{"id":861116,"date":"2026-02-04T15:59:59","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T12:59:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/campusbiz.co.ke\/careers\/?post_type=job_listing&#038;p=861116"},"modified":"2026-02-04T16:00:06","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T13:00:06","slug":"861116-pezesha-nairobi-data-team-support-internship","status":"publish","type":"job_listing","link":"https:\/\/campusbiz.co.ke\/careers\/vacancy\/861116-pezesha-nairobi-data-team-support-internship\/","title":{"rendered":"Data Team Support Internship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Data Team Support Intern at Pezesha<\/strong> \u2013 an Africa\u2011focused fintech that\u2019s building a holistic digital trust platform for SMEs \u2013 offers a dynamic opportunity in Nairobi for aspiring data professionals. You\u2019ll partner with data scientists and engineers to test, validate, and monitor credit\u2011scoring and M\u2011Pesa transaction classification models, verify ETL pipelines, and document changes. The role provides hands\u2011on exposure to machine\u2011learning pipelines, Python, SQL and R while you help maintain model accuracy above 95% and ensure reliable deployments. Ideal for recent graduates or current students in data science, computer science or statistics who are eager to launch a career in financial analytics.<\/p>\n<p>Pezesha means Capital enabler. We have built a holistic digital financial trust infrastructure that is on a mission to provide affordable financial services to underserved small and medium businesses (SMBs) in Sub-Saharan Africa.<\/p>\n<p>The Data Team Support Intern will support both Data Scientists and Data Engineers in testing, validating, and monitoring credit scoring and transaction classification systems.<\/p>\n<p>The role is designed as a hands-on learning position, where the intern will assist with model testing, feature validation, ETL checks, deployment verification, and reporting, while gaining practical exposure to machine learning models, data pipelines, and production systems.<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"has-kb-palette-2-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-a41099df63f3f7b624809c3839e5f1a6\">Key Responsibilities<\/h4>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Model Testing &amp; Validation (Data Science Support)<\/li>\n<li>M-Pesa Classifier Testing<\/li>\n<li>ETL &amp; Deployment Support (Data Engineering Support)<\/li>\n<li>Documentation &amp; Change Tracking<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4 class=\"has-kb-palette-2-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-bf32ba6ea6b7885b3bdd59861e38621b\">Required Qualifications<\/h4>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Assist in testing credit scoring models built by Data Scientists.<\/li>\n<li>Help verify the\u00a0accuracy and consistency of features\u00a0used in models.<\/li>\n<li>Support basic validation of model outputs across test and production environments.<\/li>\n<li>Participate in regression testing when models or features are updated.<\/li>\n<li>Support testing of the\u00a0M-Pesa transaction classifier, including LLM-based classification logic.<\/li>\n<li>Assist in measuring classification accuracy and identifying misclassified transactions.<\/li>\n<li>Help track and report classifier accuracy, with a target of\u00a0above 95%\u00a0under supervision.<\/li>\n<li>Assist in validating ETL pipelines that feed credit scoring systems.<\/li>\n<li>Help check data accuracy, completeness, and consistency in processed datasets.<\/li>\n<li>Support testing of deployed models to ensure they run correctly after release.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Assist in documenting:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Model and feature changes<\/li>\n<li>ETL updates<\/li>\n<li>Testing results and observations<\/li>\n<li>Maintain simple change logs and testing notes for internal reference.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Currently pursuing or recently completed a degree in:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Data Science<\/li>\n<li>Computer Science<\/li>\n<li>Statistics<\/li>\n<li>Information Technology<\/li>\n<li>Or a related field<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Basic knowledge of:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Python and\u00a0 SQL<\/li>\n<li>Strong R programming skills<\/li>\n<li>Data analysis concepts<\/li>\n<li>Machine learning fundamentals<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":611890,"template":"","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_promoted":"","_filled":0,"_featured":0,"_job_salary_unit":"","_job_how_to_apply":"<p>To apply, please send your CV and github link or work\u00a0with the\u00a0<strong>subject line: REF 26 \u2013 Data Science Support Intern<\/strong><\/p>"},"job_listing_region":[209],"job-categories":[77,632],"job-types":[6],"class_list":{"0":"post-861116","1":"job_listing","2":"type-job_listing","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","5":"hentry","6":"job_listing_region-nairobi","7":"job_listing_category-data-related-student-jobs-in-kenya","8":"job_listing_category-it-or-computer-science","9":"job_listing_type-internship","11":"job-type-internship"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/campusbiz.co.ke\/careers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job-listings\/861116","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/campusbiz.co.ke\/careers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job-listings"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/campusbiz.co.ke\/careers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/job_listing"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/campusbiz.co.ke\/careers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/campusbiz.co.ke\/careers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/611890"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/campusbiz.co.ke\/careers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=861116"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"job_listing_region","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/campusbiz.co.ke\/careers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job_listing_region?post=861116"},{"taxonomy":"job_listing_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/campusbiz.co.ke\/careers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job-categories?post=861116"},{"taxonomy":"job_listing_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/campusbiz.co.ke\/careers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job-types?post=861116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}