GENERAL DESCRIPTION: Candidly is a Series B FinTech startup looking for Data Science interns. We help people pay off their student debt, which represents a $1.5T problem for over 45M people in the US today. We are a double-bottom-line firm focused on social impact and growth. Rising seniors and recent grads are encouraged to apply. We are a distributed team so you will be working remotely. As an intern at a startup, you'll do everything from analyzing data on user behavior to aiding customer support in order to help the company grow.

LOCATION: Candidly works remotely by design. There is no physical office building.

JOB ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Learn and refine SQL/R/Python skills.

• Learn to pull business-relevant data from company database.

• Derive useful and actionable insights from data.

• Create models to better understand user behavior.

• Practice and improve giving data-driven presentations to senior company leadership.

• Learn real-world causal inference when lab experiments are too costly.

• Learn the product development lifecycle at a growing startup.

• Embrace the startup culture.

QUALIFICATIONS: 

• Preference will be given to those that have taken econometrics or any causal-inference-related stats class. 

• Willingness to learn SQL required (no prior coding experience necessary, but it is preferred).

• Coursework in Statistics

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

• Strong statistical analysis and problem-solving skills

• Passion for data visualization and communicating data stories

• Will work cross-functionally with product managers, software engineers, data engineers, and data analysts in creating analyses and data science products

• Ability and passion to learn new techniques to stay on the cutting edge

• Strives for professional development and networking in a team environment

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION: Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis with a cutoff on January 15.

Information sessions to be scheduled prior to January 15!

MORE ABOUT CANDIDLY:

Candidly is an AI-driven student debt and savings optimization platform that addresses the full lifecycle of education expenses and empowers people to make simultaneous progress on paying down student debt and building wealth.

Candidly partners with leading employers, financial services companies serving the workplace like 401(k) and 403(b) recordkeepers, financial institutions, retirement plan advisors and more, to embed its experience anywhere a user works, banks, or experiences financial services. The platform supports flexible integration options including outlink, SSO, widget integration, and APIs that meet partners where they really are in resourcing, technical debt, and product resourcing/roadmap capacity. Candidly supports multiple branding options including white labeling and co-branding.

Candidly understands that education is one of the largest investments most people will make in a lifetime — whether for themselves or their children. Candidly brings compassion, authenticity, and confidence to Americans as they navigate their higher education pursuits — past, present and future.

Candidly is backed by leading venture capital and strategic investors including Aflac, Equal Opportunity Ventures, Impact Engine, Rethink Impact, Salesforce Ventures, UBS, Unum, and Vulcan Capital. For more information, visit www.candid.ly.

Candidly offers for employment are conditioned upon satisfactory completion of our employment screening process (including, but not limited to, a review of past employment and education records, background investigation, and/or credit check & fingerprints).

Candidly unequivocally rejects racism and discrimination of any kind and fosters an environment of belonging to provide access and opportunity for all.  As an Equal Opportunity Employer we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identify, gender expression, national origin, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, veteran status, or any other basis covered by applicable law. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need.