Internship Geospatial Data Scientist (m/w/d) for Vantage Towers - limited to 6 months

Düsseldorf

from today

The opportunity

At Vantage Towers, we’re on a mission to power Europe’s sustainable digital transformation. As a leading tower company, we’re ushering in an era of technology-driven advances to help connect people, businesses, and internet-enabled devices like never before. We combine the scale, stability and quality of our tower network with the agility, optimism and energy of a start-up.

As a young TowerCo, we have already achieved strong results with a continued focus on accelerating growth and a special emphasis put on sustainability. As part of our team, you’ll work in a dynamic and multicultural environment that embraces open communication, collaboration and teamwork.

Our Regional Deployment team leads the end-to-end execution of mobile infrastructure projects across Germany. You drive the expansion and modernization of our tower network through effective planning, resource management, and process optimization.

If you’re ready to take responsibility and shape the future of telco infrastructure with us, then let’s level up in your career and reach the top, together.

Your Responsibilities

• Data Processing & Quality Assurance: You support the team with geospatial data processing, analysis, quality assurance, as well as the creation, enrichment, and documentation of datasets.
• FME & Workflow Automation: You build and maintain FME workflows to clean, transform, validate, and integrate crowdsourced, public, and proprietary spatial data across various formats.
• Spatial Analysis: You perform spatial analyses such as proximity, intersection, coverage, density, accessibility, and line-of-sight analyses.
• Python Development: You develop Python scripts using libraries such as GeoPandas, Pandas, Shapely, Rasterio, GDAL, and PyProj to automate data processing tasks.
• Data Collection & GIS Formats: You collect public data via APIs and web scraping while handling common GIS formats (GeoJSON, Shapefile, GeoPackage, KML, CSV, Parquet) and database records.

Your Profile

• Educational Background: Current enrolment in a bachelor’s or master’s degree programme in geoinformatics, geography, geomatics, data science, computer science, remote sensing, surveying, or a related subject
• Professional Experience: Availability to work approximately 20 hours per week
• Technical Skills: Good understanding of GIS concepts, spatial data, coordinate reference systems, and spatial analysis; required Python programming experience (ideally with GeoPandas, Pandas, Shapely, Rasterio) and desktop GIS software (QGIS/ArcGIS); basic SQL knowledge; familiarity with APIs, web scraping, and structured data formats (JSON, XML, CSV). Nice to have: experience with FME or PostgreSQL/PostGIS
• Soft Skills: Careful, structured working methods for validating and documenting datasets; strong analytical and problem-solving skills; high initiative, curiosity, reliability, and willingness to learn new technologies.
• Language Proficiency: Good written and spoken English is required; German language skills are an advantage.

The position is based in Düsseldorf.

What We Offer

• A diverse, multicultural setup based on our values – accountability, respect, teamwork, and trust – and the unique opportunity to shape the organisation
• An attractive salary package depending on your experience and qualifications
• Maximum flexibility: With Full-Flex Office, we support you in combining university and work easily. You can freely decide how you’ll work upon agreement with your manager and even work from other EU countries for up to 20 days per year.
• Extensive learning opportunities and individual support for your professional and personal development with the opportunity to secure permanent employment after graduation
• A buddy who will help you with any questions and support you in your ongoing work life
• On top: a total of 30 days in holidays per year, fitness and health offers, discount on mobile products and access to corporate benefits

Interested? Send us your CV with your preferred start date. Depending on the role, we generally invite you to two rounds of interviews before you receive your offer.

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