Data Science Internship – Credit Investment Team

Artisan Partners seeks a highly motivated, intellectually curious individual to fill a Data Science Intern role on the Credit investment team. This internship is fulltime during the summer and 10-20 hours during the school year.  

The Artisan Credit team is dedicated to deep fundamental credit research which serves as a foundation to the team’s high conviction investment process. The Credit team is led by portfolio manager Bryan Krug along with senior analysts, a data scientist, dedicated fixed income traders and a Chief Operating Officer.

The team seeks to generate appealing risk-adjusted returns by investing across the capital structure and by taking advantage of the illiquidity premium and asymmetric risk profile in credit investments.  The team’s research process has four primary pillars:

• Business Quality
• Financial Strength and Flexibility
• Downside Analysis
• Value Identification

Compensation: $25-$30/hour

Responsibilities

The candidate can expect to:

• Collaborate closely with the team’s COO and Data Scientist to support their analytical needs
• Participate in diverse projects, gathering data through multiple acquisition methods, such as web scraping and other techniques
• Apply statistical and machine learning techniques to analyze data, back test and find correlations

Qualifications

The successful candidate is currently pursuing an undergraduate degree in data science with demonstrated academic achievement. Additionally, the ideal candidate will possess:

• Proficiency in R, Python, SQL, and Snowflake
• Experience in Tableau preferred
• Strong technical skills and analytical problem-solving abilities
• Knowledge of web scraping techniques
• Excellent communication and teamwork skills
• Strong presentation skills to effectively communicate findings
• Experience with statistical and machine learning techniques
• Adept at utilizing APIs for data extraction and integration
• A solid understanding of finance, accounting, credit, and derivative instruments (financial statements, credit risk assessment, and the use of derivatives for hedging and investment purposes) a plus

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