Data Science Support Intern

Pezesha has created a holistic financial marketplace for MSMEs, offering lending, financial education, and debt counselling to borrowers, plus a proprietary credit scoring system to vet MSMEs without a credit history. This process derisks lending to SMEs, attracting commercial banks and capital providers onto the platform. Through this collaborative structure, Pezesha is actively addressing the estimated $19 Billion financing gap for SMEs. The company is led by a highly experienced team with expertise in fin-tech, management of growth and technology companies, and extensive local market knowledge.

Role Overview

The Data Team Support Intern will support both Data Scientists and Data Engineers in testing, validating, and monitoring credit scoring and transaction classification systems.

This 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.

Key Responsibilities

Model Testing & Validation (Data Science Support)

• Assist in testing credit scoring models built by Data Scientists.
• Help verify the accuracy and consistency of features used in models.
• Support basic validation of model outputs across test and production environments.
• Participate in regression testing when models or features are updated.

M-Pesa Classifier Testing

• Support testing of the M-Pesa transaction classifier, including LLM-based classification logic.
• Assist in measuring classification accuracy and identifying misclassified transactions.
• Help track and report classifier accuracy, with a target of above 95% under supervision.

ETL & Deployment Support (Data Engineering Support)

• Assist in validating ETL pipelines that feed credit scoring systems.
• Help check data accuracy, completeness, and consistency in processed datasets.
• Support testing of deployed models to ensure they run correctly after release.

Documentation & Change Tracking

• Assist in documenting:
  • Model and feature changes
  • ETL updates
  • Testing results and observations
• Maintain simple change logs and testing notes for internal reference.

Required Qualifications

• Currently pursuing or recently completed a degree in:

  • Data Science
  • Computer Science
  • Statistics
  • Information Technology
  • Or a related field

• Basic knowledge of:

  • Python and SQL
  • Strong R programming skills
  • Data analysis concepts
  • Machine learning fundamentals