Fraud Analytics Internship - Spring 2027

PrizePicks•Atlanta, GA

2d•$30•Onsite

About The Position

This paid internship in Atlanta works directly on real fraud questions with real data alongside our analysts and Fraud Operations. Our Fraud Analytics team focuses on identifying and preventing fraud trends, while maintaining a frictionless experience for our majority of good customers. The internship is designed for serious growth, offering a masterclass in risk vs. experience, understanding various types of fraud in an online transactional environment, designing and maintaining meaningful metrics, and how the Daily Fantasy landscape shapes fraud and customer experience strategies.

Requirements

Proven SQL Skills: comfortable with joins, window functions, and aggregations. Coursework and projects count.
Proficiency with Excel/Google Sheets and stats basics like hypothesis testing.
A project to walk through, ideally where competing goals or priorities were balanced. Class, work, club, and personal projects all count.
Excellent Communication: ability to explain complex concepts clearly to non-technical teammates and curiosity about how systems get abused.
Student Profile: for rising juniors, seniors, Master's students, or recent graduates, within 1 semester of graduation, who are authorized to work in the U.S.
Majors: Statistics, Mathematics, Data Science, Economics, and Computer Science are welcome, with a passion for data and decision-making being most important.
Must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. PrizePicks is unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa.

Nice To Haves

Python, R, or Tableau is a plus.
A passion for sports!

Responsibilities

Analyze onboarding, promo, and payment activity to spot abuse, size the risk, and recommend fixes that reduce fraud loss without adding friction for good players.
Evaluate fraud controls using before/after comparisons, holdouts, and backtests, including the impact on legitimate users.
Build dashboards and help maintain a lightweight fraud and payment metric dictionary, and triage data anomalies with Engineering so the numbers stay trustworthy.
Answer ad-hoc questions from Fraud Ops and Product with clear, reliable information and concise recommendations.

Benefits

Housing stipend for those interns relocating to Atlanta
Frequent catered lunches
Networking and collaboration with fellow interns and industry professionals
Social events with the Atlanta PrizePicks team
PTO and Paid Holidays
Company-subsidized medical, dental, & vision plans
401(k) plan with company match
Annual bonus
Flexible PTO to encourage a healthy work/life balance (2 weeks STRONGLY encouraged!)
Generous paid leave programs, including 16-week paid parental leave and disability benefits
Workplace flexibility and modern work schedules focused on getting the job done, not hours clocked
Company-wide in-person events and team outings
Lifestyle enhancement program
Company equipment provided (Windows & Mac options)
Annual performance reviews with opportunities for growth and career development