Data Science Intern

Summary

Wurl creates technologies and services that support the streaming industry through data-driven video and advertising solutions. The Data Science Intern will analyze and normalize large-scale datasets, support the Data Science and Machine Learning team, and improve the accuracy of derived datasets and data products.

Responsibilities

• Perform analysis tasks to identify anomalies and their root cause as well as propose and put in place validations to programmatically identify such conditions
• Propose methods to normalize the data, implement them, check accuracy and iterate until sufficient accuracy is achieved
• Increase the accuracy of derived datasets and data products

Skills

• Wurl is seeking an intern with proven academic achievements in data analytics related fields for a year long internship
• The ideal candidate is a PhD / MSc in the field of DataScience, AI/ML, Statistics, Physics, Mathematics, or Computer Science
• + Field: DataScience, AI/ML, Statistics, Physics, Mathematics, or Computer Science
• + Graph algorithms and network analysis
• + Large-scale data analysis
• + Data quality and anomaly detection
• + Agentic / AI-assisted software development
• + Familiarity with distributed data platforms such as Snowflake / Databricks
• + Strong Python and SQL
• + Applied statistics and probability
• + Machine learning fundamentals
• + Experiment design and causal reasoning
• + Optimization / decision-making under uncertainty
• + Ability to write clean, maintainable analytical code
• + Non agentic development experience is mandatory
• + Comfortable evaluating models beyond headline metrics
• + Experience moving from research idea → prototype → validated result
• + Ability to translate ambiguous problems into mathematical or statistical formulations
• + Strong intuition for uncertainty, bias, variance, and noisy data
• + Strong quantitative reasoning and mathematical knowledge
• + Ability to recognize when results look wrong
• + Comfortable working with incomplete, messy, or contradictory data
• + Advanced analytical problem-solving ability
• + Strong debugging and root-cause analysis skills
• + Ability to form and test hypotheses quickly
• + High intellectual curiosity
• + Strong ownership and initiative
• + Rapid learner
• + Independent thinker
• + Comfortable challenging assumptions
• + Willingness to continue digging into 'funny' things until they make sense
• + Effective communication skills and team player
• + PhD / MSC preferred. BSc with high gpa, multiple majors, notable projects is also accepted

Qualifications

Must Haves

• Wurl is seeking an intern with proven academic achievements in data analytics related fields for a year long internship
• The ideal candidate is a PhD / MSc in the field of DataScience, AI/ML, Statistics, Physics, Mathematics, or Computer Science
• + Field: DataScience, AI/ML, Statistics, Physics, Mathematics, or Computer Science
• + Graph algorithms and network analysis
• + Large-scale data analysis
• + Data quality and anomaly detection
• + Agentic / AI-assisted software development
• + Familiarity with distributed data platforms such as Snowflake / Databricks
• + Strong Python and SQL
• + Applied statistics and probability
• + Machine learning fundamentals
• + Experiment design and causal reasoning
• + Optimization / decision-making under uncertainty
• + Ability to write clean, maintainable analytical code
• + Non agentic development experience is mandatory
• + Comfortable evaluating models beyond headline metrics
• + Experience moving from research idea → prototype → validated result
• + Ability to translate ambiguous problems into mathematical or statistical formulations
• + Strong intuition for uncertainty, bias, variance, and noisy data
• + Strong quantitative reasoning and mathematical knowledge
• + Ability to recognize when results look wrong
• + Comfortable working with incomplete, messy, or contradictory data
• + Advanced analytical problem-solving ability
• + Strong debugging and root-cause analysis skills
• + Ability to form and test hypotheses quickly
• + High intellectual curiosity
• + Strong ownership and initiative
• + Rapid learner
• + Independent thinker
• + Comfortable challenging assumptions
• + Willingness to continue digging into 'funny' things until they make sense
• + Effective communication skills and team player

Nice to Haves

• + PhD / MSC preferred. BSc with high gpa, multiple majors, notable projects is also accepted

Benefits

• Paid internship ($30/hr) with flexible scheduling.
• Remote-first work culture and support.
• Mentorship from experienced engineers and product experts.