Education Statistics Data Science Research Assistant Intern (Summer 2023) -- Bachelor's Students

AIR’s 2023 Virtual Summer Internship Program is designed to identify, attract, and hire the best collegiate talent that will drive creativity and innovation while enabling the organization to create a diverse and skilled talent pool. Spanning 10 – 12 weeks, AIR’s paid summer program provides Interns with various learning and networking opportunities that enhance their skillset and build lasting professional connections.

Candidates hired for the position may work remotely within the United States (U.S.).

About AIR:

• Assist with developing machine learning models.
• Conduct analysis to identify patterns and generate insights to inform decisions.
• Develop front end applications/dashboards for data consumption.
• Harvest data from various data sources and develop data pipelines to process and integrate the data into databases.
• Develop algorithms for transforming data into actionable, usable data.

Education, Knowledge, and Experience:

• Familiar with online/cloud computing/storage is preferred but not required.
• Project experience with Python and/or R.
• Familiarity with large-scale data processing is preferred but not required.
• Must be a current student pursuing a Bachelor’s degree in such fields as mathematics, data science, computer science, statistics, or economics, or other related fields.
• Experience in Machine Learning projects is preferred but not required.

Skills:

• Comfortable working independently and as a member of a team.
• Comfortable working in a virtual work environment.
• Effective communicator that can work with individuals at all levels and from diverse backgrounds.
• High motivation, good work ethic and demonstrated maturity.
• Strong attention to detail, with a research-focused mindset.
• Excellent critical thinking and problem solving skills.

Disclosures:

Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the U.S. on a full-time basis (i.e., U.S. citizen, CPT visa, or OPT visa).

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without discrimination on the basis of age, race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity/expression, sexual orientation, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability.

AIR adheres to strict child safeguarding principles. All selected candidates will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles and will therefore undergo rigorous reference and background checks.

This position offers $17.00 per hour. Salary offers are made based on internal equity within the organization and external equity with competitive markets. Please note this is the salary for candidates that are based in the United States.