Data Scientist Intern - Cambridge Investment Research, Inc.

Cambridge has recruited talented interns from across the country to join us during the summer for a 10-12 week internship. Each year, over 35 interns join us for a paid summer internship experience at our home offices in Fairfield, Iowa and Phoenix, Arizona. The Next Step internship program gives students practical insight into the financial services industry and allows students to gain practical knowledge in their field. Students are partnered with a professional mentor, supervisor, and executive leader to gain networking opportunities and learn from industry professionals. At the conclusion of the internship, each intern will have the opportunity to present on their experience and a specific project of their choice.  

The Business Intelligence and Insights (BI&I) Product team provides strategic governance of Cambridge’s enterprise data. The team supports Cambridge by working with the business to optimize an Enterprise Data Model and the BI&I team supports other product teams with data development and design guidance.

We have three Data Scientist Internships available in the Fairfield, IA office.

As the Data Scientist Intern, you will:

• Create a statistical model by determining the correlation between two types of data or events
• Determine specific use case around what the key drivers are for a financial professional based on their demographic data and with the types of transactions they are making
• Follow the Data Science Process by researching and developing steps, collecting, and preparing any additional data needed
• Work on a project that requires determining data sources of truth, using Tableau, and creating reports and dashboards to provide visibility into insights drawn from the raw data.
• Prepare a statistical model by experimenting with a variety of different types of models; evaluate and analyze the results; present on the findings
• Expand skillset to include data science models, data cleansing, exposing results using Tableau, and giving presentations
• Interact with all business departments while performing data science

Students studying computer science, data science, data architecture, data analytics, mathematics, or statistics will likely be the most successful in this role.

Compensation: $19-$23 per hour.

This range is a good faith estimate of the compensation to be offered for this position based on the ideal candidate’s qualifications, the Company’s operational needs, and other considerations permitted by law. The actual pay offered to a specific candidate may vary above or below the stated range.

Benefits:

• Paid time off: Interns receive 16 hours of paid time off to use throughout the summer
• Volunteer time: Interns receive eight hours of paid time off to volunteer throughout the summer
• Holiday pay: Memorial Day and Independence Day
• Educational courses: Interns participate in educational training hosted by our Associate Training and Development team. Courses consist of career workshops, problem solving, professional development and financial services industry basics.
• Networking events: Interns have the opportunity to network with our company executives during the Welcome and End of Summer Banquets. Interns will participate in leadership panels to hear from company leaders, ask questions and gain valuable insight as well as have the chance to job shadow in other teams at Cambridge. Following the summer internship, interns have access to the Next Step Intern Alumni LinkedIn group to stay in touch with Cambridge and other past interns.
• Opportunity to discuss continued employment with Cambridge on a part-time or full-time basis following the internship.