Data & Machine Learning Platform Engineering Internship - Spring 2027
Join the Team: Data & Machine Learning Platform Engineering Intern
This internship at PrizePicks offers students the opportunity to work with the Data&ML platform team to productionize a platform that powers distributed systems for ETL and model development for real-time priced markets within the product. Ideal candidates have a strong technical background in computer science, computer engineering, or related fields, proficiency in Python, and a passion for sports analytics. Standout applicants will have experience with lower-level programming languages, distributed systems, cloud infrastructure and continuous deployment (GCP), SQL/NoSQL databases/warehouses, MLOps, and demonstrated success in open-source projects.
What you'll do:
Learn from the PrizePicks Data&ML Platform Engineering team on how we approach data, scalability, performance, and MLOps challenges.
Assist with the creation and maintenance of optimal sports data stream architecture, ensuring data reliability in both speed and quality for data pipelines.
Collaborate with our Data Engineering and Data Science team to determine best paths for operationalization of Data pipelines and DS/ML assets, ensuring model output quality, stability, and scalability.
What you have:
Strong computer science/engineering background. Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics, Informatics, Information Systems or other quantitative field
Strong coding skills - Python, SQL.
Demonstrable history of building robust data and ML platform applications and services.
Good understanding of Kubernetes, CPU and GPU architectures.
Interest in sports and fantasy sports markets.
What makes you stand out:
Experience with lower-level programming languages - Python, C++.
Demonstrable background/coursework deploying a platform for data and/or machine learning applications or services from scratch.
Success in open-source projects
Strong organizational, communication, presentation, and collaboration experience with organizational technical and non-technical teams.
Where you’ll work:
Our interns work onsite at our West Midtown Atlanta location.
Spring Program: January 25 - April 30, 2026
Included perks:
Housing stipend for those interns relocating to Atlanta
Frequent catered lunches
Networking and collaboration with fellow interns and industry professionals
Social events with the Atlanta PrizePicks team
PTO and Paid Holidays
Working at PrizePicks:
Engineering interns' starting hourly rate is $35. At PrizePicks, we consider your role, level, and where you'll be working when determining our salary ranges. The compensation info you see on our job postings gives you an idea of the starting pay range for the position. Your actual pay within that range will depend on your specific work location, as well as your skills, experience, and education. Your recruiter will be happy to chat more about the specific pay range for your location and how we arrived at it during the hiring process.