Commercial Data Science Intern, Fall 2026

Commercial Data Science Intern, Fall 2026

About the Role & Program

Do you love the art of using data to solve complex business problems? We do too – and would be excited to have you join our team at Walt Disney World!

Our mission as part of the Commercial Strategy organization is to put our data assets to work, and apply quantitative techniques to discover previously unknown insights about our Guests and business. We get to work directly with the major decision-makers at Disney who shape the Walt Disney World experience. Through our insights, we help form and improve Disney products and offerings.

This is a unique role, in that it looks across a variety of functional areas, and enables the creation of holistic models to better predict and prescribe improvements to the overall Walt Disney World business. A position like this puts you in the middle of the main commercial decisions of the company – and is a great way to showcase your highly-technical data science skills!

The Professional Intern – Data Science currently reports to the Manager of Data Science and is an individual contributor role.

What you will do:

While each day will be different, with rotating priorities, the main themes for this role include you being a(n):

• Data Wrangler: You understand data and how it supports solving business problems.
• Analytics Creator: You leverage data science skills to deliver mathematical models and adhoc statistical analyses.
• Insights Translator: You interpret outputs of analyses and models to make relevant recommendations.

Required Qualifications & Skills

• Experience with SQL, Python, or R to perform data manipulation, engineering, or analysis
• Familiarity with SQL or NoSQL databases, as well as data modeling techniques/standard methodologies and practices
• Knowledge of industry leading data and analytic tools (e.g., Snowflake, Git, Sagemaker, Dataiku, Tableau)
• Ability to follow existing programming and style guidelines to maintain consistent quality of code
• Ability to maintain documentation, procedures, and working instructions for the Commercial team
• Time-management skills, with ability to prioritize multiple requests and communicate status to partners/leadership
• Strong communication, interpersonal skills and fortitude to get stuff done
• Passionate about data, technology, and challenging the status quo

Preferred Qualifications & Skills

• Familiarity with Docker and Kubernetes
• Familiarity with Machine Learning
• Experience with using ML Frameworks, libraries, and tools, such as TensorFlow, Spark MLlib, PyTorch, scikit-learn, Keras, etc.
• Experience with cloud platforms, such as AWS, Google Cloud, or Azure, as well as big data technologies

Education

• Currently enrolled undergraduate student in a quantitative field (e.g., statistics, mathematics, econometrics, data science)

Eligibility Requirements & Program Information:

• Be enrolled in an accredited college/university pursuing a degree taking at least one class at time of application OR currently participating in a Disney College Program or Disney Internship.
• Current Disney Interns, College, International, or Culinary Program Participants: You may only work for ONE consecutive year (12 months) in any combination of an internship and/or program.
• Be at least 18 years of age
• Possess unrestricted work authorization

Additional Information:

• Able to have a consistent, reliable work schedule throughout the internship
• Fully available from Monday - Friday, Eastern Standard Time, for the duration of the internship, 40 hours each week
• Able to provide/have reliable transportation to/from work
• Able to provide own housing for the duration of the internship program in the Orlando area
• The approximate date of this internship is August/September 2026 to December 2026