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 –Â https://www.etsy.com/careers/job…
- Facebook –Â Facebook Careers | Facebook
- Intuit
- Jawbone –Â Data Science Intern
- LinkedIn (Master and Phd students) –Â Data Scientist Intern – Decision Sciences
- MyFitnessPal
- Nvidia
- Palantir
- Pixar –Â Data Science Intern – Infrastructure
- Quora –Â Data Scientist Intern
- Redfin
- Square
- Uber
- Yahoo
- Yelp
And lots more!