Machine Learning Engineer Intern

Job Description:

The team applies advanced analytics—including machine learning, quantitative algorithms, and data mining techniques— to obtain business insights and solve problems. We are actively involved throughout the entire lifecycle, from initial design to final implementation. Our stakeholders span all areas of the bank, including business, risk, retail, and corporate banking.

Our scope of work includes:

· Building and maintaining a robust codebase that supports the creation of ML models

· Training, deploying, and monitoring machine learning models tailored to various business needs.

· Conducting ad hoc data analyses

· Developing dashboards and tools to enhance data accessibility and support a more data-driven organization.

The employee will focus on developing an interactive dashboard for computing the profitability and risk assigned of a finance product.

For this purpose, we are looking for students interested in writing their thesis on this topic.

Experiences:

• Practical experience (at least 2+ years) with programming language such as Python

• Knowledge of Object-Oriented Programming and Git workflows
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices

Skills:

• Demonstrated solid data handling skills.
• Fluent written and spoken English
• Strong verbal and written communication skills

Nice to Have:

• Personal public projects on GitHub/Azure or similar
• Familiarity with machine learning libraries and frameworks (e.g. scikit-learn...)
• Experience in at least one of the following:
  • Credit Decision Models
  • Business Models (e.g., Churn, Propensity)
  • Clustering techniques

Personal Characteristics:

• Self-driven with the ability to figure out solutions by him or herself
• Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment.
• Must possess an energetic, self-motivated work ethic.
• Effectively communicate with many levels.
• Proven to perform under pressure.
• High ethical standards, honesty, integrity.

Location: Milan (hybrid)

Compensation: 1500€/month

About ING

We’re a global bank with a strong European base, and our more than 60,000 colleagues serve around 38 million customers and corporate clients in over 40 countries.

Joining ING means working with friendly and collaborative people towards making a positive impact on people and planet. We believe in empowering the people around us and our customers to stay a step ahead. Working here means having the autonomy to drive progress, helping to create superior customer value and contributing to our ambition of putting sustainability at the heart of everything we do.

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