Data Analyst Summer Intern

About Us

Rekor Systems, Inc., (Rekor.ai) (NASDAQ: REKR) is a trusted global authority on Roadside Intelligence providing innovative solutions with the mission to drive the world to be safer, smarter, and more efficient.  Rekor products combine IoT technology, connected vehicle telemetry data, computer vision data and machine learning to enable the future of Public Safety, Urban Mobility and Traffic Management.  With our disruptive technology and integrated solutions, we deliver a transformative, global impact for customers and citizens every day.

Job Description

Rekor processes tens of terabytes of data and billions of streaming events daily. These numbers are growing rapidly as we expand our business into new regions and new sources of data.  We're looking for an Engineering intern who cares deeply about their craft, and who wants to use their skills to bring about positive change in the world and help us mature into a high-performing global enterprise.  This opportunity is part of the Global Data and Analytics Organization, which is composed of a diverse and growing team of talented scientists, analysts and engineers that keep our data flowing from connected vehicles and AI-enabled Edge Cameras, and that serve up insights and predictions directly into our portfolio of customer-facing products.

The ideal candidate is highly motivated and comfortable in the rapidly changing nature of a startup environment.  Someone who can move relentlessly forward amidst uncertainty and raises their hand to do what’s needed.  As a Team we delight in supporting and pushing each other to reach our collective potential while also exercising our shared obsession with empathy, excellence, candor and continuous improvement.  At Rekor we deeply appreciate that diversity, empathy and trust are foundations for peak performance, and our Team is focused on providing the environment people need to feel human and able to bring their authentic selves to bear in the service of our shared mission.

Role and Responsibilities:

• Help build and drive DataOps culture and practices, enabling the Team to build better, more reliable, automated and secure data products faster.
• Design and implement continuous integration and delivery of data pipelines.
• Investigate, test and design ML algorithms to create insight and generate value from data analysis.
• Take part in designing and implementing streaming data pipelines receiving billions of events daily, enabling new capabilities and improving performance.
• Contribute to an open, creative and collaborative culture where everyone feels accountable for shaping the future of the Team and of Rekor.
• Comfortable working in an agile environment with a cross functional and globally distributed team including offshore teams with the ability to manage multiple projects and priorities.
• Highly analytical and detail-oriented, ability to work quickly & cross-functionally on ambiguous problems.
• Eagerness to learn and be coached, continuously learning and applying emerging technologies. Pushing yourself and your team to new heights.

Preferred Skills & Experience:

• Undergraduate (Senior) or Graduate Students pursuing coursework.
• Project/course work in data engineering and data infrastructure experience
• Familiarity with AWS Data and Analytics ecosystem (Certification Preferred)
• Familiarity with S3 storage lifecycles, partitioning, staging, catalogue and ETL workflows.
• Proficiency in Python & SQL and other languages like Scala, Java, etc.
• Familiarity with data engineering lifecycles and enablement.
• Version control system (BitBucket, GitHub, GitLab)
• Ability to work across regions and cultures, collaborating effectively across business units and geography.

Education:

• (Pursuing) BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science, Engineering or equivalent technical field
• AWS Certification (Preferred)

Job Location:

• Flexible 

Job Type: 

• Internship

It is the policy of Rekor Systems not to discriminate or allow the harassment of employees or applicants on the basis of sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religious creed, national origin, physical or mental disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law in all employment practices. Rekor Systems' Executive Leadership Team is fully committed to the principles of equal employment opportunity and affirmative action and support the successful implementation of the Company's Affirmative Action Programs