Intern Data Engineering

Come intern with the DAKOTA team at KLM. We use advanced technology to develop data solutions that improve our business operations and customer experience. We build and maintain the data infrastructure that provides KLM with timely insights into business operations, allows analysis of historical data, and makes information available via dashboards. With a robust data infrastructure, we contribute to KLM's mission of continuously improving operational performance.

We are looking for a motivated and technically skilled third- or fourth-year intern who wants to contribute to our data engineering activities. We work with Scala, Spark, Dataproc, BigQuery, and Bigtable, among others.

Help us further automate and improve data quality checks within our cloud-based data infrastructure.

• Investigate possibilities for automatically monitoring and validating data quality.
• Design and implement improvements to checks in existing pipelines, for example with Spark and BigQuery.
• Develop automatic notifications, for example via Microsoft Teams or email, to signal potential data quality issues.

Help us improve the team's central dashboard and monitoring solutions. These provide insight into our running components and various automations.

• Review the current solutions and identify opportunities to make them more useful and transparent.
• Research and advise on how monitoring information can be presented more effectively.
• Implement selected improvements and test them together with the team.

Investigate how we can improve the performance and efficiency of our Spark data pipelines.

• Analyze pipelines to find optimization opportunities.
• Research and test solutions, such as efficient file formats like Apache Parquet or improvements in memory usage.
• Measure the effect of adjustments and document your findings.
• Languages and tools: Scala, Spark
• Platforms: Google Cloud Dataproc, BigQuery, Bigtable
• Gain practical experience with scalable data processing technologies.
• Develop skills in automating tasks within data infrastructure.
• Improve your technical documentation skills.
• Collaborate with an enthusiastic team on innovative data solutions.

You will become part of the Data & AI Office Passenger Operations, which is part of the Operations Decision Support (ODS) department. This is the central expertise center that supports and advises the entire KLM operation in achieving its goals through the use of data and AI. You will work in a team of specialists with a common mission: to elevate the organization's Data Maturity to a higher level.

• You master Scala, or have experience with similar object-oriented programming languages and/or functional programming.
• You have some experience with Spark.
• You are familiar with cloud technology.
• You are good at problem-solving and work precisely.
• You communicate clearly, both orally and in writing.
• You are studying Computer Science or a related field.
• You are pursuing a Bachelor's or Master's degree and are looking for an internship starting February 1, 2027.

KLM offers you a very educational experience in a dynamic organization where you will play an important role. You can develop yourself strongly in this internship, both personally and professionally. Furthermore, this internship offers you the opportunity to build your network, as you will be meeting with many different KLM employees!

Another advantage of an internship within KLM is the association by and for interns; KLM Taxibaan. This association expands your network and organizes fun events and interesting excursions within the KLM organization. There is also an internship allowance.

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