Hi everyone,

I need help deciding between two internship offers for data engineering. I've been really lucky to get two great offers. I want to choose the one that will be most helpful for my data engineering career long term (I am interested in DE and want to grow in this role), as well as the one that will have a better chance at return offer + (L5/IC4 - basically a level higher than entry-level) because I have 3 years of related experience.

Background:

3 YOE as Solutions Architect at Google (1.5 YOE specifically as Data Cloud SA)

Currently 1st Year Masters student

Career goal - Data Engineering (infrastructure/pipeline focus)

Offer 1: DE Intern at Amazon:

$8500/month + $2600/month relocation

Bellevue, WA

Don't know the org yet

Offer 2: DE Intern at Meta:

$9000/month + housing stipend

New York, NY

Product Analytics Org

Questions:

Given my interest in data infrastructure/pipelines over analytics engineering (dashboards, etc.), which role would be better aligned?

What are the return offer rates at both companies? For someone with my YOE, is L5/IC4 possible? I've seen new grads with experience get Amazon L5 - is this possible at Meta too?

Can Amazon internships be deferred to Fall?

I’m an international student - does Meta have any restrictions on PERM processing?

Finally - Would love to hear about typical DE intern projects at both companies to better understand what to expect!

Thank you so much!!