Data Science Intern, Pivotal
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Biodiversity data company
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Biodiversity data company
21-100 employees
Open for applications
More information about location
21-100 employees
Company mission
To provide the data people and companies need to invest in positive outcomes for nature.
Role
Who you are
- Are you passionate about nature, data, and technology? Do you want to gain real-world experience in ecology, biodiversity, and data science?
- Background in ecology or biodiversity (MSc preferred) OR 1-2 years’ experience in data science or delivery operations, preferably at an early-stage tech startup
- Foundational Python skills and strong data science skills (data manipulation and analysis)
- Experience using SQL
- Experience working with GIS and spatial data
- Experience with cloud-based systems (Azure, AWS, etc.), and Git/Github
- Familiarity with R is preferred but not essential
- Strong attention to detail—especially when handling data
- Interest in working in a fast-moving, mission-driven startup
- Willingness to roll up your sleeves for some of the less glamorous but essential tasks
- Candidates must have right to work in the UK, sponsorship is not provided
What the job involves
- Data Science Internship (paid) – 6 months
- This 6-month internship is an exciting entry point into the world of nature-tech, where you’ll work with real datasets, develop critical technical skills, and contribute to meaningful projects that impact biodiversity at scale
- Join our Global Delivery & Operations team to get hands-on experience with data processing, validation, spatial analysis, and operational workflows, supporting high-impact projects at the intersection of tech and nature
- Get hands-on experience supporting global biodiversity action
- Work with ecological and geospatial datasets within established data pipelines executing data ingestion, processing, validation, and quality checks
- Identify, investigate and report bugs in data processing
- Assist with admin and organisational tasks to keep data pipelines running smoothly
- What You’ll Learn:
- How the private sector is tracking, quantifying and reporting biodiversity
- How real-world biodiversity data is collected, processed, and analysed
- How to work a wide range of digital ecological data types
- How to manipulate, visualise, and analyse datasets using Python and SQL
- How ecological data interfaces with ML models and how cloud based data pipelines operate
- How project management works in a fast-paced tech startup
Our take
With the worsening climate crisis, investment in biodiversity is critical, as much of the planet’s plant and animal life are necessary for creating products and services that many take for granted. This has resulted in an increase in funding for projects and start-ups that are focused on creating viable, practical solutions. However, in order for these solutions to not only be successful but to be developed at an accelerated rate, optimised data analysis processes are key.
Pivotal is reinventing the economics of biodiversity tracking to offer consumers and businesses with accurate, quantified, and auditable annotated species-level biodiversity data and analytics. The company’s approach links ecological improvements to sizable financial incentives, thus supporting the development of new sustainability-related markets.
Its 2023 seed funding round saw investments from some of Europe’s leading VCs and environmental advocates, enabling the young company to invest in expanding its team as it accelerates into its next stage of growth.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Company
Funding (1 round)
Apr 2023
$6m
SEED
Total funding: $6m
Company benefits
- Equity
- Competitive employee participation program
- Remote-first company
Company HQ
King's Hedges, Cambridge, UK
Leadership
Cameron Frayling
(Co-CEO & Co-Founder)Co-Founder of Biofidelity, Founder of Lightcast Discovery, and Founder & former CEO of Base4.
Zoe Balmforth
(Co-CEO & Co-Founder)Current Strategic Deputy Director (Nature Strategy) at The Biodiversity Consultancy. Previously served as a British Diplomat and Senior Policy Advisor for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
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