William Blair · 2 days ago
Working in Technology (WiT) Data Science - Summer 2026
Chicago, IL
Full-time
Onsite
New Grad
$35/hr - $35/hrWilliam Blair is seeking undergraduate students for a 10-week internship program in their technology team during the summer of 2026. The program aims to promote technology careers among underrepresented individuals and offers opportunities to explore statistical analysis, machine learning, and data science while working on various projects.
BankingFinanceWealth Management
Responsibilities
Work on multiple data science, machine learning and data engineering projects in Azure cloud and SPARK environment
Assemble large, complex data sets that meet functional / non-functional business requirements
Work with large, complex data sources to derive actionable business insights with an aim of increased ROI
Develop, test and deploy predictive models using various machine learning algorithms and translate results into business recommendations
Communicate results to business audience through reports, dashboards and presentation
Collaborate cross-functionally with business and technical stakeholders to identify & prioritize project requirements
Work with data and analytics experts to strive for greater functionality in our data systems
Qualification
Required
Currently pursuing a Bachelor's Degree in Statistics, Business Analytics, Data Science or Computer Science with anticipated graduation between December 2026 and June 2029
Experience using statistical programming languages (R, Python) to manipulate data and draw insights from large data sets
Working SQL knowledge and experience working with relational databases as well as NoSQL databases
Knowledge and experience in statistical and data mining techniques
Experience working with various machine learning / deep learning algorithms and frameworks
Text Mining, NLP and Social Network Analysis
Experience with data discovery and visualization tools
Hands-on data engineering experience using structured and unstructured data
Preferred
A successful history of manipulating, processing and extracting value from large disconnected datasets
Experience with big data tools: Hadoop, Spark, Kafka, etc
Experience with data pipeline and workflow management tools: Airflow, Azure Data Factory etc
Experience with building processes supporting data transformation, data structures, metadata, dependency and workload management
Experience with cloud cognitive eco-system like Azure, AWS
Company
William Blair
William Blair is a global investment banking and asset management firm.
Founded in 1935
1001-5000 employees
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Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
Brent Gledhill
President & CEO
Brian Friedman
Managing Director
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