Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Symetra is hiring a Data Analytics Intern to help build and maintain reliable datasets and data products for analytics across the organization. The intern will work with stakeholders, engineers, and analysts on data pipelines, dashboards, analytics, and AI-related projects supporting business objectives.
Responsibilities
- Work with business stakeholders to determine data analytics and/or data science needs. Provide business stakeholders with a deliverable that may include AI/LLM work and/or analytics (eg, dashboarding or otherwise)
- Build reliable Python+SQL pipelines and transformations that scale, applying version control and basic testing to deliver trustworthy datasets
- Build and deploy internal AI-powered applications, applying software development best practices to enable other employees to get the most out of AI
- Support Partner Relationship Management (PRM) — the platform we're building to create a single, trusted view of the agents, agencies, and distribution partners we do business with. This includes data analysis, discovery work with business and engineering partners, and building something concrete — a dashboard, a data pipeline, or an AI-powered prototype that plugs into PRM to automate processes
- Build and support Power BI dashboards and SQL-based analytics, turning complex or imperfect compliance data into clear, reliable insights while improving workflows through automation and AI-enabled tools
- Transform structured and unstructured data into BI-ready insights using SQL, Python, and Snowflake. Model data with dbt and SQL to create reliable, high-performing data marts that support reporting and decision-making. Build dashboards and analytics that help business partners understand trends and identify opportunities. Explore agentic AI use cases and contribute to frameworks, prototypes, and proofs of concept that advance our AI capabilities
- Build and refine data pipelines and transformations (Python + SQL) for defined use cases
- Structure messy/unstructured data into analyzable, documented models
- Prototype dashboards/BI views that communicate findings and KPIs
- Contribute to data quality checks, basic testing, and clear documentation
- Present results and learn best practices in analytics engineering
Skills
- Comfortable with **SQL** and **Python** (coursework or projects)
- Interested in **analytics engineering** patterns (staging/marts, testing, version control)
- Able to work with imperfect data and communicate findings clearly
- Curious, collaborative, and eager to learn
- Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States and must maintain authorization to work in the United States throughout their employment with our company
- Hands-on with **dbt** and Snowflake; basic data tests and CI familiarity
- Exposure to NLP/sentiment or LLM workflows (e.g., summarization, embeddings)
- Experience with orchestration (Airflow/Prefect/Dagster) and Git-based delivery
Benefits
- Fully remote internship.
- We ship you the equipment you need to enjoy work from the comfort of home.
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