Data Science Intern

Are you looking for an internship that provides real-world-project experience, networking with employees and executives worldwide, while growing your talents on a supportive and inclusive team? If so, we want to connect with you! 

At Thomson Reuters, we provide information-enabled software to help our customers in the legal, tax, accounting, corporate, news, and media fields, to make decisions that move society forward. By joining us, you will make your mark in one of WayUp’s Top 100 Internship Programs of 2021, working on industry-leading products with opportunities for networking, volunteering, and social events!

Thomson Reuters Special Services is looking for a talented and motivated technical intern with data science and programming skills to create, design, and build a data science project. In this role, you will leverage Thomson Reuters data to help understand and address an important U.S. government related data project. You will receive mentoring and advice from an experienced team of data scientists, research scientists, and software engineers. At the end of the internship, you will present your ideas and progress to the company as part of a larger session of intern presentations.

Location
This position can be filled remotely, or you can work in a hybrid arrangement at our McLean, VA office.

About the Role
In this opportunity as a Data Science Intern you will: 

• Work closely with a team of data scientists, research scientists, and software engineers to create, design, and build a proof-of-concept related to the field of national and global security
• Write well-designed, well-constructed, and well-tested code
• Perform statistical analyses or create machine learning models
• Present your progress at the end of the internship

About You
You’re a fit for the role of Data Science Intern if you have:
(Note: despite the clearance requirement below, you will not need to apply for a clearance in this internship.)

• Any of the following academic levels in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Data Science, Basic/Applied Sciences, Mathematics, Statistics, Engineering, or a related field: Junior or Senior undergraduate Bachelor's degree
• or Graduate student
• Experience coding in at least one object-oriented programming language or functional programming language (e.g. Python, Java, R, Scala, C/C++)
• Basic knowledge of statistics or machine learning principles (advanced knowledge is a bonus)
• Effective communication skills (verbal and written) for various audiences
• Problem-solving and critical thinking skills
• A desire to continuously learn new skills and technologies
• A good team player mindset
• U.S. Citizenship essential to comply with government contract/agency or department of Federal Government requirements.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. national security clearance.

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What's in it For You?

You will join our inclusive culture of world-class talent, where we are committed to your personal and professional growth through:

• Wellbeing: Comprehensive benefit plans; flexible and supportive benefits for work-life balance: flexible vacation, two company-wide Mental Health Days Off; work from another location for up to a total of 8 weeks in a year, 4 of those weeks can be out of the country and the remaining in the country, Headspace app subscription; retirement, savings, tuition reimbursement, and employee incentive programs; resources for mental, physical, and financial wellbeing.

• Culture: Globally recognized and award-winning reputation for equality, diversity and inclusion, flexibility, work-life balance, and more.

• Learning & Development: LinkedIn Learning access; internal Talent Marketplace with opportunities to work on projects cross-company; Ten Thousand Coffees Thomson Reuters café networking.

• Social Impact: Ten employee-driven Business Resource Groups; two paid volunteer days annually; Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) initiatives for local and global impact.

• Purpose Driven Work: We have a superpower that we’ve never talked about with as much pride as we should – we are one of the only companies on the planet that helps its customers pursue justice, truth and transparency. Together, with the professionals and institutions we serve, we help uphold the rule of law, turn the wheels of commerce, catch bad actors, report the facts, and provide trusted, unbiased information to people all ove