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Machine Learning Intern, Economics
Location
California
Posted
145 days ago
Salary
$44 - $52 / hour
Seniority
Entry Level
Job Description
Machine Learning Intern, Economics
Instacart
• You will help design and build end-to-end machine learning solutions. • You will be working in small and cross-functional product teams, with great opportunities for growth and ownership of projects. • You will be an active member of an internal community, including economists, data scientists, operations research scientists and machine learning engineers, sharing learnings, best practices and research across many domains. • You will develop high impact solutions to support Instacart's ambitious growth plans. • You will work closely with engineers, product managers, other teams, and both internal and external stakeholders, owning a large part of the process from problem understanding to recommending a solution and testing it in controlled experiments. • You will have the freedom to suggest and drive organization-wide initiatives.
Job Requirements
- Current or recently graduated PhD student in economics or a related field with focus on data-intense problems.
- A blend of economic theory, applied econometrics, and business acumen that let you jump into a fast-paced environment and contribute from day one.
- Expertise in causal inference with observational and experimental data.
- Expertise in Python or R and fluency in data manipulation (SQL, Pandas) and machine learning (scikit-learn, XGBoost, Keras/Tensorflow) tools.
- Self-motivation and a strong sense of ownership
Benefits
- Health insurance
- Professional development opportunities
- Flexible work arrangements
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