's program in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field
• Intermediate knowledge of Python; basic knowledge of SQL is a plus
• Interest in cloud infrastructure (Azure, AWS, or GCP)
• Interest in DevOps practices: Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform), CI/CD, version control (Git)
• Analytical thinking and eagerness to learn
• Structured, self-organized working style
• Clear verbal and written communication
• Collaborative mindset and openness to feedback
• Not mandatory but beneficial: first experience with Databricks or Spark, familiarity with Linux/CLI, exposure to Docker or containerization, basic networking knowledge
• Language skills: English professional proficiency; German is a plus

Why you will like us:

• Possibility to benefit and learn from our international, talented and passionate community at Erste
• Great learning curve through ownership and creative freedom
• Interest groups and clubs: Take part in discussions and get involved in projects. Numerous interest groups invite you to engage with a topic
• Good food: Healthy nutrition and good food are important for our quality of life. With seven restaurants and cafeterias, there’s something to suit every taste on the Erste Campus
• Health Centre – The Erste Campus operates a fully equipped health centre that offers all employees a high standard of medical services during working hours.
• New way of work: With our flexible working hours model we want to make your life less complicated. Combing the best of both worlds, remote and company time.
• Discover all our benefits of Erste group here - Thanks to our corporate benefits partners, you can also receive a whole bunch of discounts in different areas.
• We offer you a varied part-time internship position (20-30h/week) for 12 months. An internship salary of 3175,00€ for Bachelor Students or 3300,00€ for Master Students (gross per month on a full-time basis) is offered.

The way we are:

Erste Group considers the diversity of its employees as key to innovation and success. As employer we are proud to offer everyone equal chances, irrespective of age, skin colour, religious belief, gender, sexual orientation or origin.