Intern, Data Science
About The Position
The Hartford is offering an 11-week Data Science Summer Internship Program beginning in May 2026 designed to prepare you for a challenging and rewarding Data Science career. As a Data Scientist Intern, you will develop machine learning and artificial intelligence solutions across a range of strategic initiatives. Additionally, you will have opportunities to network across all levels of our Data Science & Analytics community, collaborate with teammates on learning opportunities like Capstones and Hackathons, attend social events, and discussions with leaders via one-on-ones and panels. To accelerate your project work, we also provide on-the-job training in insurance, AWS development environments for data science, and modeling/machine learning techniques as needed. The Hartford is proud to offer a hybrid work location model that is designed to support flexibility and collaboration, where you will work in an office (CT- Hartford, NC- Charlotte or IL- Chicago) on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday with remote flexibility on Monday and Friday.
Requirements
- Must be authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship now, or in the future
- Must be working towards a Master’s or Ph.D. in Statistics, Applied Mathematics, Quantitative Economics, Actuarial Science, Data Science, Computer Science, or a similar analytical field
- Strong communication skills for explaining methodologies, visualizations, and recommendations to non-technical audiences and vice versa
- Able to maintain organized project notes, version history, and technical documentation for team reference
- Exposure to statistical modeling, inference, and building machine learning algorithms in an analytical programming language like Python or R
Nice To Haves
- Exposure to building modeling solutions in cloud-native environments, such as Sagemaker, a plus
- Exposure to SQL and navigating databases to extract relevant attributes a plus
- Exposure to Unix and Git a plus
Responsibilities
- Assist in creating statistical models, algorithms, and machine learning techniques to achieve financial objectives and solve business problems
- Participate in reviewing work with business partners and team members on an ongoing basis to calibrate deliverables against expectations
- Assist in identifying and assessing the value of new data sources and analytical techniques to ensure ongoing competitive advantage
- Participate in the creation and deployment of long-term tools to continually evolve the business
- Contribute to the successful implementation of strategies to achieve targeted business objectives
- Develop knowledge of The Hartford's formal and informal structures, business processes, and data sources in your area of expertise
- Remain current on research techniques and become familiar with state-of-the-art tools applicable to your function
- Provide economic, qualitative, and statistical support to ensure accuracy of characteristics and metrics being applied to business decisions
- Prepare and deliver presentations that translate data-driven insights, model results, and recommendations to varying business partners
- Document work clearly to ensure effective knowledge sharing within the team
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Career Level
Intern
