SHEIN
Fashion and Lifestyle Retail
DatabaseEngineerIntern
“Database Engineer Intern at SHEIN. Skills: MySQL, Cloud provider, AI tools, Scripting. Maintain scalable database environments. Monitor for problems”
What You'll Achieve.
Provide highly available data services at scale; Build extremely reliable database infrastructure; Build performant database infrastructure; Build secure database infrastructure; Provide new architectures; Provide scalability solutions; Make our service better for our customers
Industry & Context.
Systematic problem-solving approach; Isolating issues or bottlenecks
Onsite work, Distributed team work, Access to multiple customer environments, 24x7 escalated on-call support on a pager rotation
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
2026 graduates, Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Information Systems or equivalent technical discipline, MySQL specific database experience, Experience using Azure or any other cloud provider, A solid understanding of distributed/replicated database topologies, Systematic problem-solving approach, Track record monitoring and analyzing system performance, Good understanding of Linux system, Proficient in more than one scripting language (golang/python/shell, etc.), Familiar with mainstream AI coding assistants, Capable of writing effective prompts, Aware of AI model limitations, Has hands-on experience using AI tools to address real MySQL operations scenarios, Understands the fundamentals of RAG, Has exposure to AI application frameworks such as LangChain or LlamaIndex, or has basic experience with vector databases, Understands the basics of MCP integration, Maintains a habit of organizing day-to-day operations experience into structured documents or prompt templates
Nice to Have
Fluency in Mandarin, Experience managing MySQL / Percona Server 8 at scale, Experience managing distributed database, like Clickhouse, Hbase, MongoDB and Starrocks etc., Experience with Percona tools, Orchestrator, Ghost etc.
What You'll Do.
Maintain scalable database environments
Diagnose and address problems
Performance tune databases
Build database tools and scripts
Provide database design guidance
Handle database upgrades
Handle database migrations
Improve database performance
Triage database issues
Solve database issues
Drive incidents to resolution
Prevent incident recurrence
Perform capacity planning
Assess data integrity
Assess high availability
Leverage AI for operations tasks
Write effective prompts
Iteratively refine prompts
Manually validate AI results
Use AI tools for MySQL operations
Structure knowledge into AI-consumable formats
Interact with external tools using AI Agents
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Work with development teams; Work with engineers; Work effectively with geographically remote teams
Communication Scope
Good verbal communication skills; Good written communication skills
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