Technology and Data Intern

About the Role

The 2027 NBA Summer Internship is a 10-week program from June 7 – August 13, 2027, offering participants the opportunity to learn about the business of basketball, develop critical career skills, and contribute to meaningful projects across various departments. Interns will gain on-the-job experience and participate in professional development programming.

Role Overview

Selected interns will be placed in departments responsible for internal and external technology, digital products, data strategy, and analytics. This includes:

• Data Strategy & Analytics (DSA): Captures, manages, and analyzes fan and business data to inform decision-making. Partners with business units for initiatives like content personalization, customer insights, scheduling, pricing, marketing, fan engagement, and revenue growth.
• Direct-to-Consumer (DTC): Focuses on creating digital and broadcast experiences for fans, including the NBA App, NBA ID membership program, and the technology powering digital operations and live game broadcast distribution.
• Information Technology (IT): Designs, develops, and supports the technology infrastructure for global operations, business initiatives, and major events. Enables employee collaboration, supports game and venue technology, and manages cybersecurity.

Interns will work on projects such as software development, programming, bug fixes, incident prediction, data analysis, fan engagement studies, database management, interface design, performance improvements, revenue and viewer optimization, and user experience. Foundational mastery of AI technologies is required for project execution.

Key Responsibilities

• Collaborating on digital products to improve fan experience.
• Creating and maintaining user interfaces, optimizing site performance, and ensuring a seamless user experience.
• Coordinating with data engineers, data analysts, and BI developers on model development and deployment.
• Designing statistical analysis and visualizations related to league structure, rule changes, game play, competition format improvements, and technologies to enhance player health, game integrity, and fan engagement.
• Performing cross-departmental quantitative analyses on on-court activities and trends.
• Writing TypeScript/JavaScript code for NBA products across HTML5 powered connected devices.
• Completing trend analyses and providing summary reports.
• Following workflow processes, automations, and integrations.
• Iterating AIOps ML modules.
• Identifying and resolving technical issues and bugs.
• Integrating data from various sources (player statistics, schedules, live scores) using APIs.
• Synthesizing business requirements into platform capabilities and scalability.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Enrolled in a graduate degree program majoring in Data Science or Technology.
• Data Science majors: Data Analytics, Business Analytics, Information Systems, Computer Science, Marketing Analytics, Marketing Research, Sports Analytics.
• Technology majors: Computer Science, Information Technology, Information Systems, Computer Engineering, Cybersecurity, Engineering.
• Strong understanding of technology and software development.
• Ability to convey ideas clearly, both in writing and verbally.
• Ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams.
• Experience with probability and statistics.
• Capability to identify problems and propose creative solutions.
• Exposure to relational databases and SQL.
• Experience or desire to learn scripting languages such as Python or R.
• Experience with software engineering and system design.
• Intermediate background and experience working with Microsoft Excel.
• Professional or course-based experience with analytical projects.

Additional Details

• Work Option: Remote work option one day per week is available for eligible employees.
• Salary: $40/hr
• Work Option: The NBA currently provides eligible employees the option of working remotely one day per week.
• Benefits eligibility varies by role.