Geospatial Data Scientist Intern

1w1 week ago

Sylvera

London, GB · Internship · £22,000 – £32,000

About this role

Sylvera provides trusted ratings, tools and data for carbon credits and CDR. Our mission is to incentivize investment in real climate action by validating the impact of projects that capture, remove, or avoid emissions. Businesses, governments and developers use our data to confidently invest in real climate impact.

This internship sits within the Applied Solutions Team, working with customers, product, and commercial teams to solve real problems. The work is fast-paced, hands-on, and varied, from building new datasets to integrating them into MVPs or custom solutions for strategic clients. You'll contribute to projects shaping the future of climate solutions.

Our team includes leading minds in climate change from scientists to policy, finance, and carbon market experts. We partner with scientific organizations, universities, governments, and think tanks to develop rigorous assessment methodologies using the latest technology. Founded in 2020, we have 130+ employees globally across London, New York, Belgrade, and Singapore.

As a high-potential intern eager to learn, you'll collaborate across teams like Marketing, Sales Enablement, and Product to explore analysis applications. Support will help you quickly learn new scientific and technical domains. Gain hands-on experience with geospatial data in a mission-driven environment.

Requirements

Able to answer geospatial questions programmatically using open-source libraries for vector and raster formats
Comfortable working in Python and SQL
Experience performing spatial analysis and statistics on geospatial datasets
Familiarity with acquiring, cleaning, and transforming geospatial data
Ability to research scientific literature for geospatial-relevant variables
Skills in labeling geospatial data for testing and prototyping
Quick learner in new scientific and technical domains

Responsibilities

Review project documentation and extract key data
Support client deliverables such as slide decks and reports
Perform spatial analysis and statistics on geospatial datasets to identify trends across space and time
Acquire, clean, transform, and model geospatial data for repeated use
Contribute to data analysis, MVP development, or one-off analyses for strategic clients
Research scientific literature and economic publications to extract variables relevant to geospatial analysis
Label geospatial data to support service testing and prototyping
Collaborate with Marketing, Commercial, and Product teams to graduate prototypes into the product roadmap