Data Science Graduate Co-Op

Profile

Comcast brings together the best in media and technology. We drive innovation to create the world's best entertainment and online experiences. As a Fortune 50 leader, we set the pace in a variety of innovative and fascinating businesses and create career opportunities across a wide range of locations and disciplines. We are at the forefront of change and move at an amazing pace, thanks to our remarkable people, who bring cutting-edge products and services to life for millions of customers every day. If you share in our passion for teamwork, our vision to revolutionize industries and our goal to lead the future in media and technology, we want you to fast-forward your career at Comcast.

Job Summary

Comcast brings together the best in media and technology. We drive innovation to create the world's best entertainment and online experiences. As a Fortune 50 leader, we set the pace in a variety of innovative and fascinating businesses and create career opportunities across a wide range of locations and disciplines. We are at the forefront of change and move at an amazing pace, thanks to our remarkable people, who bring cutting-edge products and services to life for millions of customers every day. If you share in our passion for teamwork, our vision to revolutionize industries and our goal to lead the future in media and technology, we want you to fast-forward your career at Comcast. Program Overview: The Comcast Center Coop Program (CCIP) is an 26-week summer coop program based at our Philadelphia Headquarter location. The program is designed to identify high-caliber talent to build our organization with the best and the brightest students who come from a variety of sourcing channels, including on-campus career fairs, partner organizations, and direct applications. In this role you will immerse yourself into the Comcast culture, working side by side with innovative and talented Comcasters. You will cultivate meaningful relationships and develop strong interpersonal and business skills that will set you apart from your peers. Additionally, your experience will include: Engagement: Working on creative, innovative, and thought-provoking projects within various business units at Comcast during your coop experience. Exposure: An inside look into the day-to-day operations of an organization at the cutting edge of media and technology. Professional Development: Exposure to a variety of professional development topics facilitated through our partners at Comcast University and senior leaders within the organization. These sessions include speaker series, skill-building workshops, and networking opportunities. Mentorship: Mentoring from fellow colleagues through the Empowering Future Leaders Program (EFLP) to help you navigate your experience, provide coaching, and expand your professional network. Fun: Continuously develop relationships with fellow coops through social activities, community building, and networking.

Job Description

Role Overview:

Responsible for leveraging coop all internal and external data to provide insights and information which supports a fact-based decision making process. Provides input into strategy, analysis methods, and tool selection. Works under general supervision and may require training and detailed instructions for assigned tasks.

Core Responsibilities:

Interpret problems using existing procedures and framework using data analysis, data mining, optimization tools, and machine learning techniques and statistics (e. g., predictive models, LTV, propensity models).

Develop and deploy predictive models based on historical data that provide future predictions about customer behavior.

Constructs forecasts, recommendations and strategic/tactical plans based on applying data science techniques to business data.

Produce analysis of historical patterns in customer behaviors and product performance from complex real-world behavioral data.

Build customer centric models and optimization tools to support large scale projects that utilize online & offline data, structured & unstructured data, set top box data, and media/behavioral/attitudinal data.

Preferred Qualifications/Requirements:

Currently enrolled and pursuing a Master's or PhD degree from a United States-based college or university with the Grad year of 2020 or 2021.

Major:

Economics, Statistics, Mathematics, Decision Science, Operational Research, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field Minimum 3. 2 GPA

Understanding of statistical modeling techniques such as regression, decision trees, neural networks, support vector machines, clustering techniques.

Ability to develop statistical targeting models using SAS, R, Python, Weka, SPSS, MATLAB, etc. Understanding or experience working within an enterprise data warehouse environment, (including SQL, procedural SQL, and ETL) in a relational environments and MPP platforms (Teradata, Netezza, Oracle, etc.)

Familiarity with distributed computing platforms, such as Hadoop, and associated technologies such as MapReduce, Spark, Yarn, and Hive Familiarity with at least 1 programming language such as Python, Scala, Julia, Java, C , etc. Comcast is an Affirmative Action/EEO employer M/F/D/V

Comcast is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We will consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other basis protected by applicable law.

Relevant Work Experience

0-2 Years

Salary:

Base Pay: $34.00

Base pay is one part of the Total Rewards that Comcast provides to compensate and recognize employees for their work. Most sales positions are eligible for a Commission under the terms of an applicable plan, while most non-sales positions are eligible for a Bonus. Additionally, Comcast provides best-in-class Benefits. We believe that benefits should connect you to the support you need when it matters most, and should help you care for those who matter most. That's why we provide an array of options, expert guidance and always-on tools, that are personalized to meet the needs of your reality - to help support you physically, financially and emotionally through the big milestones and in your everyday life. Please visit the compensation and benefits summary (https://jobs.comcast.com/life-at-comcast/benefits) on our careers site for more details.

Company info

Comcast
Website : http://corporate.comcast.com