Vertex - Data Scientist Intern

Location: Singapore
Business sector: Data Analytics
Job reference: 612113
Published: over 1 year ago
The Vertex technology and analytics team develops internal software applications to enhance Venture Capital (VC) investment operations. 

This is an exciting time in the industry as firms increasingly leverage technology, data science and machine learning to differentiate themselves from competitors.  

Vertex Holdings is a Singapore-based venture capital investment holding company and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Temasek Holdings. We focus on venture capital investment opportunities in the information technology and health care markets through its global network of six venture capital funds. Across our network of funds, we manage over US$5 billion in AUM and has invested in more than 200 start-ups globally. Today, the Vertex network has over 90 professionals globally, with offices based across China, Israel, Japan, Singapore, India, Indonesia, Thailand and the United States.

What You'll Be Doing
  • Assist in the exploration and development of visualizations and machine learning models for categorization of textual content, analysing and predicting the performance of companies, understanding the relationships between corporate entities
  • Work closely with upstream and downstream stakeholders such as software developers and business users.
  • Be involved in all stages of the data science lifecycle, including requirements gathering, experimentation, algorithm design and implementation, and model deployment. 
  • Deploy and manage machine learning models on commercial clouds like AWS and GCP using techniques like automation, containers, and infrastructure as code (IaC).
Skills You'll Need
  • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in disciplines related to Software Engineering/Data Engineering/Data Science (e.g. Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science, or Operations Research) or equivalent qualifications 
  • General understanding of visualizations, machine learning models and algorithms and their applications in a business context
  • Strong interpersonal skills and willingness to give and receive feedback. 
  • Experience with any of the technologies we are currently using: Python, Django, Flask, Sci-kit Learn, Pytorch, Pandas, FastAPI, PostgreSQL, and anything else you can bring to the table.