Data Engineering Internship

About Road 

Road empowers companies across the EV ecosystem with the technology and services they need to grow and deliver seamless charging experiences. We provide the critical infrastructure that the EV charging ecosystem depends on. We do this through a purpose-built software platform supported by our unique expertise and world-class customer service. Road currently serves over 200.000 customers and 20% of the Dutch market and we have firmly set our sights on repeating this success internationally. We exist at the intersection of cleantech and fintech and our mission is to make EV charging effortless for everyone.

About the role

Join our mission-driven organization, leading innovation in a dynamic international and ambitious environment. Take ownership, leverage your expertise, and make a meaningful impact while advancing your own growth. We’re seeking a curious and motivated Data Engineering Intern to join our team.

In this role, you will:

• Work closely with experienced data engineers and business stakeholders to understand data challenges and help translate them into practical solutions.

• Support the creation and maintenance of data models that enable analytics, reporting, and AI use cases across the organisation.

• Contribute to improving our data infrastructure by assisting with data quality checks, documentation, and process optimisation.

• Explore new tools, technologies, and best practices, bringing fresh ideas to help enhance our data workflows and engineering capabilities.

Your responsibilities include

• Work together with decision makers to generate important business insights.

• Analyze data and establish clear, consistent business definitions.

• Support the modelling of data in DBT/Spark to ensure business logic can be reused across the organization.

• Contribute to setting up new data pipelines in Airflow to ingest data from systems such as Salesforce, HubSpot, NetSuite, and our internal platform.

• Become familiar with Google Cloud Platform and apply best practices in cloud-based data engineering.

• Model and prepare data to be used by AI agents.

What makes you a great fit?

• You have a HBO/WO background in: Computer science, Data science, Information technology or Engineering

• You possess basic skills in SQL and Python

• You have familiarity with databases and data warehousing concepts

• You have a problem solving mindset

• You have a “can-do” mentality

• You are a “self-starter” (proactive)

• You like to challenge yourself and the people around you

• You are skilled in the English language to be successful in our international work environment

What will you learn?

• Learn how to work collaboratively within an Agile environment with experienced data engineers.

• Develop an understanding of best practices in data architecture, data modeling and ETL processes.

• Gain hands-on experience with data engineering tools and technologies (e.g. SQL, Python, Spark, DBT, Apache Airflow, Google GCP (Terraform, Bigquery), Looker, Stitch)

• Working in a start-up/scale-up environment such as Road.io can be challenging, which will be a great learning experience for everyone.

What do we offer?

Beyond the basics, we want to make sure our interns have everything they need to thrive and help us achieve our mission. That’s why we offer a range of additional benefits designed to keep you happy, healthy, and supported - both inside and outside of work.

• A €500 internship allowance, paid out monthly;

• An independent role with the opportunity to grow and possibly stay after your internship;

• A chance to make a difference in a sustainable and growing organisation;

• A laptop for the duration of your internship;

• Daily varied and healthy food options for lunch provided by the company, and fruits and drinks available at the office. And of course drinks at our own Road bar; 

• Besides working on our mission together, we like to have fun and connect with social events and team-building activities;

• Headquarters located in one of the most dynamic and cosmopolitan cities in Europe: Amsterdam;

• Diverse and creative colleagues from every corner of the world;

• We have received accreditation from SBB as a training company.

Our culture 

At Road, we believe that an open mindset and challenging ourselves are key to achieving the best results. As we continue to grow, we’re working on adding more structure and clearer processes that will help us reach the next phase together. This isn’t just about how we work, but also about how we support each other as people.

Collaboration is one of our core values, and it shows in the way we connect day to day. We share a company-organised lunch every afternoon and regularly host voluntary activities outside of work. These moments help us recharge, get to know each other better, and keep our culture strong. Because in our eyes: a healthy team is the foundation of a healthy company.