Data Science Intern (Summer 2025 - Graduate Student - Hybrid - Fort Lauderdale, FL)

College students, start your career at the forefront of culture and conversation and work for entertainment's most iconic brands!

Our Summer Internship Program offers endless ways to explore careers through an immersive 10-week, well-rounded paid program that encourages students to bring their passions and insights to work. Most importantly, the program acts as a pipeline for future opportunities.

DEADLINE TO APPLY: Friday, February 7th 2025

Pay Range: $38 - $43 per hour

Paramount Data Science Team within Data & Insights Group is going full throttle on Content Forecasting this year after successfully building and maintaining User level machine learning models such as SCARP, SLAM, TTOP, PETEY, SAM and Audience Segmentation Data is pivotal at Paramount, and as part of the Data & Insights Group (DIG), The DIG Data Science Team sits at the forefront of providing insights, recommendations, predictions all driven by data for Paramount . We are a team of Statisticians, Data Scientists and Machine Learning Engineers who use data to build ground breaking models to drive Finance, Marketing and Content Strategy decisions.

• Learn and apply machine learning techniques, participate in model training and evaluation, while gaining hands-on experience with industry tools and best practices.

• Support the development and implementation of NLP models, conduct text preprocessing, and evaluate model performance under the guidance of senior data scientists.

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to build and deploy machine learning models, perform feature engineering, and evaluate model performance using industry-standard metrics.

• Develop and maintain SQL queries for data extraction from various databases (SQL/NoSQL), perform data cleaning, and implement data validation checks to ensure accuracy and consistency.

• First year Master's student with relevant experiences and internships majoring in Computer Science, Data Science, IT or related field.

• Python experience.

• Experience with Pandas, scikit learn, and other data science libraries.

• Experience with NLP is a must.

• Experience with Airflow.

• Experience with tools such as SQL, Advanced SQL, git, BigQuery.

• Experience with data management systems, both relational and NoSQL (e.g., HBase, Cassandra, MongoDB).

• Experience with exploratory data analysis using tools like iPython Notebook & Matplotlib.

• Strong problem-solving and creative-thinking skills.

• Eagerness to learn and adapt to new technologies and tools.

• Experience with developing data pipelines.

• Experience Generative AI is a plus.

• Experience with Google Cloud/Any other Cloud, Jira, and Confluence is a plus.

Eligibility:   

• This internship is open to Master's students who are returning to school in the fall of 2025. If you are a graduating Senior, please check our website for full-time job opportunities closer to your graduation date.  

• You must be available to intern full-time (5 days a week/36-40 hours a week) for 10 weeks total starting in June.  

• Interns will be required to work hybrid or fully on-site for the duration of the program. 

• Internships are paid at a competitive standard hourly rate (school credit is optional). 

• Employment eligibility to work with Paramount in the United States is required as the company does not engage in sponsorship for internships. 

Exciting perks tailored just for you! 

• Speaker series with industry experts 

• Unique networking opportunities & social events 

• Complimentary Paramount+ with Showtime subscription during your internship 

• Workshops on crafting your resume, nailing interviews and career strategy 

• 1:1 mentorship, volunteer opportunities, on-the-job learning and so much more! 

Paramount (NASDAQ: PARA; PARAA) is a leading global media and entertainment company that creates premium content and experiences for audiences worldwide. Driven by iconic studios, networks and streaming services, its portfolio of consumer brands includes CBS, Showtime Networks, Paramount Pictures, Nickelodeon, MTV, Comedy Central, BET, Paramount+, Pluto TV and Simon & Schuster, among others. The company delivers the largest share of the U.S. television audience and boasts one of the industry's most important and extensive libraries of TV and film titles. In addition to offering innovative streaming services and digital video products, Paramount provides powerful capabilities in production, distribution, and advertising solutions. 

Paramount believes in creating environments that allow our primary focus to remain on providing entertainment, education and information to our millions of viewers around the world. As part of this commitment to health and safety, Paramount requires COVID-19 vaccines for current U.S. employees, including all newly hired employees, subject to applicable law.

Paramount is an equal opportunity employer (EOE) including disability/vet. 

At Paramount, the spirit of inclusion feeds into everything that we do, on-screen and off. From the programming and movies we create to employee benefits/programs and social impact outreach initiatives, we believe that opportunity, access, resources and rewards should be available to and for the benefit of all. Paramount is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, religion, creed, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship status, marital status, disability, gender identity, gender expression, and Veteran status. 

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