Data Science Intern

About our Company:

Medidata is powering smarter treatments and healthier people through digital solutions to support clinical trials. Celebrating 25 years of ground-breaking technological innovation across more than 36,000 trials and 11 million patients, Medidata offers industry-leading expertise, analytics-powered insights, and one of the largest clinical trial data sets in the industry. More than 1 million users trust Medidata's seamless, end-to-end platform to improve patient experiences, accelerate clinical breakthroughs, and bring therapies to market faster. Discover more at

The Program:

At Medidata, interns will have the opportunity to accelerate their careers by working closely with experienced professionals and gain valuable, hands-on, full-time work experience. By being a part of our global organization, interns have the opportunity to work alongside our talented and committed professionals helping them to build a strong foundation for achieving their career goals. For 12 weeks, beginning May 18, 2026, interns will have an opportunity to gain a deep understanding of what it means to be a Medidatian. United around a single goal of empowering smarter treatments and healthier people. Medidatians work in a culture of curiosity, innovation and fun. You will be contributing to the line of business with sustainable and meaningful work.

Our Summer Internship program also includes instructor led training, guided mentorship, exposure to senior leadership and community service. In addition to individual and specific related responsibilities, each intern will participate in our Intern Innovation Lab. Assigned to cross-functional teams, interns will work closely to develop an innovative solution to a business problem currently facing Medidata. As they work diligently to present their final solutions to a panel of top Medidata leaders, we are confident that our interns will make a significant impact on our business.

About the Team:

The Platform AI Team is the central team looking at ways to leverage Data Science, Machine Learning and Generative AI technologies in the service of making drug development faster, more efficient and lower cost. We work at the intersection of basic science (biology/chemistry) and technology, both applying the latest technologies such as fine-tuned large language models, but also push the boundaries and develop new algorithms and methods to solve intractable problems facing not only the drug industry but data science in general.

Responsibilities:

Protocol documents are the foundational document for running Clinical Trials. Medidata’s long term goal is to turn this document into something that is amenable to trial automation and prediction tasks. As such we are looking for individuals to help us improve the way we’re digitizing protocols.

• Goal: Digitizing the Schedule of Assessments (SoA), the master table in the clinical trial protocol that defines patient procedures and timings.
• Problem: Crucial information is often buried in unstructured, non-standardized footnotes.
• Solution: Engineering a pipeline using LLMs to extract these footnotes, resolve their references, and transform them into structured data

Qualifications:

This position is open to current students at a US University in the quantitative sciences. 

1. The candidate should be a current student studying a quantitative field that requires significant programming experience such as Computer Science, Statistics, Computational Biology/Chemistry, Physics or Mathematics. 
2. Candidates should have familiarity with standard software engineering practices such as using source control

The salary range posted below refers only to positions that will be physically based in New York . As with all roles, Medidata sets ranges based on a number of factors including function, level, candidate expertise and experience, and geographic location. Pay ranges for candidates in locations other than New York, may differ based on the local market data in that region. The base hourly pay range for this position is $32 an hour.

Equal Employment Opportunity:

In order to provide equal employment and advancement opportunities to all individuals, employment decisions at Medidata are based on merit, qualifications and abilities. Medidata is committed to a policy of non-discrimination and equal opportunity for all employees and qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth or medical or common conditions related to pregnancy or childbirth), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, familial status, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, veteran status, military service, application for military service, genetic information, receipt of free medical care, or any other characteristic protected under applicable law. Medidata will make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with known disabilities, in accordance with applicable law.

Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

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