Data Science Intern – Summer 2026
Ascent Cloud19 hours ago
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Summary
Ascent Cloud is seeking a Data Science Intern for Summer 2026 to join their team in Detroit, MI. The role involves collaborating with Product and Engineering teams to build intelligent, data-powered features across their platform.
About the Role
As a Data Science Intern, you will explore and analyze datasets, assist in designing scalable data structures, prototype machine learning models, evaluate model performance, and contribute to data platform efforts using AWS and other tools. You will also help define data organization and governance to support analytics and AI applications, and communicate findings to various audiences.
About You
Required:
- Pursuing a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Data Science, Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics, Engineering, or a related field.
- Strong foundations in machine learning concepts: classification, regression, clustering, time-series forecasting, evaluation metrics, etc.
- Experience with Python and common ML/data libraries (pandas, NumPy, scikit-learn).
- Familiarity with SQL and experience working with real datasets.
Preferred:
- Interest or experience in cloud data tooling (AWS preferred), plus curiosity about or exposure to Snowflake or Databricks.
- Understanding of data engineering fundamentals—pipelines, transformation workflows, modeling, and metadata/semantic layers.
- Strong communication skills and ability to explain complex concepts clearly.
- Curiosity, initiative, and a desire to help shape new AI/ML capabilities from the ground up.
Benefits
- Work on impactful, forward-looking AI and analytics initiatives.
- Hands-on experience with AWS, Snowflake, Databricks, and modern data engineering concepts.
- Mentorship from experienced engineers and product leaders.
- Collaborative environment with broad exposure to strategic decision-making.
- Ability to own meaningful projects that influence long-term platform direction.
Ascent Cloud
We are a team of professionals who are passionate about helping sales and customer-facing teams improve each and every day. At Ascent Cloud, we leverage our industry-leading products to drive productivity with geolocation (Geopointe) and performance management (LevelEleven), and provide end-to-end solutions to our 1,800+ customers. Contact us today to learn more.
Detroit, MI