Yves Saint Laurent Data Scientist Intern

About Yves Saint Laurent

Yves Saint Laurent stands as one of fashion’s most influential maisons, renowned for redefining modern elegance through audacity, precision, and cultural intelligence. As an employer, the House offers a dynamic environment where heritage and innovation meet, inviting talent to contribute to a legacy shaped by creativity, craftsmanship, and a distinctly Parisian spirit. Employees are encouraged to pursue excellence across design, retail, merchandising, communications, and corporate functions, within a culture that values individuality, rigor, and forward-looking vision. Joining Yves Saint Laurent means participating in the continued evolution of an iconic brand whose influence extends far beyond fashion.

Role & Responsibilities

• Collect and structure internal and external datasets from APIs, web sources, and open data for modeling purposes
• Perform data cleaning, transformation, and feature engineering to enhance machine learning model performance
• Conduct exploratory data analysis to identify patterns, insights, and support hypothesis-driven experimentation
• Participate in the design, training, and evaluation of machine learning models for prediction, classification, and recommendation use cases
• Prototype and explore LLM-based and agentic AI systems
• Monitor model performance and iterate on improvements based on evaluation metrics
• Build analytical datasets supporting model training and business stakeholder reporting

Qualifications

• Master's student in Data Science, Machine Learning, Computer Science, or related field
• Strong proficiency in Python and SQL
• Solid understanding of machine learning fundamentals and algorithms
• Hands-on experience with data manipulation libraries such as pandas and scikit-learn
• Demonstrated interest in AI systems, large language models, or applied machine learning
• Rigorous analytical approach and comfort working with complex datasets

Skills

Experience

Internship experience in data science, machine learning, or related analytical roles is advantageous. Candidates should demonstrate practical experience with machine learning projects, data manipulation, and statistical analysis.

Education

Currently enrolled in a Master's program in Data Science, Machine Learning, Computer Science, or a closely related discipline.

Workplace

Culture

Yves Saint Laurent fosters a bold, creative, and fast-paced workplace where teams are encouraged to challenge convention while upholding the Maison’s legacy of elegance and modernity. As an employer, it values artistic vision, collaboration, and excellence, offering an environment where talent can contribute to a globally influential luxury brand with a distinctive Parisian spirit.

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