Melotech is hiring a Data Scientist (Intern) to extract actionable insights from novel, hard-to-reach data sources. You will identify cultural trends, predict virality, and characterize underserved categories, with your work directly influencing company success. You'll work autonomously alongside the founder and team, revolutionizing media and entertainment by creating art through technology.

What You'll Do

Discover and exploit new, untapped data sources through creative scraping techniques
Build data processing pipelines from scratch to handle raw, unstructured data
Use LLMs and agentic coding tools to accelerate data cleaning and analysis workflows
Spin up EC2 instances for real-time data collection and automated scraping operations
Prototype and deploy ML models on AWS for real-time predictions and content analysis
Create custom dashboards and reports to communicate insights to leadership
Analyze trends, audience behavior, and performance metrics to guide business decisions

What We're Looking For

Pursuing a degree in Data Science, Statistics, Computer Science, Physics, Math, or a related quantitative field
Hands-on data science experience in fast-paced business environments
Expert-level Python proficiency with standard data science and ML frameworks
Experience scraping and acquiring raw data from new sources, building creative solutions to access hard-to-reach datasets
Extensive hands-on experience with agentic coding tools and LLMs for data workflows
Production model deployment experience including infrastructure and monitoring
Advanced data visualization skills using standard libraries or Tableau
Strong collaboration skills across engineering, product, and business teams
You thrive in a fast-paced and performance-oriented environment
Colleagues would describe you as hard-working, ambitious, and persistent
You’re obsessed with music, video, or social media

Technical Stack

Python
LLMs
Agentic coding tools
AWS
EC2
Tableau

Team & Environment

You will work alongside the founder and team in a flat-hierarchy environment where your voice matters, ideas get implemented, and impact is immediate.