Shift delivers AI agents that transform insurers' most critical work. By combining deep industry expertise and unmatched data resources, Shift provides proven results that have earned the trust of hundreds of the world's leading insurers. Our insurance-grade AI is accurate, explainable, and secure—empowering human experts to move with unmatched speed, total confidence, and a renewed focus on the people they serve.
Our culture is built on innovation, trust, and a drive to transform the insurance industry through our SaaS platform. We come from more than 50 different countries and cultures and together we are creating the future of insurance.
Learn more at www.shift-technology.com
About Shift Technology
Shift Technology is a global leader in insurance-grade AI, dedicated to transforming the industry’s most critical workflows. We build and deploy advanced AI solutions that empower insurance teams to work smarter, detect fraud and risk, assess liability, and automate complex claim processes with unmatched speed and accuracy.
Trusted by over 120 customers across 30 countries, we combine deep industry expertise with cutting-edge agentic AI to help human experts make faster, more confident decisions and deliver exceptional service to millions of policyholders worldwide. Our culture is built on innovation, trust, and a drive to transform the insurance industry through our SaaS platform. We come from more than 50 different countries and cultures, and together we are creating the future of insurance.
About the Team
This role is part of the Data Science team, which is the largest department in our organization, consisting of close to 200 Data Scientists throughout the world.
Our Data Scientists work in a full-lifecycle role across a broad range of subjects, acquiring extensive technical and professional experience in data science, data engineering, software engineering, business understanding, and client engagement.
Team Impact & Focus
- The Data Science team actively participates in the definition and development of our suite of products focused on fraud detection, anti-money laundering, and claim automation.
- We possess deep technical and professional experience across coding, data science, data engineering, and client interactions.
- We work with a highly diverse set of data types, including structured data, free text, documents, and images.
- Our company is small enough that each person’s achievements have an impact on our overall performance, yet big enough to be a world leader and innovator in our domain.
- You will work alongside technical experts, playing a key role in deploying our enterprise-level solutions to our clients.
- Local Context: You will be joining the Brazilian Data Science team, which works mostly for US Property & Casualty (P&C) customers. Our main focus is deploying solutions to new clients, maintaining client production, and contributing to the development of our Fraud Detection Solution.
Role Purpose & Responsibilities
As an intern, your primary purpose is to learn and support the deployment of Shift Technology’s solutions to clients and help maintain existing production environments. Working alongside technical experts and senior data scientists, you will assist with:
- Client Implementation Support: Assist with Claim Fraud Detection (CFD) setups for new clients, focusing on learning ETL configuration, detection implementation, and workflow automation.
- Feature Deployment: Help roll out new platform features to existing client environments.
- Pipeline Optimization: Participate in driving continuous improvements across existing client environments and data pipelines.
- Collaborative Engagement: Interact with internal teams to understand client roadmaps, collect user feedback, and review solution performance.
Requirements & Skills
- Education: Currently pursuing a degree in Data Science, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field.
- Software Engineering Foundations: A strong background or academic experience in an Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) language (such as C#, C/C++, or Java) and SQL. You should be eager to learn how to write maintainable, production-quality code.
- AI Awareness: Academic knowledge or a clear understanding of statistics, machine learning, and data solutions, with the ability to communicate these concepts clearly.
- Business & Client Mindset: Comfort or willingness to learn how to interact with stakeholders , alongside an eagerness to master the business aspects of our insurance products.
- Collaboration & Language: A dedicated team player who works effectively across diverse, multidisciplinary teams. Fluency in English with good overall communication skills is a strict requirement.
To be eligible for this position, applicants must be in their final year of university, with a graduation date projected for some time between June and December 2027**.**
Furthermore, candidates are required to be currently enrolled at a university in São Paulo and must have the availability to work from our local office at least one day each week.
Job Overview
- Employment Type: Internship contract (Estágio) - 30 hours / week.
- Location: Hybrid role based in São Paulo, Brazil.
Benefits & Perks
- Health Insurance: AMIL ONE S6500 Black
- Dental Insurance: AMIL DENTAL 205
- Meal Voucher: R$1,026
Recruitment Process
- HR Screening Call
- CodinGame Assessment
- Technical Interview with a Data Scientist
- Last Round Interview with the Hiring Manager
To support our permanent, full time employees at every stage of their careers and lives, we provide a competitive total rewards and benefits package. Here are the global benefits we’d like to highlight:
- Flexible remote and hybrid working options
- Competitive Salary and a variable component tied to personal and company performance
- Multiple Learning and Development opportunities, including Focus Fridays, a half-day each month to focus on learning and personal growth
- Generous PTO and paid holidays
- Mental health benefits
- 2 MAD Days per year (Make A Difference Days for paid volunteering)
Additional benefits may be offered by country, based on your eligibility - ask your recruiter for more information. Intern and Apprentice positions may receive some of these benefits - ask your recruiter for more details.
AI tools are used to help review applications for this role. Read our AI in Recruitment Notice for what the AI considers, how to request a human review, and our most recent bias audit.
At Shift we strive to be a diverse and inclusive workforce. We welcome applications from and hire people who will contribute to the diversity of our company, without regard to race, color, religion, marital status, age, national or ethnic origin, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic information, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, or other non-merit criteria. Shift Technology is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities in our application and employment process. Should you require accommodation, please email accommodation@shift-technology.com and we will work with you to meet your accessibility needs.
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