Rocket Loans ยท 23 hours ago
Data Scientist Intern - Summer 2026
Detroit, MI
Internship
Onsite
Intern
Start in 2026 SummerRocket Loans is a company focused on providing a user-friendly lending platform for personal loans. The Data Science Intern will engage in model testing, data pipeline construction, and present findings to stakeholders while exploring advanced modeling methods to solve business problems.
Consumer LendingFinanceFinancial ServicesLending
Responsibilities
Test, validate and reformulate models to ensure accurate prediction of outcomes of interest
Research advanced modeling methods as solutions to real business problems and present findings
Partner with Data Engineering to source and stage new datasets, build reproducible data pipelines for model training, scoring, performance monitoring, and reporting
Create QA and automated validation steps for new credit data integrations
Design experiments and provide statistically grounded recommendations
Present findings to business stakeholders across Marketing, Credit, and Capital Markets
Explore scope and possibly build a prototype of MMM and or MTA models(Bayesian, regression-based, or ML-based) to estimate ROI and identify optimal budget allocation
Explore user-level data such impressions, click at the campaign, and marketing channel level
Quantify marginal return curves, saturation, diminishing returns, and optimal spend levels
Explore and iterate on Direct Mail Response Model (extend to uplift model, MMM or MTA)
Build end-to-end ML pipelines using Python, Spark, Databricks, or MLflow
Automate and iterate on current pipelines ingesting of 100M+ row vendor datasets and create scalable preprocessing workflows
Implement monitoring dashboards tracking drift, data quality, and model stability
Investigate modeling strategies for emerging channels (e.g. AI search / GEO, new Direct Mail products, new credit features)
Work on a project of interest such as prototype algorithms that improve marketing efficiency or enhance personalization strategies (that solves a business problem)
Qualification
Required
Currently pursuing a bachelor's degree, master's degree, or Ph.D. in technical fields such as data science, applied mathematics, statistics or computer science
Experience of statistical methods generally and particularly in the areas of modeling and business analytics
Ability to communicate insights clearly in both technical and non-technical settings
Proficient knowledge of Python or R
Familiarity with relational databases and SQL
Preferred
Strong quantitative and analytical skills and interest in applying machine learning to real business problems
Familiarity with PySpark, SQL, and common ML libraries (pandas, sklearn, XGBoost, statsmodels, etc.)
Curiosity, ownership, and a desire to work with large datasets and meaningful business problems
Benefits
Perks and health benefits that will help you have peace of mind
Company
Rocket Loans
Rocket Loans is an online finance company offering low rate personal loans and robust, high-quality underwriting on every loan. It is a sub-organization of Rocket Companies.
Founded in 2015
51-200 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageLeadership Team
Mo Gong
CEO
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