{"id":1193828,"url":"https://alion.io/job/wurl-data-science-intern","title":"Data Science Intern","company":{"id":179713,"name":"Wurl","domain":"wurl.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/wurl","size_band":"51-200","is_staffing_agency":false,"is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"Greenhouse","truth_index":null},"role":"Early Careers","role_family":"Early Careers","seniority":"intern","employment_type":"internship","work_mode":"remote","remote_scope":"stated_countries","remote_scope_basis":"posting_text","remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":[],"countries":[],"hiring_countries":["US"],"hiring_countries_total":1,"salary":{"min":30,"max":null,"currency":"USD","period":"hour","gross":null,"usd_annual":60000},"salary_estimate":null,"experience_years_min":null,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[{"name":"AI Agents","optional":false},{"name":"Anomaly Detection","optional":false},{"name":"Databricks","optional":false},{"name":"Machine Learning","optional":false},{"name":"Python","optional":false},{"name":"Snowflake","optional":false},{"name":"SQL","optional":false}],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-09-24T12:25:36Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-09-24","last_verified_at":"2026-09-25T00:38:48Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":0,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":0},"description":"About Wurl, LLC.\nAt Wurl, our mission is to create innovative technologies and services that help accelerate the shift to streaming. At our core, we are innovators focused on driving the streaming industry forward with technologies that help connect viewers to the right content and ads. Our technology and data-driven solutions help companies reach new audiences, engage high-value viewers, and ultimately increase their revenue.\nIn 2022, Wurl was acquired by AppLovin (Nasdaq: APP), a leading marketing platform, giving our employees the best of both worlds: the dynamic environment of a 150+ person startup as well as the stability of a high-growth public tech company. We invest in providing a culture that fosters passion, drives excellence, and encourages collaboration to drive innovation. Wurl is a fully-remote company that has been globally recognized for our people and technology, having been named a Great Place to Work by Fortune in 2022, 2023, and 2024; an Ad Tech Company of the Year finalist by the UK Business Tech Awards in 2023; a BIG Innovation Awards winner in 2024 and 2025; and the “Innovation in Advertising” winner by the StreamTV Awards in 2024.\nAbout the role:\nWurl is seeking an intern with proven academic achievements in data analytics related fields for a year long internship. Wurl’s position in the video and ad delivery ecosystem generates large quantities of data that needs to be carefully analyzed and normalized. We’re looking for an intern that can become familiar with Wurl’s datasets and their usage and support our Data Science and Machine Learning team. The ideal candidate is a PhD / MSc in the field of DataScience, AI/ML, Statistics, Physics, Mathematics, or Computer Science.\nResponsibilities: \nPerform analysis tasks to identify anomalies and their root cause as well as propose and put in place validations to programmatically identify such conditions\nPropose methods to normalize the data, implement them, check accuracy and iterate until sufficient accuracy is achieved \nIncrease the accuracy of derived datasets and data products\nQualifications:\nEducation - \nPhD / MSC preferred. BSc with high gpa, multiple majors, notable projects is also accepted\nField: DataScience, AI/ML, Statistics, Physics, Mathematics, or Computer Science\nTechnicalGraph algorithms and network analysis\nLarge-scale data analysis\nData quality and anomaly detection\nAgentic / AI-assisted software development\nFamiliarity with distributed data platforms such as Snowflake / Databricks\n\nStrong Python and SQL\nApplied statistics and probability\nMachine learning fundamentals\nExperiment design and causal reasoning\nOptimization / decision-making under uncertainty\nAbility to write clean, maintainable analytical code\nNon agentic development experience is mandatory\nNice to have\nModeling / ResearchComfortable evaluating models beyond headline metrics\nExperience moving from research idea → prototype → validated result\n\nAbility to translate ambiguous problems into mathematical or statistical formulations\nStrong intuition for uncertainty, bias, variance, and noisy data\nStrong quantitative reasoning and mathematical knowledge\nNice to have\nProblem SolvingAbility to recognize when results look wrong\nComfortable working with incomplete, messy, or contradictory data\n\nAdvanced analytical problem-solving ability\nStrong debugging and root-cause analysis skills\nAbility to form and test hypotheses quickly\nNice to have\nPersonal Attributes\nHigh intellectual curiosity\nStrong ownership and initiative\nRapid learner\nIndependent thinker\nComfortable challenging assumptions\nWillingness to continue digging into 'funny' things until they make sense\nEffective communication skills and team player.\nWhat We Offer:\nPaid internship ($30/hr) with flexible scheduling.\nRemote-first work culture and support.\nMentorship from experienced engineers and product experts.\nAppLovin is proud to be an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status, or other legally protected characteristics. Learn more about EEO rights as an applicant here.\nIf you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or recruiting process, please send us a request at \nAppLovin will consider for employment all qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable law. 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