URI Foundation Student Intern Opening
Contact Us
Aarushi Sharma, aarushi.sharma@uri.edu
Tech Team, University of Rhode Island Foundation
Introduction
Are you looking for interesting problems to solve using real world data?
The URI Foundation Advancement Operations team seeks students to work on projects involving programming, data science, Salesforce, AI applications, and/or use of Amazon Web Services (AWS). This is an exciting opportunity for those who like to solve problems with technology to gain real-world experience. This work will contribute meaningfully to the operations of the Foundation.
Qualifications
- Have some basic programming/scripting experience
- Want to learn about new technologies
- Want to design, architect, and put things together to build a solution
- Unafraid to “Google”, explore, experiment, and figure things out
- Want to have a tangible, real-world, positive impact on the University
- Must be able to work for at least one term (semester/summer), minimally for 15hr/wk. Includes twice-weekly meetings with a supervisor to make sure steady, substantive progress is being made.
Outcomes
- Work done in this position can fulfill the requirements for CSC 477 and CSC 499
- You will learn and work on various data engineering in a real-world context.
- You will gain real-world experience, which is valuable for distinguishing yourself when applying for jobs
- You may get various certifications (AWS Cloud Practitioner, AWS Associate Solutions Architect, Salesforce Badges), also useful for distinguishing yourself.
Potential Projects
- Automating data ingestion into our CRM system – using Python scripts, Apache Airflow
- Use Amazon Bedrock to synthesize large data to gain insight – in the context of finding optimal methods to increase alumni engagement and gifts
- Create PowerBI dashboards for business intelligence – Data analytics and visualization
- Build creative, interactive AI based web applications – using Python and AI tools to create proof of concept potentially to convert to a big project