Data Operations Intern (Summer 2027)

The role

You will join the Data Operations team to turn raw street-level capture into map layers. You will run geospatial data through Python pipelines, build QC checks, and automate manual steps.

What you will do

• Process customer deliveries end to end
• Run geospatial data through Python pipelines, validate output, and publish layers to the Cyvl platform
• Build QC checks that review data automatically
• Investigate failed and stalled processing jobs in AWS pipelines
• Document fixes for processing job issues
• Automate recurring manual steps into repeatable scripts and runbooks
• Partner with engineering and customer success to turn field-reported issues into code fixes or process improvements

Required qualifications

• Currently pursuing a degree in Computer Science, Data Science, or a related field
• Proficiency in Python
• Comfortable writing scripts that read, transform, and validate data
• Comfort working in a terminal and with version control
• Available full-time for 10-12 weeks in Summer 2027

Nice to have

• GIS experience (QGIS or ArcGIS, and formats like GeoJSON, shapefiles, GeoPackage)
• Familiarity with cloud infrastructure, especially AWS
• SQL and experience querying real datasets
• Exposure to geospatial Python libraries (geopandas, shapely)
• Interest in civic infrastructure, transportation, or public-sector technology
• A knack for the business side
• Experience building dashboards or turning data into something a non-technical person can act on

About the company

Cyvl is a Physical AI company that builds sensors, computer vision, and AI to turn drives into data. They build hardware, software, and AI for the real world to help manage infrastructure.