London - Long Term Internship 2020 - Risk Artificial Intelligence

Europe
UK
London
Long Term Internship
Risk
Other
Artificial Intelligence Research

Main duties & responsibilities  

Who we are

Throughout the world, BNP Paribas employees are in touch with the real economy. They help women and men, as well as businesses, associations and institutions, to build their projects and solve concrete problems.

As a large international company and a large banking group, we have the human, technological and financial means to help move the lines, to be part of the solution, to be forerunners.

Our company is transforming its model to be more digital and client-centred. This movement goes hand in hand with an enrichment of our mission to society as a whole.

Business Overview

Our RISK Artificial Intelligence Research team is here to drive the bank's digital transformation through the development of strategies and recommendations based on advanced analytical methods.

The time spent within RISK AIR is devoted to using our knowledge in data flow and artificial intelligence and our analytical skills to interpret large data sets and solve the concrete problems of our businesses, functions and clients.

At the same time, we are trying to put at the service of our problems the latest advances in the academic world, for example work on the interpretability of models or progress in terms of targeted sentiment analysis.

If you are passionate and want to work in a dynamic, multicultural and multidisciplinary environment, our team is the one you need.

Role responsibilities

Within this team (15 people), you will be asked to contribute to the analysis and modelling of structured and unstructured data and to provide a workable solution for the missions assigned to you.

You will work closely with other Data Scientists and Data Engineers. You will be responsible for ensuring consistency and sharing your ideas.

Your work will not simply be a traineeship subject, but will be of crucial importance in the course of the project on which you are assigned to. It will be visible in all entities with which RISK AIR collaborates and will therefore have a direct impact on the team and its influence within BNP Paribas.

Primary Responsibilities:

As a Long-Term Intern, you will work directly with the RISK AIR team based in London. Responsibilities include:

- Research of Machine Learning and Statistical models on various real life dataset to address the pain point of the business within BNP Paribas RISK. Examples include fraud, sentiment analysis and corporate distress.

- Perform initial data analysis to understand the dataset fully and apply appropriate data pre-processing.

- Communicate our research and findings to the business users in a clear and succinct manner.

Technical skills and qualification

- Algorithms for machine learning (supervised, unsupervised, semi-supervised), deep learning,

- Language processing (information extraction, sentiment analysis)

- Other AI: information retrieval, Bayesian networks, reinforcement learning

You also have a solid foundation in descriptive statistics, inferential statistics, Bayesian statistics, stochastic processes, Markov chains, time series, algebra, game theory.

And you have a good knowledge/experience with the development of these techniques:

Analysis: Python, R

Integration: Gitlab, Bitbucket.

A good knowledge of the environment and of the distributed calculation is a plus: Hadoop, YARN, Pyspark, Spark, Hive, Pig.

Conduct

· Be a role model, supporting and fostering a culture of good conduct

· Demonstrate proactivity, transparency, and accountability for identifying and managing conduct risks

· Consider the implications of your actions on colleagues

 

  • Duration: 6-11 months 
  • Start Date: April
  • Salary: Competitive April 
  • Closing Date: March 2020

 

This programme is closed to applications.