Data Scientist Intern, Summer 2025

About the Job: Mastercard powers economies and empowers people in over 200 countries and territories worldwide. Together with our customers, we strive to build a sustainable economy where everyone can prosper by supporting a wide range of digital payment options that make transactions secure, simple, smart, and accessible.

The Mastercard Internship Program provides penultimate year students an immersive experience to challenge the status quo, gain real work-life skills in a global company, drive decency and belonging, and grow personally and professionally. We invite you to bring your passion, share your talent, and make the most of this truly priceless experience.

Location: Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Work Conditions: Hybrid, Full-time Internship

Role Description:

• Conduct analyses on the effectiveness of product offerings by examining real-world customer impacts.
• Gain knowledge on cybersecurity best practices and common types of fraud.
• Advise technical teams, handle large datasets, and translate insights into technical solutions and educational materials.
• Partner with various teams to combine multiple data sources in insightful ways.

What You’ll Need:

• Availability to work full-time between 26th May/2nd June 2025 to 9th August, or late June to late August 2025.
• Enrollment as a penultimate Bachelor’s/Master’s student due to graduate no earlier than 2026.
• Focus in data-related fields such as mathematics, statistics, or economics.
• Strong problem-solving skills and experience working with data sets.
• Familiarity with tools such as Tableau, SQL, Python, AWS, or Hadoop is a plus.
• Excellent communication skills for group work and presentations.

Corporate Security Responsibility: All employees are expected to abide by Mastercard’s security policies, ensuring confidentiality and integrity of information accessed, reporting any suspected violations, and completing mandatory security training.

Language Requirements: Not specified.