Intern Data Scientist
at Rabobank
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- Compensation
- €500 – €600 EUR
- City
- Utrecht
- Country
- Netherlands
Currency: € (EUR)
Join Rabobank's Periodicity team to help design and develop a new forecasting model for customer transactions. This hands-on internship lets you explore traditional time-series methods and state-of-the-art ML approaches while delivering production code together with data scientists and ML engineers. The role offers personal guidance in a professional, hybrid environment and is ideal for MSc/BSc students in Data Science, Econometrics or Mathematics looking to deepen forecasting and ML skills. The period is 6–9 months with a start date of 1 March 2026.
Want to become the best version of yourself? At Rabobank you work on your personal development and contribute to the world around you. You get to focus on your own growth in an environment in which you continue to learn. In addition, you can also expect:
Internship - Data Scientist
Join the Periodicity Team at this pivotal moment to help shape the new forecasting model! Gain hands-on experience in advanced forecasting and ML, boosting your expertise for data science careers. You are encouraged to explore everything from traditional statistical time-series models to state-of-the-art models to find the best fit for this challenge.
You & your future
During this Internship, you will work on your career at Rabobank. You do this by improving your statistical and machine learning expertise, sharpen your analytical mindset, and acquiring a strong sense of business context.
At Periodicity team, we enrich transaction data by uncovering the periodic patterns behind recurring customer behaviour. Recently, we’ve embarked on an exciting new product initiative: forecasting the next transaction for each customer.
Examples of projects/tasks
- Contribute to the design and development of the forecasting model.
- Investigate and benchmark multiple ML models against different business requirements.
- Deliver production code together with the end-to-end team of fellow Data Scientists and ML engineers assisted by a business analyst, scrum master, and a dedicated product manager.
- Propose and discuss innovative ideas with your team
Practical details
- Period: 6-9 months
- Hours per week: minimum 24 - maximum 36
- Start date: 1st of March 2026
- Location: Hybrid
Learning from each other
Development is our number one priority. Because you learn by doing, making mistakes, and succeeding. At Rabobank, we offer you the right balance between freedom and guidance. Develop talents you didn't know you had. Specialize in a field or explore what you are good at and what you enjoy. During your Internship, you can count on good guidance. You will work with experienced colleagues and have a lot of contact with young professionals.
About Rabobank
We are a Dutch bank, active in 38 countries for our over 9,500,000 customers. With these customers, our members, and partners, we work side by side towards a world where everyone has enough and healthy food. Closer to home, we work towards a country where happy people live, work, and do business.
You & your talent
- BCs degree and MSc study in Data Science, Econometrics or Mathematics
- Experience in timeseries modelling is a plus
- Experience with Python, PySpark and Git (Azure Databricks experience is a plus)
- Having already completed a Data Science internship is a plus
- Curious and eager to learn
- Structured, precise, communicative, can work well with different people and roles, pro-active, have a business focus, and can-do mentality
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English
You & the application process
We believe in the power of difference. Bringing together people's differences is what makes us an even better bank. What can you bring to Rabobank? We can't wait to hear from you.
- Any questions about working at Rabobank and the process? Contact Sacha Veenhof, Young Talent Recruiter, via sacha.veenhof@rabobank.nl
- Interviews will be held via MS Teams.
- Applications via LinkedIn or email won’t be taken into consideration.
- Please make sure to attach your cv and motivational letter. If one document’s missing, we are unable to consider your application.
- A security check is part of the process.
- We respect your privacy.
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The Application Process
Thank you for applying! You will always receive a confirmation of your application by email. We review all the resumes and motivation letters and will let you know as soon as possible if we invite you to complete an assessment.
The online assessment gives us insight into your skills, your ability to adapt to changes, your intelligence, your preferred learning style, and your motivations and personal values. We will discuss this with you if you are invited for an interview.
We invite you for one or more (online) interviews. We want to know if you fit the role and the team.
Are you the new colleague we are looking for, and do you feel happy with us? Congratulations! You will receive an offer from us. Before you start, we conduct a legal screening to ensure that our employees do not pose a risk to us and our customers.
Welcome to Rabobank! We look forward to seeing you and can't wait to work together.
