Programming Internship (Paid!)
Swivel is seeking an enthusiastic senior-level undergrad or graduate
student who loves math and statistics and is interested in receiving
hands-on experience with data parsing and analysis.
Your typical day will include scouring Web sites, newspapers, and the
blogosphere for interesting and controversial topics, writing scripts
to gathering supporting data, and then using Swivel to analyze it,
discover compelling insights, and share those insights with the world.
You’ll work on projects concentrating on discovering and parsing
large, real-time data feeds and importing them into our database.
Responsibilities include:
* Work with and improve existing software and develop new tools
for data harvesting; these include custom scripts, browser plugins and
excel macros to import data to our database
* Help identify and develop methods for working with complex data
sets.
* As a primary user, assist Swivel with feedback and product
direction.
Ideal Candidate:
* College junior or senior Computer Science major, recent
graduate, or graduate student. Must be local to San Francisco Bay Area.
* Proficient with Ruby, Perl, or Python, in particular strong
regular expression and web programming knowledge
* Experience with UNIX
* Strong quantitative skills and a love for data and statistics
* Self-starter who is able to work independently
* Passionately curious about the world around us
* Must be able to work 12-15 hours per week (flexible schedule)
Send a resume and cover letter to jobs@swivel.com. In your cover
letter, please share with us some matters of interest to you
