Machine Learning Intern

About the company

Bayut & dubizzle - the Arab World's only homegrown unicorn business is now inviting applications for internships of 6 months duration in our Business Intelligence department.

Your tasks

As a Machine Learning Intern, you will be participating in exciting projects covering the end-to-end data science lifecycle – from raw data cleaning and exploration with primary and third-party systems, through advanced state-of-the-art data visualization and machine learning development.

You will work in a modern cloud-based data warehousing environment hosting machine learning models alongside a team of diverse, intense and interesting co-workers. You will liaise with other departments – such as product & tech, the core business verticals, trust & safety, finance and others – to enable them to be successful.

• Query large datasets with SQL and feed ML models.
• Perform data exploration to find patterns in the data and understand the state and quality of the data available.
• Utilize Python code for analyzing data and building statistical models to solve specific business problems.
• Evaluate ML models and fine tune model parameters considering the business problem behind.
• Collaborate with senior peers to deploy ML models in production.
• Build customer-facing reporting tools to provide insights and metrics which track system performance.
• Be part of and contribute towards a strong team culture and ambition to be on the cutting edge of big data.
• Participate in the off-hours on call stability rotation to support live ML models.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in AI, statistics, math, operations research, engineering, computer science, or a related quantitative field.
• Good understanding of statistical modelling and math.
• Basic knowledge of machine learning algorithms.
• Basic knowledge of SQL.
• Basic knowledge of visualization tools such as Periscope.
• Excellent verbal and written communication.
• Strong problem solving skills.

What we offer

World-class mentors, fast paced & high performing work environment, our open culture and the opportunity to make an impact are just a few of the reasons why our internship program is highly sought after.

• Ability to contribute to a platform used by more than 5M users in UAE and other platforms in the region.
• Strengthen your resume and build your network.
• Opportunity to find a full time career with the region's leading organization.
• Working in a multicultural environment with over 60 different nationalities.
• Access to the learning & development tools and courses provided by the company.