What are the responsibilities and job description for the Data Science Intern - Summer 2026 position at Sun Life?
Job Description
You are as unique as your background, experience, and point of view. Here, you’ll be encouraged, empowered, and challenged to be your best self. You'll work with dynamic colleagues - experts in their fields - who are eager to share their knowledge with you. Your leaders will inspire and help you reach your potential and soar to new heights. Every day, you'll have new and exciting opportunities to make life brighter for our Clients - who are at the heart of everything we do. Discover how you can make a difference in the lives of individuals, families, and communities around the world.
What’s it like to work at Sun Life?
You’ll find it dynamic and highly professional; collaborative and supportive. We encourage innovative thinking to leverage technology to create solutions. Sun Life is also a socially responsible employer, supporting the communities in which we live and work, with a globally recognized commitment to the environment and sustainability.
The Role
The Data & Analytics Engineering team is looking for a proactive, positive, and dynamic Data Science intern to join our team. You will have a passion for technology, collaboration and creative problem solving.
As a member of the team you will work with supervision and guidance to apply basic engineering and data science skills, tool, practices and techniques to all the teams deliverables. You'll work with Data Scientists, Machine Learning Engineers and Data Engineers to deliver client centered solutions by collaborating with cross-functional groups and contribute to the overall development.
This is a great opportunity to join the team!
This position will be based out of our Wellesley, MA office and interns must be able to work on a hybrid basis.
What's in it for you?
This internship will give you the opportunity to experience life in a professional IT environment. You will participate in the design, develop, support, deploy and/or test of AI and machine learning solutions that are high-quality, innovative, efficient, creative, scalable, adaptable, dynamic, fully performing and comply with all standards and best practices in support of business and Client outcomes and objectives. You'll gain an appreciation and understanding of data and analytical concepts such as data modelling, machine learning, analytics, development, testing and governance to name a few.
Preferred Skills
To be eligible for an internship at Sun Life, you must meet the following requirements:
We are committed to fostering an inclusive environment where all employees feel they belong, are supported and empowered to thrive. We are dedicated to building teams with varied experiences, backgrounds, perspectives and ideas that benefit our colleagues, clients, and the communities where we operate. We encourage applications from qualified individuals from all backgrounds.
We will make reasonable accommodations to the known physical or mental limitations of otherwise-qualified individuals with disabilities or special disabled veterans, unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of our business. Please email thebrightside@sunlife.com to request an accommodation.
For applicants residing in California, please read our employee California Privacy Policy and Notice.
We do not require or administer lie detector tests as a condition of employment or continued employment.
Sun Life will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws, including applicable fair chance ordinances.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.
Job Category
Temporary Employee
Posting End Date
06/11/2025
You are as unique as your background, experience, and point of view. Here, you’ll be encouraged, empowered, and challenged to be your best self. You'll work with dynamic colleagues - experts in their fields - who are eager to share their knowledge with you. Your leaders will inspire and help you reach your potential and soar to new heights. Every day, you'll have new and exciting opportunities to make life brighter for our Clients - who are at the heart of everything we do. Discover how you can make a difference in the lives of individuals, families, and communities around the world.
What’s it like to work at Sun Life?
You’ll find it dynamic and highly professional; collaborative and supportive. We encourage innovative thinking to leverage technology to create solutions. Sun Life is also a socially responsible employer, supporting the communities in which we live and work, with a globally recognized commitment to the environment and sustainability.
The Role
The Data & Analytics Engineering team is looking for a proactive, positive, and dynamic Data Science intern to join our team. You will have a passion for technology, collaboration and creative problem solving.
As a member of the team you will work with supervision and guidance to apply basic engineering and data science skills, tool, practices and techniques to all the teams deliverables. You'll work with Data Scientists, Machine Learning Engineers and Data Engineers to deliver client centered solutions by collaborating with cross-functional groups and contribute to the overall development.
This is a great opportunity to join the team!
This position will be based out of our Wellesley, MA office and interns must be able to work on a hybrid basis.
What's in it for you?
This internship will give you the opportunity to experience life in a professional IT environment. You will participate in the design, develop, support, deploy and/or test of AI and machine learning solutions that are high-quality, innovative, efficient, creative, scalable, adaptable, dynamic, fully performing and comply with all standards and best practices in support of business and Client outcomes and objectives. You'll gain an appreciation and understanding of data and analytical concepts such as data modelling, machine learning, analytics, development, testing and governance to name a few.
Preferred Skills
- Experience with data science platforms such as RStudio, AWS Sagemaker or Dataiku
- Experience with programming languages and frameworks used in data science such as Python, R, Panadas, Shiny, Bokeh and Dash
- Experience with cloud computing environments and advantage especially in data processing and Artificial Intelligence services (for example AWS Sagemaker, Comprehend, Athena and Textract)
- Experience with data visualization platforms such as Tableau, Quicksight and ThoughtSpot
- Basic Understanding of IT systems
- Excellent Communication skills
- Excellent verbal and written skills
- Excellent analytical and problem solving skills
- Detail oriented individual
To be eligible for an internship at Sun Life, you must meet the following requirements:
- Currently enrolled in an accredited college or university during the time of internship (June 2026 – August 2026)
- Must be enrolled in an undergraduate student in Data Science, Information Technology, Computer Science or related field of study
- Eligible to legally work in the United States
- Ability to work full-time (40 hours/week) during the Intern session
We are committed to fostering an inclusive environment where all employees feel they belong, are supported and empowered to thrive. We are dedicated to building teams with varied experiences, backgrounds, perspectives and ideas that benefit our colleagues, clients, and the communities where we operate. We encourage applications from qualified individuals from all backgrounds.
We will make reasonable accommodations to the known physical or mental limitations of otherwise-qualified individuals with disabilities or special disabled veterans, unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of our business. Please email thebrightside@sunlife.com to request an accommodation.
For applicants residing in California, please read our employee California Privacy Policy and Notice.
We do not require or administer lie detector tests as a condition of employment or continued employment.
Sun Life will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws, including applicable fair chance ordinances.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.
Job Category
Temporary Employee
Posting End Date
06/11/2025
Salary : $20
