AI/Data Science Graduate Intern

Who We Are

Join a team that puts its People First! As a member of First American’s family of companies, Data & Analytics is a national provider of property-centric information, analytics, risk management and valuation solutions. First American maintains and curates the industry’s largest property and ownership dataset with over 7 billion document images. Our major platforms and products include: DataTree®, FraudGuard®, RegsData™, TaxSource™ and ACI®. The First American Data & Analytics division boasts more than 20 patents and remains at the forefront of innovation - leveraging technology and data to deliver best-in-class decisioning solutions. Fueled by our industry-leading data and using our technology and proprietary process, our solutions provide lenders, real estate and title companies with actionable insights - enabling them to make better, increasingly automated, decisions. With offices in all major metropolitan areas, including California and New York, DNA teams work collaboratively from across the country. Since 1889, First American (NYSE: FAF) has held an unwavering belief in its people. They are passionate about what they do, and we are equally passionate about fostering an environment where all feel welcome, supported, and empowered to be innovative and reach their full potential. Our inclusive, people-first culture has earned our company numerous accolades, including being named to the Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For® list for ten consecutive years. We have also earned awards as a best place to work for women, diversity and LGBTQ+ employees, and have been included on more than 50 regional best places to work lists. First American will always strive to be a great place to work, for all. For more information, please visit www.careers.firstam.com.

What We Do

First American’s Internship Program is a full-time, 10-12 week paid internship from June – August, 2026 which can be worked from an office or remotely, depending on the job opportunity. Our Interns will work in a program designed to help you gain experience and develop the technical, professional and interpersonal skills that will be invaluable throughout your career. As a First American AI/Data Scientist Intern you will gain exposure to working in a corporate environment within the Financial/Tech Industry—balanced with intern-specific activities, executive level presentations and networking opportunities—while under the guidance of a manager and/or mentor. Graduate students are assigned significant work assignments to support a specific business function within Data and Analytics.

As a Data Modeling Intern working in First American’s Data and Analytics division, you will have the opportunity to collaborate with a strong team of data scientists, engineers, and subject matter experts to build best in class property valuation models, related collateral analytic models, and work with unique data. You will be involved in building analytics capabilities and have access to property-centric data that spans 100% of the nation.

What You'll Do:

• Leverage skills to perform exploratory analysis, construct relevant variables, and identify patterns and data anomalies.
• Work with data operations partners to enhance existing and future data elements for model accuracy and effectiveness.
• Perform end-to-end activities within the model development life cycle from problem identification, feature engineering, model training and evaluation and deployment.

Job Qualifications

We are seeking College/University students enrolled in Graduate’s degree programs with 0-2 years' of work experience. Preferred Field of Study in.... Data Science, Statistics, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or Information Systems.

To qualify, candidates will possess the following:

• Proficiency in MS Office Suite applications and an understanding of the software development lifecycle
• Proficiency with RDBs and hands on experience developing high performance SQL queries
• Proficiency with R, or Python preferred
• The ability to solve problems, be detailed oriented and be conscientious about all work completed
• Experience with large datasets
• The potential to excel in the following competencies: Communication, Customer Focus, Ethics & Integrity, Teamwork & Adaptability, Productivity & Initiative
• Outstanding interpersonal skills
• Note that the following statements only apply to candidates who will be working from an unincorporated area within Los Angeles County. **

First American will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with arrest or conviction records, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws (e.g., the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act).

First American intends to conduct a review of an applicant’s criminal history in connection with a conditional offer. First American reasonably believes that a criminal history may have a direct, adverse an