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Mercury Ignite.

Mercury Ignite – Your launchpad to a brighter career. Our summer internship program is a 12-week paid internship designed to allow students to gain practical work experience in the technology field.

We are one team.

The Mercury Enterprise Data Science team (EDS) is a technology team focused on utilizing data science to drive pricing and product excellence, improving risk assessment models for more accurate underwriting decisions, optimizing claims indemnity through predictive analytics and data insights, improve fraud detection capabilities to minimize financial losses, enhance customer and agency segmentation for targeted marketing, sales & customer experience improvement, and increase operational efficiency by leveraging data-driven decision making.

Job Summary 

We are seeking curious, passionate, and hard-working students from quantitative academic fields to participate in our fully remote summer internship program. The program will be highly collaborative and immersive, with interns working on real business problems that can span multiple business units within the complex insurance landscape.

As a Data Science Intern you will support analytical projects on identifying business opportunities, answering business questions and developing business solutions.

But it won’t be all work! Mercury executives will host virtual lunch-and-learns with a small group of interns to discuss career aspirations, interns will get to meet Mercury people leaders and team members throughout the organization, and there will be a multitude of virtual social events.

Job Function

Interns will work with their managers and fellow interns within an interactive Agile framework that includes daily stand-ups and weekly tactical problem-solving sessions. Interns will also attend the broader meetings within their respective functions to help further contextualize their work. Over the course of the summer, interns will ultimately build a minimum viable product (MVP) and have a “capstone” opportunity to present those findings to the Mercury leadership team. Internships will begin in June 2025

• 12-week remote summer internship
• 40-hour work week
• Paid Internship: $30 per hour
• Future full-time opportunities may be available for high performers

Education Requirements 

• Be legally eligible to work in the U.S.
• Pursuing a Bachelors (BS/BA) or Masters (MS/MA) degree in an information technology field
• Able to provide current GPA, as reported by your school. Minimum 3.0 GPA required, 3.5 or higher GPA preferred.
• Enrolled student attending a university program with an expected graduation date on or after August 2024
• Planning to seek full-time employment between December 2025 and September 2026

Preferred Skills & Abilities 

• Excellent verbal and written communication
• Ability to manipulate and analyze data to address and solve business problems
• Willingness to independently learn and make an impact within a team environment
• Strong programming skills in Python or R, experience building dashboards
• Preferred but not required: experience with SQL and Git/GitHub/GitLab

Physical Actions 

Required job duties are essentially sedentary in nature, consisting of occasional walking, standing, lifting and/or carrying ten pounds maximum.

Why a Mercury Ignite internship

• Obtain practical work experience in your field of interest
• Network with other interns and industry professionals
• Receive personalized coaching and mentorship
• Work on real projects and initiatives
• Earn a competitive salary

If you’re interested in launching your career with Mercury Insurance - Apply today!

Mercury is an equal opportunity employer, committed to the strength of a diverse workforce.