Data Science - 2024 Summer Internship Program

Company Description

We help the world see new possibilities and inspire change for better tomorrows. Our analytic solutions bridge content, data, and analytics to help business, people, and society become stronger, more resilient, and sustainable.

Job Description

Program overview:

Verisk‘s Summer Internship Program is designed to provide you with real work experience, professional development, and networking opportunities. This is a full-time (40 hours/ week) paid internship program spanning ten weeks from June through August 2024. Participation in the internship program requires that you are located near your assigned office as the program is a hybrid work schedule, requiring you to be in the office at least 2 days per week.

We are hiring in the following U.S. locations: Jersey City, NJ

We have opportunities for students interested in exploring careers in data science around the globe. Verisk is a leading data analytics provider serving customers in insurance. Our team of nearly 7,000 helps customers make crucial decisions every day about risk—with greater precision, efficiency, and discipline.

Should you perform well in the internship, you may receive an offer to join our full-time Data Science Excellence Program (DSEP) following graduation. As DSEP is a rotational program, we highly suggest that you apply to this internship if you are open to future relocation.

At Verisk, we have a longstanding commitment to inclusion, diversity & belonging in our workplace and marketplace. Click here to read our statement on Racial, Equity and Diversity and learn more about our Employee Network Groups and our commitment to making a change.  

What you could learn:

As a Data Science Intern, you’ll receive hands-on analytics experience doing everything from data wrangling, querying, modeling, visualizing, and productizing as you work in business areas including insurance, finance, energy, and climate.  You will help our clients in decision analytics, forecasting, and risk management. 

The work includes the creation of both proof-of-concept demonstrations to illustrate specific technologies and algorithms as well as robust operational systems than can be put into production.  As an active member of project teams, you will be exposed to some of the data challenges faced at Verisk’s operations including large-scale data analysis (real-time data analysis, and anomaly detection. Data sets of interest include large imagery, physical science, and insurance data.

Verisk provides our interns with mentorship, training, engaging program events, and valuable exposure to the senior analytics and business leaders guiding our company. If you have a strong technical background, enjoy ongoing learning and innovative thinking, and strive to actively participate in knowledge-sharing and open collaboration, we hope you will consider joining us.  

Qualifications

What We’re Looking For:

Qualifications

Work availability requirements:

• December 2024/ May 2025 Graduate pursuing a BS or MS degree in a technical field of study (data science, statistics, business analytics, engineering, etc.)
• Must be able to commence working without restrictions in June 2024 for a summer internship. 

Experience

• Strong programming capability in a common language such as python or R and their associated ecosystem of open-source libraries
• Must be proficient in SQL, understanding of NoSQL query languages a plus
• Interest in learning/ using machine learning and statistical concepts (Supervised, unsupervised, semi-supervised learning scenarios; Optimization and loss functions; Evaluation of classification, regression, and other model results; Probability distributions and unbalanced samples; Dimensionality problems, sampling, and Bayesian methods; Missing values and imputation

Additional Information

In 2022, Verisk received Great Place to Work® Certification for our outstanding workplace culture for the sixth year in a row and second-time certification in the UK, Spain, and India. We’re also one of the 38 companies on the UK’s Best Workplaces™ list and one of 18 companies on Spain’s Best Workplaces™ list.

For over fifty years and through innovation, interpretation, and professional insight, Verisk has replaced uncertainty with precision to unlock opportunities that deliver significant and demonstrable impact. From our historic roots in risk assessment, we’ve grown to provide analytic insights that help transform industries focused on some of the world’s most critical areas. Today, the insurance industry relies on Verisk to be, and to make the world, more productive, resilient, and sustainabl