Data Science Internship - Zoro
Company Overview
In the past seven years, Zoro has grown from a group of 6 people working out of a 2,000 square foot building, offering fewer than 100,000 products to a group of 250+ working out of a 60,000+ square foot building, offering more than 2,000,000 unique products.
Position Description
Zoro is currently offering a paid internship for passionate & driven individuals interested in joining our Analytics team for the summer of 2019. This is a full-time opportunity and will start early June and end in late August. The start and end dates can be flexible based on your semester schedule.
Our Analytics team is comprised of Business Intelligence, Digital Analytics and Data Science functions, which collectively support the business by turning data into actionable insights. The team is involved in a broad scope of projects, including: customer segmentation, A/B testing, channel investment optimization, predictive modeling, promotion forecasting and evaluation, dashboarding, etc.
As a Data Science Intern, your work will help Zoro to better understand and target our customers. A successful candidate should be passionate about eCommerce, Marketing and Big Data, and be interesting in learning about all aspects of the Zoro business and collaborating with others.
While predictive modeling and statistical analysis are an important aspect of the role, a Data Science Intern will also be expected to think about data in the context of practical business questions, presenting insights and recommendations to stakeholders. Data cleaning, aggregation and visualization are also important skills that will contribute to a successful data science project.
Duties and Responsibilities:
As a member of the Analytics Team, you will work on a long-term predictive analytics project as well as a variety of short-term analyses to aide business partners in making day-to-day decisions. You will interact with Analytics team members with significant collective eCommerce expertise and tackle challenging business problems.
- You will work with hundreds of behavioral and cross-sectional data attributes on over millions of records.
- You will apply techniques of data exploration, data visualization, and model development.
- You will learn to create robust and repeatable analytic processes.
Position Requirements:
- Have a background in a quantitative or technical field, and will have great interest in working with large data sets to influence data-driven decision making
- Be working towards a Bachelors or Master's degree in a field such as statistics, mathematics, actuarial science, computer science, finance, or economics
- Have the analytic agility to deal with a variety of problems in an abstract manner
- Have the ability to communicate complex analysis to non-technical audiences
- Have experience with at least one statistical software package such as Python or R
- Have experience with SQL and large datasets
- Experience working with eCommerce data is a plus
- Be graduating in 2019 or 2020
EEOC Statement
Zoro is an Equal Opportunity Workplace and an Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.