SHEIN

Fashion and Lifestyle Retail

DatabaseEngineerIntern

$30–30k San Diego, California, United States Remote Friendly
The Brief

“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.

Fashion and Lifestyle Retail
Problems you'll solve

Systematic problem-solving approach; Isolating issues or bottlenecks

Eligibility Requirements

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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