Job ID: 274299

Location Name: FSC REMOTE SF/NY/DC -173(USA_0173)

Address: FSC, Remote, CA 94105, United States (US)

Job Type: Full Time

Position Type: Intern/Trainee

Job Function: Internship

Remote Eligible: Yes

Company Overview

At Sephora we inspire our customers, empower our teams, and help them become the best versions of themselves. We create an environment where people are valued, and differences are celebrated. Every day, our teams across the world bring to life our purpose: to expand the way the world sees beauty by empowering the ExtraOrdinary in each of us. We are united by a common goal - to reimagine the future of beauty.

The Opportunity

COMPANY OVERVIEW:

At Sephora, we inspire our customers, empower our teams, and help them become the best versions of themselves. We create an environment where people are valued, and differences are celebrated. Every day, our teams across the world bring to life our purpose: to expand the way the world sees beauty by empowering the ExtraOrdinary in each of us. We are united by a common goal - to reimagine the future of beauty.

The Opportunity

Sephora Internships provide an inclusive and comprehensive experience that equips young professionals with the tools needed to align their passions with work. The 10-week internship program develops early career professionals by providing interns with hands-on learning, personal and professional networking opportunities, and the ability to work on projects that directly impact the business.

The Sephora internship program is also a prerequisite for consideration for LEAP, the cross-functional rotational program that provides on-the-job training in each of three Business Units-Supply Chain, Marketing, and Merchandising, over the course of nine months. LEAP prepares successfully performing trainees for a full-time, entry-level role in one of the three Business Units. Interns are invited to apply to LEAP at the beginning of the summer internship.

Program Details

An inclusive and engaging experience that develops technical and professional skills through weekly virtual workshops, networking opportunities, and career panels that provide exposure to Sephora’s career growth opportunities.

2025 Program Dates

June 1 - August 14, 2026
Working hours: 36hrs/week. Monday – Friday, PST
June 15 – 19, 2026: On-Site Week in San Francisco at headquarters office
June 29 – July 3, 2026: Week off for Summer Shutdown

POSITION TITLE: [Intern, Data Scientist, Technology]

YOUR ROLE AT SEPHORA...

As the Intern, Data Scientist, Technology, you collaborate with Data Science and Engineering to transform Sephora’s customer, product, and campaign data into functional ML prototypes (recommendations, rankings, and insights) that enhance customer experience and business results.

What You Will Accomplish

Explore, clean, and merge large omnichannel datasets (transactions, products/catalogs, content, campaigns) to create reliable training and evaluation sets.
Develop and evaluate ML prototypes (e.g., recommendation, ranking, classification) using clear, business-aligned metrics like AUC, CTR, redemption lift, and revenue impact.
Build repeatable feature pipelines in Python/PySpark on Databricks; log experiments and publish features to the feature store.
Conduct offline and online experiments; develop concise reports and dashboards, and present findings to Product, Merchandising, and Engineering.
Ship your work as well-documented notebooks or lightweight services/APIs and create clear “how-to” documentation in Confluence.
Demonstrate our Sephora values: Passion, Innovation, Expertise, Balance, Respect, Teamwork, and Initiative.

Qualifications & Experience

Strong Python (pandas, NumPy, scikit-learn) and SQL skills; familiarity with PySpark/Databricks is a plus.
Hands-on experience building ML models (recommendation, ranking, or classification) and evaluating them with appropriate metrics.
Practical data wrangling skills and comfort working with imperfect, large-scale datasets; solid problem-solving and ownership mindset.
Version control (Git) and notebook-driven workflow; clear documentation and presentation skills for technical and non-technical partners.
Nice-to-have: experience with A/B testing, feature stores/MLflow, or LLM/prompt engineering for analytics/assistant use cases.

Eligibility Requirements

Graduating in 2026 or 2027 (undergraduate or graduate degree)
Remote program – work schedule must align with Pacific Standard Time
Must permanently reside and work in the U.S.
Must be open to relocating to the San Francisco Bay Area upon graduation for consideration for full-time hybrid positions *
Available from June 1 - August 14, 2026
Available for the 1-week On-Site office experience in San Francisco, CA

The target hourly pay for this position is $25.00 - $25.00 per hour. The actual hourly pay offered depends on a variety of factors, which may include, as applicable, the individual applicant’s qualifications for the position; years of relevant experience; specific and unique skills; level of education attained; certifications or other professional licenses held; other legitimate, non-discriminatory business factors specific to the position; and the geographic location in which the applicant lives and/or from which they will perform the job.

While at Sephora, you’ll enjoy…

The people. You will be surrounded by some of the most talented leaders and teams – people you can be proud to work with.
The learning. We invest in training and developing our teams, and you will continue evolving and building your skills through personalized career plans.
The culture. As a leading beauty retailer within the LVMH family, our reach is broad, and our impact is global. It is in our DNA to innovate and, at Sephora, all 40,000 passionate team members across 35 markets and 3,000+ stores, are united by a common goal - to reimagine the future of beauty.

You can unleash your creativity, because we’ve got disruptive spirit. You can learn and evolve, because we empower you to be your best. You can be yourself, because you are what sets us apart. This, is the future of beauty. Reimagine your future, at Sephora.

Sephora is an equal opportunity employer and values diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, marital status, military/veteran status, or disability status. Sephora is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to applicants with physical and mental disabilities.

Sephora will consider for employment all qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable law.

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