Junior Data Scientist R&D, Kayrros
6-Month Internship, Nature Team
Office located in WeWork building on Rue la Fayette, 75009
Environmental intelligence company
Job no longer available
Environmental intelligence company
101-200 employees
Job no longer available
Office located in WeWork building on Rue la Fayette, 75009
101-200 employees
Company mission
To give energy and industrial actors the data tools they need to optimize operations, tackle the climate challenge, navigate the energy transition and stay on top of fast-changing markets.
Role
Who you are
- This is an ideal opportunity if you are looking for a six-month internship starting between January and July 2025, and you want to join an impactful company
- You have a strong background and are passionate about image processing, machine learning, statistics, and operations research. You are very interested in various topics including deep learning, time series analysis, computer vision, and signal processing. You demonstrate experience in a least one of these areas
- You have strong programming skills in Python, SQL, Machine Learning libraries, data visualization packages and data manipulation. Previous exposure to Git is preferred
- You are dynamic, curious and eager to learn
- You can design and deliver working prototypes in a fast-paced environment and then put them into production with the help of data engineers
- You can communicate clearly in English, including with non-technical people
- You are willing to work in R&D that will be put to use as part of a product
- You are willing to be an active member of the team and have a real impact on the company's success
What the job involves
- The team you will be joining: Nature team
- The Nature team is in charge of products and solutions for the monitoring of natural ecosystems and environmental risks
- We produce datasets for public institutions, investors and insurance companies to reduce the environmental impact on the economy, scale conservation efforts and build efficient adaptation policies
- The goal of the internship is to develop ML (DeepL) models to automatically classify different forest types (managed, natural, production) and detect deforestation and degradation from raw satellite imagery
- Data scientists play a key role at Kayrros, working both on R&D and discovery topics
- Most of their work consists in developing models using various methods based on recent scientific papers including computer vision, machine and deep learning, and signal processing
- They also collaborate with data engineers to build robust pipelines and work hand in hand with data analysts to analyze and visualize the results of their models
- As part of the product team, Data Scientists are also expected to apply their models to various use cases, to build energy-related products
- Formulate problems considering available data and project constraints
- Explore and review existing approaches or relevant associated scientific literature
- Design, implement and test algorithms
- Continuously provide ideas to improve products and take part in all team discussions
- Help to apply your models to “real-life” use cases
- Grow a culture around remote sensing data, as well as large datasets
Application process
- A six-month internship starting between January and July 2025.
Our take
As the world becomes more conscious of its environmental impact, it is vital that big businesses are held accountable for their global emissions. Alongside this, there are phenomenal advancements in technology which provide the ability to monitor the transition from harmful energy sources to greener alternatives.
Kayrros is a geo-analytics company that uses satellite imagery and other alternative data technologies to monitor all physical assets in the global energy, natural resource and industrial sectors. The company aims to provide energy and industrial corporations with the data tools they need to optimize operations, and in turn, tackle the climate challenge.
This use of data will enable companies to navigate the energy transition and keep ahead of the fast-changing markets, with the company already assisting multiple operators and governments to make better informed environmental decisions. As the global drive towards sustainability intensifies, Kayrros is well positioned to continue to expand and develop its customer base.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
0% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
Mar 2022
$47.2m
LATE VC
Jun 2019
$3m
GRANT
Total funding: $84.8m
Company HQ
Chaussée-d'Antin, Paris, France
Leadership
Antoine Rostand
(Co-Founder & President)Was President and Founder of the Schlumberger Energy Institute and Schlumberger Business Consulting. Before this, managed the European businesses of the Consulting and System Integration arm of SchlumbergerSema, and was President of Electronic Data Systems in France.
Antoine Halff
(Co-Founder & Chief Analyst)Former Chief Oil Analyst of the International Energy Agency, as well as Lead Industry Economist at the US Energy Information Administration, part of the US Department of Energy.
Laurent El Ghaoui
(Co-Founder & Scientific Advisor)Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences at UC Berkeley. Also worked as a Quantitative Analyst for the hedge fund SAC Capital Management.
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