Business Intelligence Intern

Business Intelligence Intern

Foursquare is the leading independent location technology company, powered by our deep understanding of how people move throughout the world. Our solutions help businesses make smarter decisions, developers create more engaging experiences, and brands build more effective marketing strategies.

Foursquare’s platform includes Attribution, Audience, Proximity, Places, Pilgrim SDK and Visits. As the industry’s first and only accredited company for location data from the Media Rating Council (MRC), this foundation powers all our solutions — those that exist today and those we have yet to build. Over 14 billion consumer-verified place visit confirmations help us keep our map and models fresh and up-to-date, building a phone’s-eye-view of the world with 105 million unique places of interest worldwide.

About the Team: 

The BI team is responsible for integrating, synthesizing and interpreting critical business data. We provide support to the business by creating sophisticated reporting tools that the business can use on data-driven decisions and we deliver deep dive analysis to answer challenging business questions or measure results of actions that we have taken. We are still a fairly new team and there are a lot of exciting projects where you can build value from scratch, including (but not limited to) discovering new KPI to better understand the business and exposing new usage data that our business users could not access before.

About the Role:

We're seeking an independent, solution-oriented and hard-working intern who genuinely enjoys helping others. This role will have direct ownership of monthly reporting processes and data quality optimization. You will also be assigned an infrastructure project where you will be working closely with our BI Engineers to automate key data warehouse processes. 

This is a paid, 20 hr/wk, 4-month internship. While there are no guaranteed full-time opportunities available after the 4 month period, former Foursquare interns have gone on to full-time positions at dynamic tech companies. This is a great way to get your foot in the door into the tech scene! 

Responsibilities:

Deliver data ingestions to BI data warehouse with special attention on data quality and minimizing reporting data gaps

Optimize reporting processes and identity opportunities for automation

Ensure high data quality through regular quality checks, maintenance of mapping tables and optimizing data cleanup processes

Work with BI Engineer on identified project

Qualifications:

Strong work ethic and acute attention to detail

Highly curious and investigative

Well organized and creative problem solver

Comfortable proactively communicating with internal and external stakeholders

Dependable and proactive with high sense of urgency

Experience with Excel, Google Apps

Ability to embrace new technology, applications and solutions

Pursuing BA or BS degree with interest in Analytics or Data Sciences fields

Nice to Have:

Bonus: Prior experience with SalesForce, Jira or Asana, SQL, Python

Perks and Benefits:

Learning and development programs from ICs to managers

Individual, professional coaching for all full-time employees

Flexible time off - rest and recharge when you need it!

Comprehensive and competitive health, vision, dental, life insurance

401(k) with company match

Home office setup: you get all necessary hardware and internet reimbursement 

Family planning programs via Carrot and Maven

Employee Resource Groups to help you stay connected

Foursquare is proud to foster an inclusive environment that is free from discrimination. We strongly believe in order to build the best products, we need a diversity of perspectives and backgrounds. This leads to a more delightful experience for our users and team members. We value listening to every voice and we encourage everyone to come be a part of building a company and products we love.

Foursquare is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Location

New York City, New York, United States