Research Data Scientist Intern

Company Overview

Along with its affiliate companies, Affinius Capital invests across the risk spectrum for a global client base, managing over $62 billion in gross assets under management within a diversified portfolio across North America and Europe. Affinius Capital provides strategic equity and debt capital, including to capitalize on the accelerating demand for technology-driven real estate assets, to meet the critical need for housing solutions, and for other market and capital structure opportunities exhibiting compelling risk-return characteristics. For more information, visit affiniuscapital.com.

Job Description

Affinius Capital is seeking a full-time Summer Intern to assist with creating innovative approaches that are enabled by technology to redesign and automate business processes in research, property analysis, and financial modeling/reporting. Interns will have the opportunity to work in our Innovation Center with Global Research's Data Science group. Interns will have the opportunity to build scalable data engineering pipelines, machine learning solutions, and data visualization dashboards, aiming to improve the overall data analytics and business decision-making processes. The established software development and project management skills can also be applied on the projects. Interns will learn about the real estate investment and decision-making processes of the organization while interfacing with senior management. Interns can expect an environment that nurtures and challenges while providing a hands-on career-building experience.  

Requirements

• Graduate students enrolled in a Data Science or related program completing their first year
• Excellent academic background with a cumulative GPA of 3.0 and above. GPA of 3.5 and above preferred.
• Available for full-time work in San Antonio for at least 10 consecutive weeks in summer
• Proficiency in R or Python
• Familiar with SQL or SQL like data processing toolkit (dplyr in R or pandas in Python)
• Strong analytical and communication skills
• Available for full-time work in San Antonio for at least 10 consecutive weeks in summer

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience using technical solutions like Git and Airflow
• Experience developing and deploying ETL solutions using AWS Redshift, AWS S3, AWS Aurora 

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At Affinius Capital our employees enjoy generous benefits packages including comprehensive medical, dental and vision plans, 401k, educational and professional designation assistance, business casual dress attire and much more! Qualified applicants must successfully complete a pre-employment background and drug screen. The above description reflects the details considered necessary to describe the principal functions of the job and should not be construed as a detailed description of all the work requirements that may be performed in the job.

Affinius Capital is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration without regarding to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.