Data Science - Intern

We Cafeyn Group

With 15 years of existence Cafeyn Group is a multibrand company composed of Cafeyn Blendle MiLibris and KidJo and based in France Netherlands UK Canada and Morocco. With almost 140 employees we propose a media experience through different products.

We want to achieve strong business performance across the Cafeyn Group through organic growth diversified revenue streams and sustainable profitability. New opportunities are continuously sought by investment both within and outside of the business.

We deliver highvalue highfocus and forwardthinking premium infotainment (information & entertainment content) services to our partners and customers with personalised and relevant information to entertain and educate our audience broadening their perspective and making them more knowledgeable.

Role & Responsibilities

Cafeyn offers users the possibility to explore and consume content from more than a thousand publications both in traditional print and digital media. Data Science lies at the heart of the product by supporting users to navigate the overabundance of content. The focus of Machine Learning is on understanding content understanding users and their behaviour and recommending relevant content at the right time.

Your missions:

The internship is aimed at researching innovative ways to deal with textual content. The concrete assignment depends on the skills and interest of the applicant but could include a study on:

using snippets from articles to answer a natural language query and implement a PoC RAG.

how different ways of presenting subject matter in articles affect consumption and appreciation

how facts and viewpoints in articles can be used to educate consumers

In addition the activities include being part of and collaborating with the internal Data Science team and getting handson Data Science experience in the leading digital kiosk in Europe.

Requirements

• Background: Student in their final year of Masters degree from an engineering school or a University degree in data science / ML / statistics related fields

• Nontechnical skills

  • Proficient in English

  • Main soft skills

    • Critical thinking

    • Communication skills

    • Problem solving skills

  • Willingness to try out play and experiment with new ML techniques particular emerging LLM techniques

  • Identifying new and innovative ideas and testing stateoftheart methods from scratch based on recent research articles or technical publications

• Technical skills

  • Comfortable using Python and being comfortable using popular Data Science libraries (Pandas Numpy ScikitLearn )

• Period: 6 months or the required duration of the MSc internship

• Location: Utrecht or Paris at least 3 days/week at the office

Our Perks and whats Included
ClassPass subscription for any sports addict or a wellness moment

Flexible remotework policy
Work from any of our office 4 weeks/year
VIP access to Cafeyn app
Lunch voucher (60% of 8e paid by Cafeyn in France)
CSE in France

Our internal Tools
Slack for internal communication
Confluence for shared information and documents
Google meets for virtual meetings (all meetings are recorded and archived)
And many others

Our Rituals
Congrats slack channel where we celebrate appreciation win and anniversary
Allhands meetings where we share business updates and strategy in total transparency
We promote monthly events where we join seminars team building/offsite sportive & team events

We believe that equality and diversity make us a better company and community.You dont have to match all the requirements if you feel this offer could be a great opportunity for you reach out anyways! We hire based on talent and we promote inclusivity inside Cafeyn and strongly believe that our culture is strongest when it is the most diverse.