Data Science Intern

ABOUT RUNDOO ℹ️

Our mission is to empower independent supply stores with best-in-class technology. Think of your local hardware store or mom-and-pop nursery—these are our clients. From paint to lumber to flooring, over 200,000 such stores across the country sell over $1T of building materials annually using outdated, on-premises systems. We’re aiming to help them modernize so that they can continue to thrive.

Backed by leading investors including Bessemer and CRV, we've raised $18M across three rounds and are growing quickly. Our team is made up of builders, sellers, and industry veterans with a shared goal: to bring modern technology to an overlooked industry.

You'll be based out of Chicago / Chicagoland and support the data science and revenue operations in building an efficient and scalable GTM muscle. You’ll report to Rundoo’s Head of Data Science, Amrit https://www.linkedin.com/in/amrit-kwatra-87066612a/, and work with members from our go-to-market team. This role is ideal for someone who thrives on leveraging data-driven techniques and programming to power insights and drive growth at a fast-paced startup. You’ll be based in the Chicago office.

WHAT YOU’LL DO AS A DATA SCIENCE INTERN AT RUNDOO 🗒️

- Analyze data on product, sales and GTM hypotheses.

- Translate product, sales and GTM requests into data problems & execute on them.

- Build utilities to orchestrate and connect data across different tools and services.

REQUIREMENTS ☑️

- Based in Chicago or surrounding suburbs with flexibility to work from our office.

- You are comfortable working in Python and using Git to track your work (~ 1 year of experience with these tools). We expect you to be familiar with Pandas and writing performant code (e.g. vectorized operations, parallel processing).

- You document your work well, in a manner that support reproducibility of your work.

- You are able to learn how to work with different APIs or tools on your own.

BONUS POINTS 🌟

- Experience in research environments using data to answer real-world problems.

COMPENSATION 💵

- Salary: $1200/week, 40hrs/week

INTERVIEW PROCESS 🎤

1. 20-minute screening call with Amanda – An initial conversation with our recruiter to get to know each other better.

2. 30-minute introductory call with Amrit – A discussion about a past project, your working style, and your approach to problem-solving.

3. 90-minute collaborative project session with Amrit – Partner on preparing a dataset to support data-driven decision-making.

4. 15-minute final call (remote) – A closing conversation with our CEO.

ABOUT OUR FOUNDERS 🌲

1. Andrew https://www.linkedin.com/in/beckman-andrew/ (CTO): studied computer science & humanities at Stanford; worked as a software engineer and head of engineering at Apple & Anova; danced with the SF ballet (where he met his wife)! 🩰

2. Nick https://www.linkedin.com/in/hershey-nick/ (CEO): studied math & computer science at Stanford; worked as a trader at Bridgewater & Citadel and as a PM at Google & Enigma; distantly related to the founder of the Hershey company 🍫

HOW WE'VE FUNDRAISED 💰

We've raised $18m across three rounds:

1. A $2m pre-seed led by Kent Bennett https://www.bvp.com/team/kent-bennett at Bessemer https://www.bvp.com/ with participation from Plug & Play, Quiet Capital, and Sequoia.

2. A $5m seed led by Caitlin Bolnick Rellas https://www.crv.com/team/caitlin-bolnick-rellas at CRV https://www.crv.com/.

3. An $11m series A led again by Bessemer and CRV.

BENEFITS 🏋️

- Full medical, dental, and vision coverage (100% of premiums for you, 50% for dependents)

- 401k with Betterment

- Unlimited PTO with 10 company paid holidays

- Daily team lunches for those in office

- Learning materials and audiobook subscriptions