Summer Intern - Business Development & Innovation Graduate
ESPN
New York, NY
Responsibilities
Our Data Engineering internships are designed to provide interns with real-world data engineering experience, using state-of-the-art tools and technologies. Working as part of our data engineering teams, interns will help to design and develop custom decision sciences product for the media industry. Interns will acquire specific responsibilities, goals, and timelines aligned with the teams in which they are embedded. Our teams collaborate across our businesses to design and implement engineering solutions that drive data-enhanced strategic decisions.
Opportunities may include (but are not limited to):
Entertainment Networks Data Engineering: This group works closely with partners across NBCUniversal's businesses to drive advanced analytics throughout the company. The data engineering team processes structured and unstructured data into a form suitable for analysis and reporting, to drive state-of-the-art analytics and machine learning applications. They partner closely with data scientists to understand processes and support feature engineering. Interns will assist in operationalizing data science models and products in a cluster-computing environment. Interns will also build data pipeline frameworks to automate high-volume / real-time data delivery.
Peacock Data Engineering: This team is responsible for architecting solutions that clean, format, and pipe data downstream to Peacock's data analytics teams as well as Peacock's various business partners. Interns have the opportunity to gain exposure to and experience with the most cutting-edge data streaming technology in the industry. Interns will develop solutions combining data blending, profiling, mining, statistical analysis, and machine learning, to better define and curate models, test hypothesis, and deliver key insights. Interns will continually work on improving the codebase and have active participation in all aspects of the team, including agile ceremonies.
Application Deadline: Fall Internship postings are live for a limited time only, apply today!
Qualifications/Requirements
Current Bachelor's, Master's or PhD student at an Accredited Institution in Computer Science, Data Engineering, ML Engineering, or other relevant fields. Must be able to provide documentation to confirm your degree progress
Working knowledge of at least two of the following programming languages: Python, R, PySpark, Angular, JavaScript, Java
Cumulative GPA of 3.0 or above
Must be 18 years of age or older
Must be authorized to work in the United States without visa sponsorship by NBCUniversal
Desired Characteristics
Working knowledge of Distributed Computing environments
Experience with Machine Learning and/or statistical modelling
Experience working in cloud computing environments, such as GCP and AWS, designing solution architecture
Experience with or understanding of Docker or other container systems
Experience with Git or other version control solutions
Familiarity with relational databases and SQL
Familiarity with data visualization techniques (knowledge of BI tools a plus: Tableau, Domo, etc.)
Strong interest in the media industry
Commitment to building an inclusive work environment
Strong interpersonal skills; must be able to work effectively as part of a project team and foster team cooperation
Excellent verbal and written communication
Previous internship experience and on-campus involvement
Jobcode: Reference SBJ-dyk83m-44-200-179-138-42 in your application.