Data Science Intern

Data Science Intern

What you will be doing

This position will have responsibility for supporting the data scientist team with product development and model research and development. Apply knowledge of statistics, programming, data modeling, and other mathematical techniques to recognize patterns, identify opportunities, pose business questions, and make valuable discoveries leading to prototype development and product improvement. This individual will be responsible for supporting analyses alongside a Data Scientist and Product Engineer as well as the development and deployment of machine learning models. This individual may be expected to execute complex tasks under the guidance of these senior team leaders and be able and willing to gain proficiency with new methodologies over time. Work with product engineers to translate prototypes into new products, services, and features and provide guidelines for large-scale implementation.

Key Responsibilities

Responsibility #1– 60% Data Preparation and Analysis

• Work with clients, client operations and development staff to acquire, assemble and prepare datasets for

analytic projects, leveraging knowledge of project and query process to inform the structure of those datasets

• Conduct analysis and derive insights from unexpected findings, adjusting work process as needed to maximize the research value of each project
• Interpret findings and present outcomes to rest of team

Responsibility #2 – 25% Methodology design and development

• Participate in data exploration and conceptual design for strategic initiatives
• Work with Data Scientist and Product Engineer in defining and documenting methodologies based on insights from data analysis
• Interact with beta client users to understand their experience with the methodology and incorporate feedback into updates and revisions, where required

Responsibility #3 – 10% Product development implementation

• Work with TPMs and product team to implement methodologies developed
• Work