Intern, Data Scientist

Job Description
As an Intern, Data Scientist at Infinite Campus, you will be responsible for prototyping statistical models, and discovering new knowledge in pursuit of implementing and delivering new product offerings towards the company's mission of transforming K-12 education. You will additionally use data-driven methods and technologies to support existing engineering, support, and operations teams to develop actionable insight into customer behavior, operational efficiency, and product performance.
Job Responsibilities

• Work with a team to design and develop a data capture strategy along with predictive models/algorithms to propel "data-driven decision" product features across the Campus application, and work in concert with development teams to implement those solutions through to delivery.
• Work with engineers to evangelize data best practices and implement analytics and data warehousing solutions.
• Build relationships and partner with teams to identify, prioritize, and answer the most important questions where analytics and modeling will have a material impact.
• Perform exploratory data analysis in pursuit of solving a key customer need, finding new insight and/or creating new opportunity and communicate complex ideas and results in an understandable and actionable manner.

Desired Background

• Enrolled in an advanced degree (MS, PhD) program, preferably in statistics, computer science, physical sciences, economics, or a related technical field.
• Demonstrated ability to learn quickly on the job, develops innovative solutions, and effectively utilizes new technologies.
• Experience with data analysis using languages such as Python (NumPy, pandas, scikit-learn) and/or R.
• Experience using Bayesian statistics and/or machine learning (including classification and prediction techniques) to solve complex business and research questions.

Performance Expectations

• Use data mining, machine learning, statistics, and knowledge modeling tools and methods with scientific rigor.
• Communicate on multiple technical levels and multiple management levels, in verbal, visual, and written media including visualizations
• Innate curiosity and interest in dealing with Big Data and using state-of-the art statistical modeling and machine learning techniques
• Protect confidentiality of student and district data

Position must adhere to the practices and procedures outlined in the master security guidelines.
*This position may perform job responsibilities directly for a customer contract, which may be subject to a more thorough criminal background check to include, but not limited to, fingerprints, outside the standard screening. If the position performs job responsibilities directly for said customer(s), employee is required to pass the specified criminal background check; meeting the requirements of the customer contract.
Infinite Campus, Inc. provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, Infinite Campus complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.
Infinite Campus, Inc. expressly prohibits any form of workplace harassment based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, or veteran status. Improper interference with the ability of Infinite Campus' employees to perform their job duties may result in discipline up to and including discharge.