Duration: Six months
Format: Full time (40 hrs/week), paid
In the last year at Loka, our teams launched almost 200 GenAI projects for companies of all kinds, including the world’s Number 1 GenAI reading tutor, a startup that transforms homes into batteries and a leading cancer-fighting laboratory. And we did it all while enjoying every other Friday off 😎
As a Data - Machine Learning Intern, you'll gain professional experience supporting Loka’s certified specialists, technical experts and PhDs while elevating your skillset, building a portfolio and launching projects you’re proud of.
The Role
- Assist in designing, developing and maintaining data pipelines to ensure clean, reliable and timely data.
- Collaborate with the team to implement and optimize ETL processes.
- Integrate data from various sources into warehouses, data lakes and lakehouses.
- Support data management tasks, including data cleaning, validation and transformation.
- Understand business objectives and develop models that help achieve them, plus metrics to track their progress.
- Implement ML systems using classical ML, DL and Foundation Models following best practices.
- Participate in client communications by helping gather requirements and communicate deliverables.
- Explore and visualize data with a careful eye for issues that require data cleaning as well as differences in data distribution that may affect performance after deployment.
- Identify and analyze model errors.
Required Hard Skills
- Last year of a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related
- Proficient in English
- Basic knowledge of Python, ML, and Data libraries
- Basic knowledge of Databases
- Understanding of statistical, ML and deep learning algorithms
- Experience visualizing and manipulating big datasets
- Problem solving
- Bonus: AWS knowledge, (Py)Spark, Airflow, Data Lakes and Data Warehouses
Required Soft Skills
- Curiosity: You’re ambitious to learn and grow in different industries utilizing a modern tech stack.
- Autonomy and positivity: We’re a fully remote, globally distributed team.
- Teamwork: Enjoy a collaborative approach.
- Adaptability: Operate with a startup mindset and move at a startup pace.
- Dependable: You can be trusted to deliver high-quality work.
Benefits
- Every other Friday off
- Health Bonus
- Remote and flexible
- Paid sick days and local holidays
Please submit your CV in English.
Skills Required
- Currently in the last year of a bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field
- Proficiency in English
- Basic knowledge of Python, machine learning, and data libraries
- Basic knowledge of databases
- Understanding of statistical, machine learning, and deep learning algorithms
- Experience visualizing and manipulating large datasets
- Problem-solving skills
- AWS knowledge
- PySpark knowledge
- Airflow knowledge
- Knowledge of data lakes and data warehouses
What We Do
Last year at Loka, our remote team of engineers, developers, and designers helped route out hate speech on Twitter, eliminate $1 billion in food waste, launch 4 projects in LokaLabs™ (our own incubator), accelerate 3 startups to acquisition, and still enjoyed every other Friday off. We are using modern technologies to support an incredible variety of meaningful projects, while proving work/life balance isn’t a catchphrase, it’s our culture. Launch with us. Grow with us. See our new openings at loka.com/careers -->
Why Work With Us
In addition to launching a radical variety of projects for mission-driven companies, our teams enjoy every other Friday off (that's 24 extra days off/year), Relo & Explore Program (visit another country for 3 months or move permanently), Winter Houses, Upskill allowances, and much more. We have a lot to offer. All we ask is the best you've got.
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