Data Engineer Intern, 2026 Summer U.S.

Working at Atlassian
Atlassians can choose where they work - whether in an office, from home, or a combination of the two. That way, Atlassians have more control over supporting their family, personal goals, and other priorities. We can hire people in any country where we have a legal entity. Interviews and onboarding are conducted virtually, a part of being a distributed-first company.
Your Future Org
Atlassian's Intern program combines hands-on technical training, professional growth opportunities, dedicated mentorship, and strong social connections. This holistic approach empowers students to hit the ground running and sets them up for a successful and impactful career at Atlassian!
This role is located in Seattle, WA. To qualify, you must be willing and able to work out of this location.
This position is not eligible for F1 and J1 students. It is not available for any work sponsorship.
Our paid internship program runs for 12 weeks between May/June 2026 - August/September 2026.
Your Future Team
As an intern in our world-class Data Engineering team, you'll influence product teams, inform Dat Science and Analytics Platform teams, and partner with data consumers and products to ensure qualify and usefulness of data assets. You will help strategize measurement, collecting data, and generating insights.
This work will help understand and improve product experience and engagement, improve efficiency and costs, and guide strategy. You'll report to a Data Engineering Manager, and learn from your team mentor who are some of the best Data Engineers in the business.
Responsibilities
Data Engineering is a multi-faceted role, where you can have focused or broad set of responsibilities, including:

• Define metrics
• Instrument logging
• Acquire/ingest data
• Architect & modeling data
• Transform data
• Ensure data quality, governance, and enablement
• Alerting, visualization, and reporting
• Develop at scale and improving efficiency

Minimum Qualifications

• Experience programming with Python, or other related object-oriented programming languages
• Have an interest in software engineering demonstrated by previous internships, work experience, projects, or publications
• Knowledge of data structures, in particular how they are implemented and how to apply them to meet data challenges
• Huge Plus: An understanding of the SaaS business model and data structures or experience in Enterprise Software product development
• Proficiency in SQL and relational databases experience
• Demonstrated interest in the Data Engineering field through academic coursework, previous work or internship experience, or personal projects
• Able to commit to a 12 week full-time (40hrs/week) program during Summer 2026
• Currently enrolled full-time in a 4-year bachelor's degree program and returning to the program after the completion of the internship, graduating by June 2027

Compensation
At Atlassian, we strive to design equitable, explainable, and competitive compensation programs. To support this goal, the baseline of our range is higher than that of the typical market range, but in turn we expect to hire most candidates near this baseline. Base pay within the range is ultimately determined by a candidate's skills, expertise, or experience. In the United States, we have three geographic pay zones. For this role, our current base pay ranges for new hires in each zone are:
Zone A: - $51/hr - $58/hr
Zone B: - $47/hr - $52/hr
Zone C: - $43/hr - $49/hr
This role may also be eligible for benefits, bonuses, commissions, and equity.
Please visit go.atlassian.com/payzones for more information on which locations are included in each of our geographic pay zones. However, please confirm the zone for your specific location with your recruiter.
Benefits & Perks
Atlassian offers a wide range of perks and benefits designed to support you, your family and to help you engage with your local community. Our offerings include health and wellbeing resources, paid volunteer days, and so much more. To learn more, visit go.atlassian.com/perksandbenefits .
About Atlassian
At Atlassian, we're motivated by a common goal: to unleash the potential of every team. Our software products help teams all over the planet and our solutions are designed for all types of work. Team collaboration through our tools makes what may be impossible alone, possible together.
We believe that the unique contributions of all Atlassians create our success. To ensure that our products and culture continue to incorporate everyone's perspectives and experience, we never discriminate based on race, religion, national origin, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, or marital, veteran, or disability status. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
To provide you the best experience, we can support with accommodations or adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process. Simply inform our Recruitment team during your conversation with them.
To learn more about our culture and hiring process, visit go.atlassian.com/crh .