Summer Internship at WhatInMyWater
Company Description
WhatInMyWater aggregates UK water data into a powerful, enterprise-grade dataset and user-friendly service. Our platform empowers individuals with personalised water-quality reports based on their postcode, backed by collaborations with leading water-health scientists to ensure cutting-edge biomarker standards. Through data engineering, research, and AI-driven insights, we’re making clean water information transparent and accessible to all.
Role Overview
Join us as a Summer Intern in our remote office to help shape the future of water-quality transparency. This unpaid, hands-on role offers flexible hours (approximately 20–30 hours per week) to accommodate your schedule. You’ll work on real-world projects, from building data pipelines to enhancing AI-driven reports, gaining end-to-end product development experience in a dynamic startup environment.
What You’ll Do
- Data Ingestion & Scraping
- Develop and maintain Python/Go scripts to scrape water-quality data from government sites, PDFs (via OCR), and public APIs
- Build a robust, reusable scraping pipeline with error handling, logging, and scheduling
- Backend & Database Work
- Design and optimise Postgres database schemas for large-scale time-series water data
- Support deployment and hosting using Docker, AWS, and CI/CD pipelines
AI & Reporting
- Experiment with generative-AI models and prompt engineering to improve the clarity and personalisation of water-quality reports
- Collaborate with science partners to translate biomarker thresholds into accessible, user-friendly metrics
- Research & Product Support
- Create user-facing content, assist with documentation, or contribute to UX wireframes
Who You Are
- Pursuing (or recently completed) a Bachelor’s or Master’s in Computer Science, Data Science, Environmental Science, or a related field, or have programming experience
- Comfortable writing clean, documented code in Python, Go, or TypeScript
- Familiar with web-scraping tools (e.g., BeautifulSoup, Scrapy, OCR libraries, REST/SOAP APIs)
- Eager to learn Postgres database design and querying
- Curious about generative AI, prompt engineering, or data visualisation
- A collaborative communicator who thrives in fast-paced teams
What You’ll Gain
- Hands-on experience building a full-stack data product from the ground up
- Mentorship from experienced engineers and water-health researchers
- Proficiency with modern tools: TypeScript (frontend), Go/Python (backend), Postgres, Docker, AWS
- A portfolio-worthy project and a letter of recommendation upon successful completion
- Flexible hours to balance your internship with other commitments
How to Apply
Send your CV and a brief cover note (max 300 words) to with the subject line:“Summer Internship Application – [Your Name]”.
In your cover note, tell us briefly about your experience, and which project area (e.g., data scraping, AI reporting, etc) excites you most and why.
Include any links to projects! :)
Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis—apply now to join our mission for cleaner, transparent water!
Note: This is an unpaid internship designed to provide valuable experience and professional growth for early-career individuals.
