Data Science & Research Intern

Carmel Partners, one of the nation’s leading specialists in real estate investment management, with expertise in the investment, development, and construction of multi-family real estate, is seeking aData Science & Research Intern for the summer of 2024.

The Intern will be responsible for assisting our team of analysts in the development and predictive analytics models, including rent growth and asset valuation at the market and neighborhood levels. Support research and leverage of potentially innovative datasets and proprietary forecast modeling frameworks. This position offers an excellent opportunity to learn and experience the real estate development and investment industry.

What you’ll do

• Assist our team of Analysts in the development and predictive analytics models, including rent growth and asset valuation at the market and neighborhood level
• Research and leverage potentially innovative datasets that can strengthen the company’s proprietary forecast modeling framework
• Conduct geospatial analytics and translate granular project-specific results into actionable visualizations via interactive dashboard and mapping frameworks
• Create compelling presentations of analytical work developed by the Data Science team, to communicate our results to both internal and external partners.

What you’ll bring

• Currently working towards a bachelor’s degree in Data or Computer Science, Applied Math, or a related field incorporating quantitative research methods with a strong record of academic achievement
• Strong academic experience in applied data analytics, machine learning and/or econometrics
• Proficiency a functional combination of Python, R, SQL, and some of the primary analytics packages (e.g., pandas, scikit-learn, ggplot2, dplyr)
• Experience with spatial analysis is a plus, including libraries such as Python’s geopandas, R’s sf package, or ArcGIS
• Excellent analytical skills, with a strong attention to detail
• Team player with a commitment to excellence and a high level of integrity

Key Program Components:

• Location: San Francisco Regional Office
• Program starts June 2024; Approximately 10 weeks duration
• Candidates must be authorized to work in the United States

Compensation

The compensation is $25-$30 per hour. The Company provides this compensation range and general description of other compensation and benefits that it, in good faith, believes it might pay and/or offer for this position. The Company reserves the right to ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and offer additional benefits and other compensation, depending on circumstances not related to an applicant’s gender or any other status protected by local, state, or federal law.

Choose Carmel

At Carmel Partners, our mission is to create exceptional multifamily communities that enrich lives and neighborhoods.

Founded in 1996, Carmel is one of the nation’s leading specialists in real estate investment management, focusing on U.S. multifamily development and construction, renovation, and debt investments. Through its vertically integrated platform, Carmel seeks to achieve superior risk-adjusted returns across varying market cycles by investing in relatively supply-constrained, high barrier-to-entry markets in the United States.

DEI Statement

We are committed to equitable hiring and promotion practices. We lead with integrity and believe in building a diverse and inclusive workplace, rooted in a culture of mutual respect. By welcoming varied backgrounds, perspectives, and ideas, we cultivate engagement and a sense of belonging that creates community within, so Carmel can build communities that thrive.

Carmel Partners is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. Employment decisions are based on business needs, job requirements, and individual qualifications without regard to race, color, religion or belief, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, pregnancy and reproductive decisions, family or parental status, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other status protected under local, state, or federal laws.

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