Summer 2025 Data Science Intern

🚀 Whatnot

Whatnot is the largest livestream shopping platform in North America and Europe to buy, sell, and discover the things you love. We’re building the future of ecommerce, bringing together community, shopping and entertainment. We are committed to our values, and as a remote co-located team, we operate out of hubs within the US, UK, Ireland, Poland, and Germany today.

We’re innovating in the fast-paced world of live auctions from fashion, beauty, electronics to collectibles like trading cards, comic books, and even live plants. Whatnot has something for everyone. And, we’re growing. Whatnot has been one of the fastest growing marketplaces and we’re hiring forward-thinking problem solvers across all functional areas.

💻 Role

We are looking for intellectually curious, highly motivated individuals to join our Data team! You will partner with our Engineering, Product, Finance and Operations teams to identify critical goals for the business, develop a deep understanding of them, and design scalable solutions.You should have strong critical thinking and analytical skills, excellent communication abilities, and a knack for working across teams in a fast-paced environment. The ideal candidate will be adept in navigating the data stack and able to support initiatives in all facets from analytics/data engineering and product analytics to machine learning.

This is a 12 week remote internship during Summer 2025. In the role you will gain exposure into various skills involved in making data driven business decisions. Ranging from analytics engineering, dashboard building, and presenting insights.Your work and ideas will contribute to solving some of the most complex technical challenges we face today and define future initiatives. While relocation is not required for this role, as a Whatnot intern you have access to our offices in SF, LA, and NYC.

👋 You

Curious about who thrives at Whatnot? We’ve found that low ego, a growth mindset, and leaning into action and high impact goes a long way here.

As our next Data Science Intern you should be: 

• Pursuing a degree in Econ, Business, Analytics, Data Science, or Engineering graduating between Dec 2025 and Summer 2026
• Proficient in SQL and other scripting languages like Python or R
• Adept at translating business problems into code and producing practical solutions
• Analytical thinker who can break down business problems into pieces measured by data
• Excellent communicator between technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Passionate about storytelling with data  

🎁 Benefits

• $150/month dogfooding budget 
• $150/month wifi/phone reimbursement

💛 EOE

Whatnot is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We value diversity, and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, parental status, disability status, or any other status protected by local law. We believe that our work is better and our company culture is improved when we encourage, support, and respect the different skills and experiences represented within our workforce.