About
Needs List
Location
Toronto, Ontario or potential to work remotely.
Background
NeedsList is a marketplace for humanitarian aid that allows donors, NGOs and suppliers to meet the needs the refugees efficiently, transparently, and quickly. Aid workers and NGOs can list supply needs, volunteer needs, and funding needs. Responders can meet those needs from anywhere in the world, and can purchase supplies (like a wedding registry) to be delivered directly to communities in need.
NeedsList is building a diverse and inclusive company from the ground up. As such, women, LQBTQ individuals, people of color, people with disabilities (including neurodivergent individuals), as well as refugees and/or as volunteers for the refugee crisis encouraged to apply.
The Challenge
If you're studying Computer Science and AI and want to use your skills to make the world a better place, this internship is for you!
NeedsList is a humanitarian aid startup that connects the needs of small grassroots organizations helping displaced people with those who can help. We are developing an online marketplace where supporters can volunteer remotely or purchase supplies for aid organizations. We're creating a new model of humanitarian aid that is transparent, efficient, and direct.
Duties + Responsibilities
We are looking for a summer intern to help us implement AI into our platform.
You should be a data geek interested in Natural Language Processing and the potential of chatbots for creating efficiency in disaster relief.
Role includes:
Implementing NLP techniques for text analysis, data structures and modelling classification algorithms
Build Data Pipelines to collect, process, and analyze data from external and internal data sources.
Analyze, organize and tag stored data.
20-40 hours a week depending on skillset and fit.
Other information
NeedsList will pay a modest salary, but students may be able to secure funding to support their service work through the PKG Center or other MIT programs. Check possibilities through the PKG Fellowships program: http://studentlife.mit.edu/pkgcenter/fellowships
Dates are flexible - check with the posting agency
Write optimized PostgreSQL queries
Experience working with APIs
Experience with best practices for coding and agile principles
Not required, but good to know: Google Cloud Services: NLP, DialogFlow, BigQuery, DataFlow,Pub/Sub
We're a small team - so as an intern you'll work closely with our CTO but also get exposure to all aspects of this cutting edge startups dedicated to profit plus purpose.