Data Analytics Intern

Pay Range: $20.00/hr.

Job Posting Closing on: Thursday, March 12, 2026 📅

Workdays & Hours: Monday – Friday 8am – 5pm; Some evening/weekend work required.

Benefits for this position include: 11 Paid Holidays, Medical, Dental, Vision, Paid Time Off, Pension Plan, Professional Development Opportunities. Find Out More!

The City of Fort Worth is one of the fastest growing large cities in the U.S. Our employees serve the needs of over 1,000,000 residents, promoting our values of exceptional customer experience, mutual respect, embracing our diversity, continuous improvement, ethical behavior, and accountability. 🌆

A Data Science Intern job is available with the City of Fort Worth. The Data Analytics division of FWLab is a data-driven research environment that examines diverse sets of data for insights and trends through predictive modeling, statistical analysis, and advanced visualizations.

Using statistical, computational, and visualization capabilities, they enhance departments’ capacity to deliver for the people of Fort Worth. Their findings drive decision making excellence, process efficiency, and promote organizational awareness.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Current or recently graduated within the last 6 months of application or working towards a specialization in a vocational field
• No previous experience is required

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with some form of data visualization tooling (Power BI, Tableau)
• Prior probability and statistics knowledge
• Skill in high-level programming language (Python, R, Julia)
• Familiarity with data manipulation / ML libraries (pandas, numpy, sklearn, etc.) 

The Data Analytics Intern job responsibilities include:

• Curiosity – asking great, simple questions is more important than sounding like an expert
• Collaborate with departments to define problem spaces 
• Breakdown complex business problems into component parts using abstract reasoning / quantitative thinking and document those processes
• Develop tests to interrogate real-world systems
• Creative and practical with approach to data collection from diverse databases and sources
• Manipulate data with Power BI, Excel, or high-level programming languages like Python, if preferred
• Analyze data using regressions, Bayesian, time series, etc., to develop mechanistic understanding of real-world systems
• Create data visualizations based on insight from analysis and communicate insight to stakeholders through reports, presentations, interactive dashboards, etc

Working Conditions and Physical Demand

Depending on assignment, positions in this class typically require touching, talking, hearing, seeing, grasping, standing, walking, and repetitive motions.

Sedentary Work—Depending on assignment, position in this class typically exert up to 10 pounds of force occasionally, a negligible amount of force frequently, and/or constantly having to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects. Sedentary work involves sitting more of the time. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally and all other sedentary criteria are met.

Applicants for this position must pass a Criminal Justice Information Systems (CJIS) fingerprint-based background check and maintain CJIS eligibility.  Due to CJIS requirements related to system access, the following will result in being disqualified for this position:  Felony Convictions, Felony Deferred Adjudication, Class A Misdemeanor Conviction, Class B Misdemeanor Convictions in the last 10 years, Class A Misdemeanor Deferred Adjudication, Class B Misdemeanor Deferred Adjudication in the last 10 years, an Open Arrest for Any Criminal Offense (Felony or Misdemeanor), and ALL Family Violence Convictions regardless of class. 

Apply Now! Come be part of something special in Fort Worth. 🌟