AXA Climate’s Public Sector team is looking for an intern who will support in modeling climate hazards over multiple geographical locations, processing time-series and geodata, designing hazard models for weather-related events, risk valuation and other technical analysis for public sector clients. These include the World Bank and other development banks, international institutions, NGOs and governments.

Supported by the Public Sector Technical team, the intern will:

Contribute actively to scientific and technical developments:

• Develop data science and statistical models for hazard and vulnerability valuation.

• Download, explore and test other sources of meteorologic or vulnerability data : radar, satellite, new data providers, etc.

• Manage large time and geospatial datasets with coding optimisation and post-processing.

• Identify key issues surrounding high frequency weather events and low data availability.

• Develop risk models adapted to the targeted perils and populations.

• Explain technical concepts and share modeling.

Education: Grandes Écoles d’Ingénieurs and/or MSc

Background:

• Studies in Data Science, Statistics and Applied Mathematics, or Applied Physics.

• Experience with coding and data science technics.

• Knowledges in meteorology, atmospheric dynamics, and/or weather analysis will be an advantage.

Language: French and English: fluency in one, conversational level in the other

Required skills:

• Strong scientific skills: computer science, statistics, probability

• Python

• Treatment of various data sets: satellite, radar, time-series, etc.

• Strong autonomy

• Integrity

• Team spirit

Three interviews with AXA Climate team-members.