Data Scientst - Student Position - Sales Business Analytics

Apple Inc.; Toronto; On-site; CAD 84,000 - 126,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

Stock program

Tuition reimbursement

Relocation support

Job summary

Apple Inc. in Toronto invites a Data Science & Analytics student to join the Sales Data and Analytics team. The role focuses on delivering data insights, reporting, analytics, and tools to advance strategic decisions across Sales, Finance, Operations, and Leadership.

You will own end-to-end deliverables, work on data pipelines, AI agent development, analytics modeling, and cross-functional collaboration. Enrolled students from CS/DS programs will gain mentorship and exposure to enterprise data

Qualifications

• Enrolled in a Bachelor's or Master's program in Computer Science, Data Science, Statistics, Mathematics, Engineering, or related quantitative field, returning to studies after position’s term.
• Strong proficiency in Python and standard data libraries (pandas, NumPy).
• Strong command of SQL and relational database concepts, including PostgreSQL & Snowflake or a comparable relational database.
• Hands-on experience building end-to-end data pipelines or applications through coursework, personal projects, hackathons, or prior internships.
• Experience with Git and collaborative version control workflows.
• Foundational understanding of algorithms, data structures, and software engineering design.
• Demonstrated AI literacy: familiarity with how LLMs work, their failure modes, and where they are and are not appropriate.
• Strong communication and writing skills, critical to working across multiple teams and functions.
• Flexibility to juggle multiple responsibilities independently, and the judgment to ask questions early when something is unclear.
• Candidates are expected to have familiarity and/or experience in these areas, although deep expertise in all is not required.
• Data Engineering and Orchestration
• Apache Airflow (or Prefect, Dagster) for workflow orchestration
• Pipeline testing, data quality frameworks (Great Expectations or similar), and monitoring or alerting tooling
• Data lineage, metadata management, or data catalog tools
• AI and LLM Application Development
• LLM and agent frameworks: LangChain, LlamaIndex, or native tool-use and agent frameworks
• RAG architecture, prompt engineering, and retrieval evaluation
• Agent evaluation and benchmarking, including LLM-as-judge methods and hallucination detection
• Vector search: pgvector, Chroma, Qdrant, or similar
• FastAPI, Docker, and asynchronous Python
• Data Science and Analytics
• Statistical analysis, hypothesis testing, and feature engineering
• scikit-learn, XGBoost, or LightGBM for classification and scoring problems
• Composite scoring, weighting, and segmentation methodology
• Tableau and Tableau Prep, or comparable BI tooling
• Software Practices
• CI/CD pipelines, containerization, and unit or integration testing
• Clear technical documentation

Responsibilities

• Own deliverables end to end within the Sales Data and Analytics team.
• Data pipeline modernization and observability across platforms; build automated batch pipelines to ingest, clean, and transform data.
• Migrate workflows to Apache Airflow; document dependencies and build validation strategies.
• Develop AI agent workflows and evaluation frameworks for production use.
• Conduct exploratory data analysis, feature engineering, and statistical modeling for actionable insights.
• Deliver reporting and visualization, including Tableau dashboards; support data governance and enablement.
• Collaborate with business partners, IS&T, and executives; write clean, tested code and participate in reviews.

Skills

Python

SQL

Data Pipelines

Git

AI Literacy

Communication

Ambiguity Handling

Team Collaboration

Problem Solving

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in CS/Data Science/Statistics/Mathematics/Engineering

Tools

PostgreSQL

Snowflake

Apache Airflow

Git

Tableau

Job description

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Data Science & Analytics - Student Position

Toronto, Ontario, Canada Sales and Business Development

The people here at Apple don’t just create products—they create the kind of wonder that’s revolutionized entire industries. It’s the diversity of those people and their ideas that inspires the innovation that runs through everything we do, from amazing technology to industry-leading environmental efforts. Join Apple, and help us leave the world better than we found it!As a Data Science & Analytics - Student Position in Apple's Sales organization, you'll play a key role in supporting our mission. Collaborating with Sales Professionals, Finance, Operations and Senior Leadership, you will deliver operational excellence by providing data insights, reporting, analytics, and tools to advance our strategic vision. We are searching for a student who can be flexible in the face of business ambiguity and eager to analyze/break down sophisticated datasets to derive clear decisions for our various business partners.Please Note: This is a Limited Term Employment position (8-Month Co-op) from January to August 2027

