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Our Early Career program is designed to support individuals beginning their professional career by providing the foundational training through a structured onboarding, mentorship, and development curriculum.\n Qualifications\nREQUIRED\nCurrently pursuing a Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Software Engineering, Data Engineering, Data Science, or a related field.\nWilling to work on-site at our office in Kuala Lumpur.\nExpected internship onboarding/start date: January 2027.\nSKILLS\nSolid foundation in SQL and relational database concepts.\nExperience with Python for data handling and transformation (pandas / polars a plus).\nFamiliarity with REST API concepts - consuming endpoints and mapping data.\nBasic understanding of ETL pipeline design and data ingestion workflows.\nExposure to Jinja2 or similar templating engines.\nAbility to research and solve technical problems independently.\nComfortable working in a command-line environment, including remote access via SSH.\nVersion control using Git.\nNICE TO HAVE\nDashboarding tools (e.g., Grafana, Streamlit, or similar).\nExposure to LLM integration or API usage (e.g. building with OpenAI, Ollama, or similar).\nTime-series or vector/knowledge data experience.\nGo (Golang) programming language exposure.\n WD is committed to providing equal opportunities to all applicants and employees and will not discriminate against any applicant or employee based on their race, color, ancestry, religion (including religious dress and grooming standards), sex (including pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, breastfeeding or related medical conditions), gender (including a person’s gender identity, gender expression, and gender-related appearance and behavior, whether or not stereotypically associated with the person’s assigned sex at birth), age, national origin, sexual orientation, medical condition, marital status (including domestic partnership status), physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, protected medical and family care leave, Civil Air Patrol status, military and veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics. We also prohibit harassment of any individual on any of the characteristics listed above. Our non-discrimination policy applies to all aspects of employment. We comply with the laws and regulations set forth in the \"Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal ” poster. Our pay transparency policy is available here.\nWD thrives on the power and potential of diversity. As a global company, we believe the most effective way to embrace the diversity of our customers and communities is to mirror it from within. We believe the fusion of various perspectives results in the best outcomes for our employees, our company, our customers, and the world around us. We are committed to an inclusive environment where every individual can thrive through a sense of belonging, respect and contribution.\nWD is committed to offering opportunities to applicants with disabilities and ensuring all candidates can successfully navigate our careers website and our hiring process. Please contact us at  to advise us of your accommodation request. In your email, please include a description of the specific accommodation you are requesting as well as the job title and requisition number of the position for which you are applying.\nWD thrives on the power and potential of diversity. As a global company, we believe the most effective way to embrace the diversity of our customers and communities is to mirror it from within. We believe the fusion of various perspectives results in the best outcomes for our employees, our company, our customers, and the world around us. We are committed to an inclusive environment where every individual can thrive through a sense of belonging, respect and contribution.\nWD is committed to offering opportunities to applicants with disabilities and ensuring all candidates can successfully navigate our careers website and our hiring process. Please contact us at  to advise us of your accommodation request. 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