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Database Engineering Intern
Contract type
One-time
Work mode
Remote · Garching, Germany
Experience
Junior / entry level · Not stated
Level inferred from job title
Job description
A six-month internship on the data layer of Vetaion's production software, working alongside the developer who owns the data layer on data modelling, query optimisation and documentation.
At a glance
- Employment
- Internship
- Work mode
- Remote · Garching, Germany
- Languages
- English – fluent, German
What you'll do
- Get familiar with our database structures and document how they are modelled
- Analyse table and column usage and prepare migrations where structures are no longer needed
- Improve our data models: reduce duplicated values and work with references and views
- Optimise data access so that more work happens in the database and less in the application
- Measure query performance and add indexes where they make a difference
- Review our database access policies
What we're looking for
- You are studying computer science, data engineering or something similar
- Comfortable in SQL: joins, aggregates, indexes, and reading a query plan
- You are happy to spend time reading existing code before changing it
- Coursework or a project in data modelling and normalisation
- Experience with AI-assisted development tools
- Humble, low ego, not afraid to get your hands dirty
- Get things done mentality: prioritising results over process
- Fluent in English
Nice to have
- PostgreSQL specifics (indexing strategies, EXPLAIN, constraints, triggers) and experience with Supabase or a similar API-over-Postgres layer
- German is a plus
Benefits
Work as a full team member of an interdisciplinary team of top performers that will both support and challenge your growth
- Scaling from 0 to 1: you shape how this company works, from the processes to the team around you
- Lunch allowance, a subsidized sports membership and modern tech
- A new office in Garching, right on top of our own production floor
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About Vetaion GmbH
Vetaion is building a fully automated production facility for control cabinets in Munich. We use digital twins and robotics to automate the manufacturing process, orchestrated by VetaionOS, our own operating system for the factory.
Mission
Our mission is to strengthen Germany as a leading industrial hub.
Key facts
- Munich
- Building a fully automated production facility for control cabinets in Munich
- Uses digital twins and robotics to automate the manufacturing process
- Orchestrated by VetaionOS, their own operating system for the factory
- New office in Garching, right on top of their own production floor