Description

This program offers mentorship and development to elevate your business acumen and give visibility to a wide spectrum of business projects at Apple. You will be embedded within a Sales Data and Analytics team and will own deliverables end to end. Depending on team fit, your work will center on a subset of the following:
1. Data Pipeline Modernization and Observability- Upgrade and modernize mature production ETL/ELT pipelines that span multiple platforms to ensure stability and reliability.
- Build and maintain automated batch pipelines that ingest, clean, and transform multi-source data into PostgreSQL and Snowflake environments.
- Stand up pipeline monitoring and observability: freshness checks, volume and schema drift detection, data quality assertions.
- Optimize database schemas, warehouse models, and query performance for analytical and AI workloads.2. Workflow Orchestration and Tooling Migration- Migrate scheduled jobs and legacy workflows into Apache Airflow and Apple's internal orchestration platforms, with a focus on avoiding silent failures during and after cutover.
- Document existing job dependencies and build validation and parallel-run strategies to confirm parity before decommissioning.
- Contribute to a catalog of modern Canada tooling and automations.3. AI Agent Development and Evaluation- Architect and build agentic workflows, Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) systems, and custom LLM applications against internal knowledge sources.
- Support the Canada AI Knowledge Hub and Skills Marketplace: knowledge base design, content structuring, retrieval quality, and the user-facing experience.
- Establish rigorous evaluation frameworks for AI systems, including ground-truth sets, benchmark suites, and methods for detecting confidently incorrect answers and hallucinations.
- Build AI agents for cross-source data reconciliation and monitoring, resolving discrepancies where multiple systems of record disagree.
- Implement structured logging, caching, and fallback mechanisms so AI features behave predictably in production.4. Analytics, Modeling, and Tiering- Conduct exploratory data analysis, feature engineering, and statistical modeling to uncover actionable insights.
- Develop and refine multi-factor scoring and tiering models (Business Tiering, POS Tiering, Carrier Analytics, and related frameworks) that combine several weighted inputs into a single classification.
- Build robust validation approaches and be prepared to explain and defend individual model outputs to business stakeholders as needed.
- Deliver reporting and visualization that makes model results usable, including Tableau dashboards and prepared datasets.5. Data Governance and Enablement- Contribute to data catalog and metadata efforts, including data lineage tracking and documentation of data requirements across sources.
- Curate and prepare datasets for business teams adopting AI tools, translating qualitative stakeholder needs into concrete metrics and data products.
- Support AI enablement activities such as office hours, documentation, and internal guidance.6. Collaboration and Cross-Functional Impact- Partner with business partners, peers, and IS&T to translate ambiguous problems into concrete data and AI deliverables.
- Write clean, well-documented, tested code; participate in code reviews; and present project milestones to both technical and executive stakeholders.

• Enrolled in a Bachelor's or Master's program in Computer Science, Data Science, Statistics, Mathematics, Engineering, or related quantitative field, returning to studies after position’s term.
• Strong proficiency in Python and standard data libraries (pandas, NumPy).
• Strong command of SQL and relational database concepts, including experience with PostgreSQL & Snowflake or a comparable relational database.
• Hands-on experience building end-to-end data pipelines or applications through coursework, personal projects, hackathons, or prior internships.
• Experience with Git and collaborative version control workflows.
• Foundational understanding of algorithms, data structures, and software engineering design.
• Demonstrated AI literacy: familiarity with how LLMs work, their failure modes, and where they are and are not appropriate.
• Strong communication and writing skills, critical to working across multiple teams and functions.
• Flexibility to juggle multiple responsibilities independently, and the judgment to ask questions early when something is unclear.
• Candidates are expected to have familiarity and/or experience in these areas, although deep expertise in all is not required.
• Data Engineering and Orchestration
• Apache Airflow (or Prefect, Dagster) for workflow orchestration
• Pipeline testing, data quality frameworks (Great Expectations or similar), and monitoring or alerting tooling
• Data lineage, metadata management, or data catalog tools
• AI and LLM Application Development
• LLM and agent frameworks: LangChain, LlamaIndex, or native tool-use and agent frameworks
• RAG architecture, prompt engineering, and retrieval evaluation
• Agent evaluation and benchmarking, including LLM-as-judge methods and hallucination detection
• Vector search: pgvector, Chroma, Qdrant, or similar
• FastAPI, Docker, and asynchronous Python
• Data Science and Analytics
• Statistical analysis, hypothesis testing, and feature engineering
• scikit-learn, XGBoost, or LightGBM for classification and scoring problems
• Composite scoring, weighting, and segmentation methodology
• Tableau and Tableau Prep, or comparable BI tooling
• Software Practices
• CI/CD pipelines, containerization, and unit or integration testing
• Clear technical documentation

At Apple, base pay is one part of our total compensation package and is determined within a range. This provides the opportunity to progress as you grow and develop within a role. The base pay range for this role is between $58,900 and $88,600, and your base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location.

Apple employees also have the opportunity to become an Apple shareholder through participation in Apple Inc.’s discretionary employee stock programs. Employees are eligible for discretionary restricted stock unit award recommendations, and can purchase Apple Inc. stock at a discount if voluntarily participating in Apple Inc.’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan. Participation in Apple Inc.’s discretionary stock programs is governed by Apple Inc.’s stock plans and agreements and are not part of local employment contracts or compensation.

You’ll also receive benefits including: Comprehensive medical and dental coverage, retirement benefits, a range of discounted products and free services, and for formal education related to advancing your career at Apple, reimbursement for certain educational expenses — including tuition. Additionally, this role might be eligible for discretionary bonuses or commission payments as well as relocation. Learn more about Apple Benefits

Note: Apple benefit and compensation programs are subject to eligibility requirements and other terms of the applicable plan or program.