[Hiring] Data Science Intern at Dropbox

Dropbox is a special place where we are all seeking to fulfill our mission to design a more enlightened way of working. We’re looking for innovative talent to join us on our journey. The words shared by our founders at the start of Dropbox still ring true today. Wouldn’t it be great if our working environment—and the tools we use—were designed with people’s actual needs in mind? Imagine if every minute at work were well spent—if we could focus and spend our time on the things that matter. This is possible, and Dropbox is connecting the dots. The nearly 3,000 Dropboxers around the world have helped make Dropbox a living workspace – the place where people come together and their ideas come to life.

Our 700+ million global users have been some of our best salespeople, and they have helped us acquire customers with incredible efficiency. As a result, we reached a billion dollar revenue run rate faster than any software-as-a-service company in history. Dropbox is making the dream of a fulfilling and seamless work life a reality. We hope you’ll join us on the journey.

Team Description

Over the years at Dropbox, Emerging Talent has created a variety of internships, apprenticeships, and early-in-career full time opportunities to build pathways for exceptional early career professionals to succeed at Dropbox. Supported by a community of mentors, program graduates, and fellow participants, our Emerging Talent programs are the perfect place to start your career in tech.

Role Description

As a Dropbox intern, you are part of a top-notch learning experience with data scientists from all backgrounds. Here, you’ll dive deep into a specific business unit—be it Desktop, Usability, Teams, Growth, or another—and harness Dropbox data to craft actionable insights. You’ll have a dedicated Dropboxer by your side, mentoring you every step of the way.

Our goal is to create a robust and impactful learning experience. You can expect to learn how to apply modern data science principles across our revenue, marketing and product teams. We’re all about feedback, so anticipate continual guidance refining your approach. And while you’re forging your path, we’re here to ensure you bond with like-minded interns, discover mentors, and lay the bricks for an expansive professional network.

We will work with you to accommodate your school end and start dates culminating in a minimum of a 12-week long internship.

Responsibilities

• Develop a deep understanding of customer journey phases and key business metrics
• Perform analytical deep-dives to analyze problems and opportunities, identify the hypothesis and design & execute experiments
• Identify key trends and build executive-facing dashboards to track the progress of acquisition, monetization, and engagement trends
• Extract actionable insights through analyzing large, complex, multi-dimensional customer behavior data sets
• Translate complex concepts into implications for the business via excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
• Work with cross-functional teams (including Data Science, Marketing, Package, Engineering, Design, and User Research) to rapidly execute and iterate

Basic Qualifications

• An upcoming Master’s student, graduating in ’26, majoring in fields like Data Science, Statistics, Applied Mathematics, Economics or someone with 0-2 years of relevant experience
• Experience with SQL and/or a statistical programming language (R or Python)
• Able to work independently and proactively engage with business stakeholders
• Strong verbal and written communication skills

Dropbox is an equal opportunity employer. We are a welcoming place for everyone, and we do our best to make sure all people feel supported and connected at work. A big part of that effort is our support for members and allies of internal groups like Asians at Dropbox, BlackDropboxers, Latinx, Pridebox (LGBTQ), Vets at Dropbox, Women at Dropbox, ATX Diversity (based in Austin, Texas) and the Dropbox Empowerment Network (based in Dublin, Ireland).