Data Operations Intern (Summer 2027)

The best infrastructure is invisible. You only notice it when it fails. For decades the people responsible for our roads bridges and sidewalks have been asked to manage the physical world with tools that cant see it.

Cyvl is the Physical AI company changing that. We build purpose-built sensors computer vision and AI that turn every drive into current data: what exists where it is and what condition its in. 500 cities and towns use our Infrastructure Intelligence Platform to direct the work and fix problems before they fail. 1 in 30 Americans drive on roads managed with Cyvl data.

The proof isnt a dashboard. Its a smoother commute a safer walk to school and public dollars going where they matter most. Were a fast-moving team in Boston building hardware software and AI for the real world. If you believe technologys highest calling is public good come build with us.

Youll join the Data Operations team the group that turns raw street-level capture into the map layers 500 cities rely on. Every day sensor data from the field flows through our processing pipelines and comes out as road conditions sidewalk inventories sign catalogs and pavement scores. Youll own pieces of that pipeline: running deliveries end to end catching data problems before a customer does and writing the scripts that make the next delivery faster than the last.

• Process customer deliveries end to end: run geospatial data through our Python pipelines validate the output and publish the final layers to the Cyvl platform.

• Build QC checks that review data automatically.

• Investigate failed and stalled processing jobs in our AWS pipelines find the root cause and document the fix.

• Automate recurring manual steps into repeatable scripts and runbooks and measure the time saved.

• Partner with engineering and customer success to turn field-reported issues into code fixes or process improvements.

• Currently pursuing a degree in Computer Science Data Science or a related field

• Proficiency in Python; comfortable writing scripts that read transform and validate data

• Comfort working in a terminal and with version control

• Available full-time for 10-12 weeks in Summer 2027 based in our Somerville office

• GIS experience (QGIS or ArcGIS and formats like GeoJSON shapefiles GeoPackage)

• Familiarity with cloud infrastructure especially AWS

• SQL and experience querying real datasets

• Exposure to geospatial Python libraries (geopandas shapely)

• Interest in civic infrastructure transportation or public-sector technology

• A knack for the business side: you think about how data drives decisions and like problems like how do we track this better or how do we make this visible to the team

• Experience building dashboards or turning data into something a non-technical person can act on

Hard tech. Real streets. Your name on it.

• Hard problems in the real world. You build end-to-end: our own hardware software and AI with work that shows up on the street in the real world.

• Ownership that compounds. You own outcomes not tasks. You work directly with customers and across our team and youll own more sooner than almost anywhere else.

• Intense with heart. Were building a category so its not a place to coast. We also take care of each other have genuine fun together and believe in what we are doing.

• Cross lanes. Not my job doesnt exist here.

• Own without a playbook. The plan is still being written often by you.

• Try miss try again. We make big bets. Some wont land and we learn fast.

• Be in the room. Were on-site in Somerville about 90% of the time.

Were a startup building a category. If that sounds like the draw not the risk wed love to talk.

• Real: Authentic and transparent. Focused on solving real problems with simple effective solutions.

• All Out: Bold driven and committed to delivering results that matter.

• Accelerating: Always learning growing and moving with intention.

• Reliable: We follow through and deliver at a consistently high bar.

• Empowering: We lift each other up and help governments build infrastructure they can be proud of.

• How Atlanta cut downtown potholes by 60%

• How Buffalo turned a campaign promise into a paving plan

• How to rebuild US infrastructure smarter

If youre excited about this role and want to tell us more email with the subject line Data Ops Intern Your Name and answer any or all of these:

1. Why Cyvl and why a startup What draws you to this kind of work and to a small team where your work ships right away

2. Whats the coolest thing youve built with AI A class project side project script or experiment all count. Tell us what it did and what you learned.

3. Tell us about a time you solved a problem by fixing the process instead of just working harder. What was slowing you down What did you change What happened

A few honest paragraphs beat an AI-slop essay. Links to code notebooks or demos are welcome.

We build for every community so we hire from all of them. The best people for this work come from different backgrounds paths and places and many of them dont check every box. If this role excites you apply anyway. If you need an adjustment to our interview process tell us and well make it work.

Required Experience:

Intern