Data Science Intern

Job Title: Data Science Intern

FLSA Status: Non-Exempt

Department: IT

Reports To: Senior Data Scientist

Ready to put your data and AI skills to work on real-world challenges? Join our team as a Data Science Intern and gain hands-on experience developing AI-powered solutions, machine learning applications, and automation tools in a Microsoft Azure environment.

You'll collaborate with experienced data scientists, work with technologies like Python, LLMs, NLP, and computer vision, and help build innovative solutions that make a meaningful impact on our business and customers.

If you're curious, analytical, and eager to learn, we'd love to hear from you.

Position Summary

This individual will participate in a full-time internship program, working 40 hours per week for approximately four months.

The intern will contribute to data science and AI application development projects addressing real-world dental insurance challenges.

Projects may include developing AI agents to support business operations and benefits inquiries, enhancing internal tools, and applying computer vision, natural language processing (NLP), and large language models (LLMs).

The intern will gain hands-on experience in a cloud-based Microsoft Azure environment, with opportunities to build backend services, integrate APIs and data sources, automate workflows, and develop AI testing and evaluation capabilities.

Additional responsibilities may include data preparation, model development, deployment, data visualization, and other assigned tasks based on business needs and the intern’s skills and interests.

Essential Functions and Job Responsibilities


* The intern may be assigned a wide variety of tasks depending on department workload and priorities, as well as the individual’s strengths, skillset, and background.

Tasks may vary from routine work to complex, multi-step projects.

Specific responsibilities include:


* Supporting the development of AI agents that assist with dental operations and member and provider benefits inquiries


* Assisting in building Azure Function Apps and backend services to orchestrate AI workflows and integrate with enterprise APIs and data sources


* Developing automated evaluation tools and test scenarios to assess AI response accuracy, reliability, and adherence to business rules


* Enhancing AI agent capabilities through improvements to prompts, data retrieval, tool integrations, and workflow logic


* Utilizing computer vision, natural language processing (NLP), and large language models (LLMs) to support AI-powered applications and agentic workflows as required by the projects


* Developing and supporting automated workflows to reduce manual processes


* Collaborating with business users to gather requirements, test functionality, and incorporate feedback into AI applications


* Documenting application workflows, technical components, and evaluation results to support ongoing maintenance and improvement

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