Fall 2024 - Data Engineer Intern, Research & MEL

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Vera Institute of Justice

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Securing equal justice, ending mass incarceration, and strengthening families and communities. Founded 1961.

Research • Technical Assistance • Demonstration Projects • Criminal Justice

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Description

• The Data Engineering Intern for the Research Department’s Central Data Science team at Vera is a 3 month opportunity for a college student, graduate student or recent grad to immerse themselves into working in a data role at a non-profit organization. • They will support the construction and maintenance of a centralized datastore and data ingestion/processing framework with plans to incorporate data to support researchers. • The intern will participate in team activities, including project and sprint planning, code review sessions, and pair programming. • They will be directly mentored by a data engineer on the team, learning diverse responsibilities including data collection and quality assurance. • The intern will work on a relevant project and could also engage in exploratory analyses, analytical software development, and data visualizations throughout the internship. • This is a 3 month commitment over the fall of 2024.

Requirements

• Demonstrated proficiency working with data collection and processing in Python, with preference for experience using SQL and Python Pandas library. • Proficiency developing code collaboratively using GitHub. • Commitment to advancing racial and gender equity in work. • Curiosity about emerging research and advocacy in the criminal justice and/or immigration spaces. • Wrestles with creative and concrete ways to use data to shift power and advance equity and inclusion. • Professional, personal or academic engagement with issues of mass incarceration and mass criminalization preferred. • Experience working with Google Cloud Platform and its tools, including Airflow preferred.

Benefits

• Applicants may choose to receive academic credit. • Vera will assist in working with schools to make arrangements.