2026 Advance Program Data Associate (Chicago)

Lovelytics is looking for new Associate members of our Advance Program!

“Advance” program hires the brightest minds from engineering universities who are seeking to be full-time data professionals. Our proprietary Advance Innovation Lab (AI Lab) finetunes technical and problem-solving skills to focus highly-motivated individuals to deliver solutions for Lovelytics' clients across business analysis, data science, cloud, data engineering, and visual engineering roles. Individuals achieve by learning side-by-side and growing as one community, united by creativity, positivity, and innovation.

Candidates must be able to work out of our Chicago office on a hybrid schedule (2+ days a week).

This role is not eligible for sponsorship at this time.

Primary Responsibilities

• Work as part of a collaborative team.
• Learn a variety of data skills, including data analysis, data engineering, and data science.
• Identify client data needs and develop data-driven solutions.
• Apply technical knowledge to client project needs.
• With oversight of senior technical team members, own your assigned work and help the team successfully deliver on technical projects.

Qualification

• A Degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, or equivalent.
• Experience developing computer-based solutions or data science models.
• Familiarity with the AWS or Azure or Databricks
• An interest in learning and working with a wide range of cutting-edge technologies and cloud services.
• Enthusiasm to solve a variety of technology- and data-based problems
• Some experience with SQL and Python.
• Business acumen and an ability to understand the data needs of various industries.
• A drive and flexibility to do what it takes to get the job done.

The base salary range for this position is $60,000-80,000 per year. Compensation is determined based on a variety of factors including, but not limited to, relevant experience, skills, qualifications, scope of role, and geographic location. Candidates are not guaranteed to be placed at any particular point within the range, and most offers will fall within the middle of the range or below. Lovelytics is committed to pay equity and transparency in compensation practices.