Machine Learning Intern
Trusted by many of the largest companies globally, Accertify is the leading digital platform assessing risk across the entire customer journey, from Account Monitoring and Payment Risk to Refund Fraud and Dispute Management. Accertify helps maximize revenues and user experience while minimizing loss and customer friction. We offer ultra-fast decision-making and precise control, ensuring our customers are always confidently in the driver’s seat and ready to #MoveAtTheSpeedOfRight.
Be in the driver’s seat of your career as a Machine Learning Intern with the industry leader—and build a career you can trust.
Join our AI/ML team on the front lines of modern fraud detection, where cutting‑edge technology meets real‑world impact. In this internship, you’ll help design and build next‑generation fraud detection models while developing hands‑on Python and SQL solutions that power our analytics platform. This will be an opportunity for you to gain meaningful experience working with advanced machine learning techniques, sharpen your coding and communication skills, and contribute to projects that directly influence how organizations fight fraud at scale. This role offers a fast‑paced, collaborative environment and a standout boost to your resume.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities:
- Explore all aspects of client data
- Engineer new input features
- Build Machine learning models and evaluate their effectiveness
- Implement production-ready, well-documented code with unit tests and other items needed for model integration
- Communicate with stakeholders on all aspects of the job
- Prepare and deliver a presentation at the end of the period
Skills & Qualifications:
- Strong Python and SQL coding skills
- Understanding of Machine Learning concepts and processes
- Strong work ethic
- Problem solving
- Verbal and written communication skills
Additional Requirements:
- Location: 2 Pierce Place, Suite 900, Itasca, IL 60143
- Workplace Flexibility: On-Site (5 days in-office per week)
- Full-time, 40-hour week position
- Monday – Friday 9 am - 5 pm CST
- Internship program runs from June 1st to July 31st (9 weeks)
- Interns are allowed three non-paid days off throughout the 9-week program; they must work with their hiring leader to coordinate these days.
- Interns will have two non-paid holidays during the program (Juneteenth and Independence Day).
- The expected hourly rate for this position is $20 per hour
- Visa Sponsorship: Employment eligibility to work for Accertify in the U.S. is required, as Accertify will not pursue Visa sponsorship for this position.