Graduate Intern, Data Scientist - Technical Operations (Summer 2026)

HOW YOU'LL HELP US KEEP CLIMBING (OVERVIEW & KEY RESPONSIBILITIES)

Delta Air Lines connects the world by flying 180 million customers to 300+ destinations every year. On the Engineering Analytics data science team, we support the TechOps Engineering, Quality, Planning and Safety divisions by building and deploying machine learning models that leverage the latest NLP and LLM technologies. Engineering Analytics is currently seeking a graduate-level intern Data Scientist to develop insights, machine learning models, and solutions aimed at continually improving airline performance and decision-making. Join our team to make a real-world impact by developing AI/ML solutions to deliver the best air travel experience.

An ideal candidate will have educational experience in machine learning, statistical analysis, and data storytelling. The candidate should have good organizational and communication skills and feel comfortable in a fast-paced environment.

Primary Functions:

• Partnering with existing data scientists to develop advanced analytics solutions for complex business problems
• Collecting data via Python or SQL queries and performing exploratory data analysis
• Building and optimizing NLP models for text classification, information extraction etc.
• Evaluating transformer-based language models to derive insights from unstructured text data
• Presenting analysis and model outcomes to business partners in a digestible way

WHAT YOU NEED TO SUCCEED (MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS)

WHAT WILL GIVE YOU A COMPETITIVE EDGE (PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS)