What are the responsibilities and job description for the Data Scientist Intern position at CM004 American Century Investment Services, Inc.?
Our Firm
American Century Investments® is a leading global asset manager with over 60 years of experience helping investors achieve their financial goals. Serving a broad client base including financial advisors, institutions and individual investors, we offer a wide range of investment strategies across a variety of investment disciplines.
Our culture of winning behaviors exemplifies our dedication to clients every single day. Delivering investment results enables us to distribute over 40% of our dividends—or more than $1.5 billion since 2000—to the Stowers Institute for Medical Research, a 550-person, non-profit biomedical research organization with a controlling interest in American Century Investments. Our dividend payments provide ongoing financial support for the Institute’s work of uncovering the causes, treatments and prevention of life-threatening diseases, like cancer.
Headquartered in Kansas City, MO, we also have offices located in New York; London; Hong Kong; Sydney; El Segundo, CA (Los Angeles area); and Mountain View, CA (Silicon Valley).
For more information, please visit americancentury.com.
We are seeking a Data Scientist Intern to join our Client Insights and Analysis Team. In this role, you will work alongside a team of Data Scientists, working with business-decision makers to identify challenges and objectives, explore model building opportunities, and deliver actionable insights. You will be mentored on how to explore analytical opportunities and provide your own propositions and solutions.
In this internship, you will...
- Complete a training program in the world of data science, machine learning, and predictive modeling
- Provide research design and analysis based on identified needs and analyze data sources in response to data analysis requests
- Continue to develop your Python skills by applying them to real-world data analysis
- Complete assignments and projects as assigned by your team leads
Here are some attributes that we are looking for in our next intern:
- Model the American Century Investments Winning Behaviors- Client Focused, Courageous and Accountable, Collaborative, Curious and Adaptable, Competitive Drive
- Undergraduate OR Master's student pursuing a degree within Data Science, Computer Science, or a similar field
- Familiarity with predictive modeling & machine learning
- Python proficiency
- Experience with AWS highly desired
Internship Structure:
- 10 Week Program
- 40 hours a week, between 8am-5pm.
- Location: Santa Clara, CA; Kansas City, MO; New York, NY
Additional Requirements:
Employees are required to be in the office on a scheduled frequency. Adherence to this schedule is essential to fulfilling the expectations of the role.
American Century Investments is committed to complying with the Americans with Disabilities Act and all other applicable Equal Employment Opportunity laws and regulations. As such, American Century strives to provide a reasonable accommodation to any qualified individual under the ADA to perform essential job functions.
American Century Investments believes all individuals are entitled to equal employment opportunity and advancement opportunities without regard to race, religious creed, color, sex, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age for individuals forty years of age and older, military and veteran status, sexual orientation, and any other basis protected by applicable federal, state and local laws. ACI does not discriminate or adopt any policy that discriminates against an individual or any group of individuals on any of these bases.
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