Internship Responsible AI & Financial Crime Detection

Bij ABN AMRO krijg je als stagiair de kans om data science toe te passen op maatschappelijke vraagstukken met directe impact. Tijdens deze stage werk je op het snijvlak van geavanceerde machine learning en het voorkomen van financiële criminaliteit, met thema’s als fairness, robustness en uncertainty in voorspellende modellen. Je verkent vernieuwende technieken, draagt bij aan oplossingen die in de praktijk worden gebruikt en werkt samen met ervaren data scientists in een dynamische omgeving.

Are you passionate about applying data science to real-world challenges that have tangible societal impact? During this internship, you will work at the intersection of advanced machine learning and financial crime prevention, tackling complex problems such as fairness, robustness, and uncertainty in predictive models. You will have the opportunity to explore cutting-edge techniques, contribute to meaningful solutions used in practice, and collaborate with experienced data scientists in a highly dynamic environment. This is your chance to deepen your technical expertise while making a measurable difference.

Your job

As a Data Science Intern you will collaborate to develop top-notch data science products to fight financial economic crimes such as money laundering, fraud and financing of terrorism. During this internship, you will contribute to one of several advanced machine learning research projects within our team, working alongside experienced data scientists for guidance, feedback, and collaboration.

At the start of the internship, you will choose, in alignment with the team, to work on one of the following topics:

Project 1: Training machine learning models for fairness and coverage

Explore how model training and decision-making can be adapted to balance predictive performance with fairness across groups and coverage across client segments, using multi-objective optimization techniques.

Project 2: Stress testing machine learning models in the Financial & Economic Crime domain

Develop methods to systematically evaluate model behavior in underrepresented data dimensions, such as tails of distributions, by perturbing input data, helping uncover blind spots and improve robustness. As an additional objective, the project will explore the use of selected synthetic scenarios as part of the training or fine-tuning process.

Project 3: Quantifying robustness and uncertainty in model scores

Investigate techniques to estimate and incorporate prediction uncertainty, such as confidence intervals or distributions, into decision-making to improve reliability and reduce spurious alerts.

Your working environment

Our team consists of highly skilled data scientists working on various topics. The team is internationally oriented and diverse in age, background, and education.

Your profile

Passion for data science, proficiency in Python, and the ability to work with or quickly learn PySpark are essential. For example, you may be a computer science master’s student with an AI specialization.

During the internship, you should be a master’s student or in the final year of your bachelor’s degree in a relevant field. Fluency in English is required, and you should be available for at least four months. This internship has a flexible starting date.

• Enrolled in a Dutch university for the duration of the internship
• University education in a relevant field (WO or HBO master’s student or final year bachelor’s student)
• Strong affinity with data and software engineering and preferably PySpark
• Fluency in English
• Available for a minimum of four months, with a flexible starting date
• Ability to come to the office in Amsterdam twice a week

Skills You Bring:

• Communication: You convey information clearly and effectively
• Research: You can hypothesize, test and compare results in a scientific way
• Teamwork: You work well with others to achieve common goals
• Time Management: You efficiently manage your time and tasks
• Adaptability: You adjust to new situations and challenges with ease

What we offer

• A personal laptop
• An internship allowance of €750
• Networking events
• A workspace in an informal and multicultural environment among top professionals
• And of course, a great team