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Data Scientist Intern


Xeptagon is a team of professionals specializing in Climate Finance, Fintech, and R&D-based software development, addressing complex business challenges. Our cutting-edge software solutions empower governments, international universities, startups, and major corporations, including Fortune 500 companies, to leverage the latest innovations for a competitive edge in their industries.

With a global presence, Xeptagon has successfully collaborated with clients from Hong Kong, Hungary, Kenya, Namibia, Norway, Singapore, South Korea, UK, USA, Vietnam and Zimbabwe.

We are seeking talented and motivated Data Scientist Interns to join our dynamic development team. In this role, you will contribute to impactful strategic projects that address global challenges. You will be responsible for designing, developing, and supporting data-driven solutions for Climate Financing, Carbon Trading, and data-driven optimization systems. This internship offers a unique opportunity to work and learn with advanced analytics, and technologies, while collaborating with a diverse global team of experts.

Key Responsibilities:
    
  • Detect patterns, implement tests and evaluate datasets.
  • Perform data pre-processing and feature engineering
  • Understand and generalize Machine Learning models
  • Create visualizations on massive scale data sets.
  • Use and evaluate relevant Machine Learning tools.
  • Write analysis reports.


Requirements:
    
  • Completion or a final year student of a Bachelor’s degree in a quantitative field (mathematics, statistics, engineering or data science) with strong programming skills
  • Fluent English speaker with good writing skills.
  • Good hands on experience in Python, some Machine Learning libraries or other relevant coding skills
  • Strong interest in complex Machine Learning models (supervised & unsupervised, deep learning etc.)
  • Knowledge of Machine Learning principles and practices.
  • Basic statistics knowledge
  • Ability to work in a team and show high motivation.
  • This job requires a high autonomy and a curiosity towards a changing environment.

Working Conditions:
  • Form of employment: Full time.
  • Office Location: No. 2, Sixth Lane, Colombo 3, Sri Lanka, 00300.
  • Please send your application to: info@xeptagon.com.
    Please ensure to mention "Data Scientist - Intern" as the email subject.

Note: We don't have vacancies for this position right now, but we are always on the lookout for talented engineers that might change our mind. See other open positions here.

Our Tech Stack
python
flask
R
shiny
aws
azure
apache
pandas
parquet
tensorflow
keras
duckdb