Summer 2026 - Data Science Intern, Research… at Vera… · Brooklyn

Summary: Vera Institute of Justice is a non-profit organization focused on advancing justice, particularly racial justice. They are seeking a Data Science Intern for their Central Data Science team to support a national initiative using machine learning models to enhance datasets for research related to the criminal legal system. Responsibilities: - Review files provided by Vera’s external partner to identify relevant documents for data extraction - Review police reports and other text data to label and create dataset structures - Review semi-structured text data fields to condense into coded categorical variables - Contribute code to existing automated data collection system as needed for the pilot’s evolving requirements - Develop descriptive and other summary statistics in support of model development, validation, and evaluation - Support senior data scientist in other analytical tasks as needed Required Qualifications: - Currently enrolled in or recent graduate of a college program in data science, a computational social science, statistics, public policy, or a related discipline - Commitment to using research and analysis to end mass incarceration and undo racism and inequity in the criminal legal system - Proficiency developing code collaboratively using GitHub Preferred Qualifications: - Experience working with messy administrative datasets in an academic or professional setting - Python and/or R - GitHub - Cloud Technologies such as Microsoft Azure - SQL & relational databases - Command Line Required Skills: Data Science, Computational Social Science, Statistics, Public Policy, GitHub, Python, R, Microsoft Azure, SQL, Relational Databases, Command Line, Commitment to social justice Internship Start Date: Start in 2026 Summer