📍
London, UK

Data Science Intern, Gaming

Internship
Technology & Digital
Data / Analytics
Posted:
December 29, 2025

Tencent

Chinese technology & social-media conglomerate
76.6
Palpable Score
Apply >view company >

What the Role Entails

• Analyze large-scale datasets to solve complex business and technical challenges in gaming through analytics, forecasting, machine learning, recommender systems, generative AI, experimentation, causal inference, and econometrics.
• Collaborate with product and engineering teams to develop data-driven strategies and implement solutions that enhance business value.
• Deliver actionable business insights to internal and external stakeholders.
• Stay updated with the latest advancements in data science, machine learning, and generative AI, utilizing these technologies to innovate in gaming applications.
• Engage in technical knowledge sharing, documentation, and cross-team collaboration.

Who We Look For

• Master or PhD degree in a quantitative discipline such as Statistics, Math, Economics, Computer Science, Machine Learning, etc.
• Experience in statistical analysis (probabilities, hypothesis testing, multivariate analysis, time series analysis, predictive modeling, A/B experiments, etc.).
• Experience with building complex data products and machine learning systems on large datasets preferred.
• Proficient in Python and SQL.
• Excellent communication, collaboration, execution capabilities, and keen business acumen.
• Passionate about games and the gaming industry.

Other Requirements:


1. Please submit a personal list of gaming experience as part of the application.

About the company

Tencent

Company overview
Tencent is a global internet and technology company headquartered in Shenzhen, China. Tencent builds consumer products (notably communications, social, and digital content including games) and enterprise services such as cloud, advertising, and fintech. Tencent operates across multiple business groups and markets products and services that reach large user bases worldwide. Tencent is publicly listed in Hong Kong and runs significant R&D across AI, infrastructure, and digital platforms.

Locations and presence

Tencent is headquartered in Shenzhen and operates major offices across China (including Beijing, Shanghai, Chengdu, and Guangzhou) plus overseas offices including the United States and South Korea. Early-career roles appear primarily office-based or hybrid depending on country and team, with campus hiring tied to specific office locations.

Palpable Score

76.6
/ 100
Tencent is one of the most accessible large tech employers for early-career candidates because Tencent runs large-scale internship and campus recruitment and advertises global graduate hiring across multiple countries. The main cap on the score is transparency consistency: candidates can find interview-stage signals via reviews and some job ads, but Tencent does not consistently publish a single, role-by-role public standard for timelines, feedback, and pay ranges across regions.
view full company profile >

Related jobs

📍
Grand Rapids, MI
AECOM
Construction Intern
January 29, 2026
view job >
📍
Nottingham, UK
AECOM
Graduate Pavement and Materials Engineer - Nottingham (2026 start)
January 29, 2026
view job >
📍
Coral Gables, FL
AECOM
Entry Level Transportation Planner
January 29, 2026
view job >
📍
Mississauga, Canada
AECOM
Engineering Intern
January 29, 2026
view job >