Data Science Intern

Job Description
Our mission is to redefine the home experience with tech and services to create a smarter, greener, safer home that saves our customers money every month.
Summary:
In this role, as a Data Science Intern on our Data Science team, you will have the opportunity to spend a summer in all things Data Science and see into the heart of what makes Data Science at Vivint work. You will get the chance to work with a wide variety of machine learning methods and models for supervised and unsupervised classification and regression. You will gain greater exposure to various tools such as R, Python, Snowflake, Spark, and Data Robot. You will be responsible for completing a capstone project that you will present on at the end of the internship.
Primary Responsibilities:
As a member of the Data Science team, you will report to the Sr. Data Scientist. You will be a member of a high performing team with cross functional support and responsibilities. The Data Science team works to support the various teams across the organization.
Required Skills:

• Strong desire to learn Data Science and the correlating models and tools
• Some knowledge and application of a variety of statistical and Data Science approaches for classification and regression such as Linear/Logistic Regression, Random Forest, XGBoost, LightGBM, Neural Networks, etc.
• Completed some Data Science projects either within college program or entry-level job; from idea generation, objectives formulation, to implementation and deliverables
• Proficiency in Python, and/or R
• Experience creating visuals using plotly/ggplot2/matplotlib/seaborn
• Strong written and verbal communication skills

Required Education/Experience:

• Actively studying or graduated with a Bachelors or Masters Degree program in Statistics, Computer Science, or other data-related field

Learn about the Vivint Culture and why it's a great place to grow your career!
Here are some highlighted perks you should ask us about:

• Free daily lunch and drinks on site
• Paid holidays and flexible paid time away
• Employee/Friends/Family Discounts
• Onsite health clinic, gym, gaming tables
• Employee Resource Groups

WORKING CONDITIONS:
This job operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines.
SAFETY:
Vivint enforces a safety culture whereby all employees have the responsibility for continuously developing and maintaining a safe working environment. Each new employee is responsible for completing all training requirements. Additionally, the employee must accept they have responsibility for maintaining the safety of themselves, their co-workers, and the public. Employee must adhere to all written and verbal instructions, promptly report and correct all hazards or unsafe conditions, question non-standard operations or unmitigated hazards, and provide feedback to management on all safety issues.
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