Data Engineer
Jane Street · New York, NY
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Jul 13, 2026
New York, NY
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A summer internship focused on data engineering work: taking raw, real-world datasets — ranging from weather records to stock exchange packet captures — and building pipelines to ingest, transform, and monitor their quality. Interns complete two self-owned projects with mentorship from full-time engineers, writing code in Python, SQL, and OCaml. The role suits analytically minded candidates comfortable turning ideas into working code, regardless of academic background.
Junior level · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA · Internship
“or” means any one of them counts — you don't need all of them.
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 1,650 people in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (database architects). range 1,200–2,100
Applicant volume Heavy — This req sits in a large pool with little in its requirements to thin it, and auto-apply tools fire at everything in the occupation. Applying early and leading with the rare skills below is what gets read.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $134,433 (middle half $95,331–$179,625).
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (6)
This is an internship posting; seniority is set to Junior accordingly.
The posting lists Python, SQL, R, or 'similar' as a single interchangeable requirement for data manipulation — Python is used as the primary name with R as an alternative, and SQL is also called out separately as a distinct skill used for writing code.
OCaml is mentioned as a language interns will write during the internship (alongside Python and SQL) but is framed as something to be learned on the job rather than a prerequisite, so it is marked preferred.
Jane Street is headquartered in New York, NY; no explicit location is stated in the posting but this is consistent with their known office.
The SOC classification is Medium confidence: the role is primarily data pipeline/ingestion work (15-1243 Database Architects) but has meaningful software development elements (15-1252 Software Developers), making it a genuine toss-up between the two.
Posting is for a internship engagement — the market benchmarks below price full-time roles, so read the comp comparison with that in mind.
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