There are plenty of opportunities! You just have to look in the right places Many companies won’t have the position “Data Science Intern” listed on their website the same way that Software Engineering internships are listed. The best way is to contact a recruiter directly or have someone who works there refer you. And the best time to apply is now! Here is a current list of companies that are hiring data science interns for summer 2015 (in alphabetical order):
- Airbnb
- Cloudera
- Coursera
- Etsy – https://www.etsy.com/careers/job…
- Facebook – Facebook Careers | Facebook
- Intuit
- Jawbone – Data Science Intern
- LinkedIn (Master and Phd students) – Data Scientist Intern – Decision Sciences
- MyFitnessPal
- Nvidia
- Palantir
- Pixar – Data Science Intern – Infrastructure
- Quora – Data Scientist Intern
- Redfin
- Square
- Uber
- Yahoo
- Yelp
And lots more!