Total 1 Internship level Science / R&D / Research job vacancies in Charlotte, NC

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CLA, one of the nation’s largest public accounting and professional services firm, is currently seeking a Data Scientist Intern for our Triad (Winston-Salem), NC office. 

Are you excited to work on an inclusive team doing impactful work?  Do you enjoy pushing yourself and working independently, determined to find the right answer?  Do you enjoy collaborating with and helping others? If your answer to any of these questions is “YES”, then apply to our Data Scientist Intern position at CLA! 

The Data Scientist Intern thrives when constructing complex solutions that integrate data wrangling, visualization, and advanced modeling techniques into a seamless workflow using software development best practices in R, Python, or other scripting languages. They are comfortable working with APIs, web scraping, and SQL/no-SQL databases. It is not uncommon for our Data Scientists to automate business workflows while integrating stochastic/numeric algorithms in the process. Creating and modifying predictive algorithms to uncover and answer business questions makes us tick. Our products are usually delivered as a scheduled deployment, markdown report, dashboard, shiny application, or API.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Participate in the collection, analysis, and automated collection of data using a variety of data tools.
• Together with the Data Science and Digital Team, support the building and implementing of models, algorithms, and simulations supporting solutions for external clients and internal projects.
• Assess the effectiveness and accuracy of new data sources and data gathering techniques.
• Working under the guidance of a variety of Digital team members, gain exposure to developing custom data models and algorithms to apply to data sets.
• Gain experience with predictive and inferential analytics, machine learning, and artificial intelligence techniques.
• Use existing processes and tools to monitor and analyze solution performance and accuracy and communicate findings to team members and end users.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

• Bachelor’s degree or working towards the achievement of a bachelor’s degree in a field of Statistics, Computer Science, Economics, Analytics, or Data Science (e.g., Informatics, Data Science, Health Data Science) required.
• Exemplify our CLA values – curious, collaborative, transparent, inclusive, and reliable.
• Passion for doing impactful work, accountability for actions, initiative to make visions a reality, integrity that places honesty and trust above all else, professionalism, and conscientiousness.
• Strong verbal/written communication and interpersonal skills.
• Willingness to learn new technologies.
• Reliable transportation and ability to travel.

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