Data Intern

Job Description

Springbig is the leading SaaS marketing technology platform serving retailers and brands in the rapidly growing cannabis industry throughout the U.S. and Canada. We serve in excess of 1,000 clients across 2,300 locations and our clients communications using the Springbig platform access more than 37 million consumers making Springbig the leading company in our sector. We have been ranked in the top 100 fastest growing companies in the prestigious Inc.5000 list for two consecutive years, ranking 69th in the recently released 2021 list.

Springbig recently launched a new platform, Brands by Springbig. This is also a SaaS platform, and it allows cannabis brands to collaborate with our dispensary clients to send engaging SMS campaigns to the dispensary’s database of consumers. A brand can use this platform to place an advertisement on top of hundreds of thousands of text messages and drive their products’ sell-through like never before! This gives brands direct access to consumers in a way they’ve never had before and an unprecedented reporting on campaign attribution.

Our headquarters are in Boca Raton, FL where the majority of our 160 employees are located, and we have additional office locations in Seattle, WA and Toronto, Canada.

Position Overview: 

As a Data Intern at our company, you will be responsible for providing support and collaborating across departments. You’ll wear multiple hats, turn ambiguity into details, and continuously find opportunities to improve performance and increase reliability.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Junior or senior level student enrolled in an accredited university and pursuing a graduate or undergraduate degree. Non-STEM students are encouraged to apply!
• Minimum 3.0 GPA on a 4.0 scale.
• Demonstrated knowledge in one or more of the following technologies: SQL, Jira, Confluence, Tableu, PostgreSQL, and are an eager learner.
• Strong foundation in technology, leadership, problem solving, analytical thinking, and multi- tasking abilities.
• Good verbal and written communication skills.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Provide support and work closely with the team to acquire a deep understanding of the features and product and to identify gaps and other missing details.
• Cooperate, collaborate, and strive to specify consistency of the user experience in order to optimize customers’ interaction with our software.
• Assist with concepts as input, develop and document detailed specifications for implementation of complex features and products.
• Assist with generating specifications that are complete, easy to understand, and estimate by both the Development and QA Teams.
• Develop and continually improve Springbig’s standards for requirements, specifications, and test plans.
• Participate in the final feature and product acceptance to make sure that they were built as specified.

• Rails 6
  • rspec
  • sidekiq
  • Snowflake
• Vue.js / React Native
• AWS
  • SQS
  • EB
  • Kinesis
  • Athena
  • Redshift
  • DynmoDB
  • Lambda
  • RDS
• MySQL 8 / Aurora PostgreSQL 11

What are we looking for in a team member?

• Your specialization is just as important as your ability to learn fast, communicate and adapt to shifting priorities.

We’re especially fond of people who:

• Communicate well and articulate ideas clearly.
• Focus on project goals!
• Contribute ideas.
• Take initiative.
• Have a hacker mindset and master the fine art of balancing time, features, and quality of code.
• You know when to unit test and when to “just ship it”.

What’s it like to work at springbig?

It’s awesome! We’re a driven, passionate, responsible group who value diversity, professional growth, and work life balance.

Why you should work with us:

• We are a fun start-up, with a start-up culture.
• Our company is continually growing and always innovating and creating new features for ourselves and our clients.
• Company atmosphere is collaborative, passionate and fun.
• Casual dress code
• Work with some of the best & brightest technical minds in the industry! We learn from and share knowledge with each other every day.
• Casual and comfortable working environment

And infuse lightness and creativity into our days:

• Stocked coffee, snacks and candy “bar”
• Pizza parties and team lunches
• Laser Tag in the office