Prisma Platform Engineering Intern
Date: Mar 25, 2026
Location: New York, NY, US, 10271
Company: Mediaocean
Who We Are:
Prisma is the trusted industry platform powering the future of advertising. We connect media, technology, and data to enable marketers and agencies to plan, buy, and measure across all channels—with precision, automation, and intelligence. Our AI-driven solutions optimize workflows, unlock insights, and deliver measurable outcomes for the world’s leading brands and agencies.
What You Will Do:
As a Platform Engineer Intern on the team, you will help craft the future of our service by building, testing, and shipping new user facing and data driven features using Python, SQL, and Java. You will work closely with people across engineering, product, and design to help develop an amazing experience for our agency & brand customers, while also supporting backend services and data workflows that power our platform.
Responsibilities will include:
- Collaborating with engineers, product managers, and designers to build and improve user facing features and backend services
- Writing clean, well tested, and maintainable code in Python and Java using modern development tools
- Developing and optimizing SQL queries for analytics, reporting, and application data needs
- Participating in code reviews, team stand ups, and technical discussions Contributing to the development, debugging, performance tuning, and reliability of scalable software solutions
- Supporting integration between application services and databases, including data validation and troubleshooting
- Gaining hands on experience with real-world applications that impact agency and brand customers
- Learning and applying best practices in software engineering (testing, documentation, version control, and secure coding) within a collaborative team environment
Who You Are:
- Pursuing a Bachelor or Master’s degree in computer science, Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, or a relevant degree
- Basic understanding of software development concepts and programming fundamentals
- Experience with one or more programming languages, specifically Python and/or Java
- Familiarity with SQL and relational database concepts (tables, joins, indexing, and query optimization basics)
- Passionate about building reliable, user-focused experiences and systems that perform well at scale
- You write high quality, well tested code to meet the needs of your users
- You are passionate about building technology at scale and solving challenges for your customers in creative and innovative ways
- You enjoy working in a highly collaborative environment
Our 2026 Summer Internship Program is scheduled to run from June 1st through July 31st. Selected interns can expect to work 40 hours per week. Compensation for this role is $19.00/hour.
#LI-Remote
This position is open to candidates who are able to commute to our Chicago or NYC office, or work 100% remotely.
We would hate to miss out on your application because you do not meet every requirement – transferrable skills and education will also be considered, so please do not hesitate to apply!
Mediaocean recognizes our true strength and value shine when all our team members feel there is space in the conversation for their voices, thoughts, ideas, perspectives, and concerns. Mediaocean is committed to being an equal opportunity employer, and we consider all applicants regardless of their age, race, color, gender, sexual orientation, ethnicity, religion, national origin, disability, or veteran status.
Nearest Major Market: New York City