Data Engineer Intern – April/May 2024

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This is the opportunity to join a fast-growing startup and an energetic team that works together to deliver creative solutions that are transforming the way people think about and shop for hair care. We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive culture, and are looking for talented problem solvers who lead with passion and who face any task with a positive mindset.

Position Summary – End-of-studies Internship subject

This internship is motivated by the enrichment of the Prose Data Platform with a new component: the simulation framework. This simulation framework will be used to benchmark, make prediction models and iterate over Prose core formulation algorithms & models. The goal of this internship is to develop this new framework, as a fast, reliable, scalable & integrated component in the whole Prose Data Platform, following all good practices & code quality expected from any Data Engineer at Prose. 

As a Data Engineer intern, you will be a member of the data squad and a major contributor to the Prose Data Platform.

As a reference, the key responsibilities of all Data Engineers regardless of the specific internship subject. This internship will be realised in an end-to-end fashion, from conception to industrialization and monitoring in a real-life production environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain data pipelines to enable reliable and faster business analysis and reporting
• Develop processes for automating, testing, and deploying your work
• Work closely with the devops team to define the right infrastructure to support the Data Platform (monitoring, scaling, automation, security, etc…)
• Monitor and maintain the Data Platform in production
• Maintain source code repository of scripts/packages (SQL, Python/R) and other products (dashboards, data blog, reports, etc.)
• Recommend different ways to constantly improve data reliability and quality
• Discover new opportunities for data acquisition 
• Stay current on new technologies and continuously improve skills 
• Bring your personal expertise and ideas to help solve problems creatively and effectively
• Promote the company’s mission and values

Key Candidate Requirements

• Currently enrolled in a Master’s Degree or Engineering school mandatory (with a Data-Science specialization)
• A first experience o na Data Engineering project (using Python, cloud based architecture, and/or similar technologies) is a plus
• A knack for writing clean, readable and maintainable code
• Proficient with Git, a Unix shell, Python development tools and all others day-to-day developer tools
• Ability to communicate in French and English about your projects to shareholders

Start date and duration : April/May 2024 for 6 months

Location : Paris 2e (métro Richelieu Drouot / Quatre Septembre / Opéra)

Prose Values

Intentional Inclusivity

• We know the best ideas come from open minds and willingness to listen. While our products cater to the individual, an invitation into our process is always open to our community.
• We value our differences and diverse backgrounds by communicating openly, managing with transparency and striving to understand one another’s perspective. It’s a key ingredient to our innovation.

Connected Collaboration

• Our strength as a group will outlast our efforts as individual contributors. With offices across countries (and across boroughs) staying inventive and agile deepens our clear vision and consistent communication.
• We stay in a spirit of entrepreneurial collaboration: We do not have consensus at all times, but we trust one another to work toward our common goals. Our success is an expression and result of our progressive and gratifying teamwork.

Driven, Together

• We value ownership and coaching that encourages employees to think constructively and creatively about the business. We view employees as leaders and individuals who are accountable, resourceful and responsible. Anyone and everyone is encouraged to lead.
• We recognize that in order to continue thinking one step ahead, we will need to try new things. We strive to provide an open environment that accepts this truth making space for new ideas to emerge.

Humanity Always

• We assume good intentions in every interaction keeping ourselves accountable for the climate we create. We seek to understand our co-workers through this lens of conscious bienveillance, authenticity and fellowship.
• We operate with the intention of preserving resources, creating an environment we can all live in — for our business and the world. Sustainable care is essential to our ethos as an organization. We take a mindful approach to how we think about our people (employees) and our planet.