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Foster City, CA

Internship

Hybrid

$46/hr - $55/hr

Intern

Visa is seeking a Data Science Intern for its Data & AI Team. The intern will develop insights, analytical frameworks, and models to inform business strategy, product development, operational performance, and client outcomes, collaborating with cross-functional teams across the company.

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Responsibilities

Analyze large-scale datasets using modern, cloud-based data and analytics platforms, applying tools such as Claude Code, Python, SQL, Spark, and other cloud-native technologies
Leverage governed data assets and reusable pipelines to conduct exploratory analysis, develop features, evaluate trends, and generate insights for business, product, client, and operational use cases
Apply data science and decision science methods, including statistical analysis, machine learning, experimentation, forecasting, segmentation, optimization, performance measurement, and decision modeling
Develop and evaluate models and decision frameworks that help teams understand business opportunities, assess tradeoffs, and make responsible, data-informed decisions
Create and enhance dashboards and visualizations using platforms such as PowerBI, Tableau, and conversational BI tools to communicate trends, metrics, and performance
Translate analytical findings into actionable recommendations and communicate insights clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
Collaborate with cross-functional teams across data science, product, technology, data & analytics, privacy, governance, and regional and global partners
Recommend improvements to analytical workflows, tools, and processes with a focus on scalability, reuse, automation, and long-term business value

Qualification

Required

Pursuing a Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Data Analytics, Data Science, Information Technology, Statistics, or a related STEM/quantitative field, graduating December 2027– August 2028
Strong communications skills, specifically, the absence of repeated grammatical or typographical errors, clear and concise written and spoken communications that demonstrate professional judgment

Preferred

Experience in understanding and analyzing data using statistical software (e.g., Python, SAS, R, Stata or others)
Experience with visualization and reporting tools, such as advanced user of PPT, Power BI, Tableau, open-source tools, or similar
Exhibits intellectual curiosity and strives to continually learn
Previous exposure to financial services, credit cards or merchant analytics is a plus
Experience with extracting and aggregating data from large data sets using SQL or other tools
Understanding of ML techniques
Competence in Excel, PowerPoint and Tableau
**All Visa roles require** **digital fluency**, including the ability to work with emerging technologies such as Generative AI tools (e.g. ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot) to support everyday work

Benefits

Visa’s Internship Program provides an immersive, 12-week journey.
Build valuable connections across the organization.
Interactive workshops and learning sessions designed to deepen your expertise, expand your industry knowledge, and elevate your professional skillset.
Intern social events that foster community, connection, and fun throughout the summer.
Hybrid work arrangement; Visa requires at least 3 days in office.

Visa is a multinational financial services company that facilitates electronic payment systems throughout the world.

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