Data Analytics Intern (Summer 2026)

Zipline is on a mission to transform the way goods move. Our aim is to solve the world’s most urgent and complex access challenges by building the first instant logistics system that serves all humans equally. Leveraging expertise in robotics and autonomy, Zipline designs, builds, and operates a fleet of cutting edge, autonomous delivery drones. We serve tens of millions of people around the world.

Joining Zipline’s Emerging Talent program as an intern is an opportunity to contribute to our promise of building a system that provides equitable access to critical healthcare supplies for millions of people. We believe that internships are more than just opportunities to learn by watching or doing low level tasks. We expect our interns to take on meaningful work that actively contributes to moving Zipline’s mission forward, while learning real-world skills that will serve them in their careers for the long term. 

Join us, and build the future of logistics with the best humans around!

Zipline’s Application Software team builds the tools we use to run our business. We are responsible for the operating system of Zipline – we develop critical applications that enable the manufacturing, maintenance, and service of our drone delivery system. We’re currently creating and improving systems to optimize operations across the business, including within finance, supply chain, inventory, manufacturing, maintenance, and engineering. We also build the software applications that enable the Zipline fulfillment experience, ranging from customer-facing applications for placing orders and tracking deliveries to internal applications for managing inventory and shipping orders.

As a data analytics intern on our team, you’ll partner with stakeholders, product managers, and software engineers to uncover meaningful insights about our business.Your primary focus will be designing and building dashboards and reports that empower decision-making and improve operational efficiency. This role is ideal for someone passionate about data, problem-solving, and driving impactful outcomes through analytics.

What You'll Do

• Collaborate across operations, finance, and customer success teams to understand and prioritize business needs
• Partner with software and analytics engineers to understand the data generated by our applications, and how it is transformed to be analytics-ready
• Design, develop, and maintain dashboards and reports that provide clear insights via key business metrics
• Work with the team to automate and optimize reporting processes to make data readily and easily available to drive insights
• Support data quality efforts by validating datasets and ensuring accuracy in reporting

• Experience writing SQL queries to calculate metrics and generate insights
• Experience performing data analysis on large datasets
• Experience building dashboards in business intelligence tools such as Mode, Tableau, Looker, PowerBI
• Adept at summarizing large datasets visually to make complex results understandable at a glance
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to translate business requirements into technical solutions

Our internships are full-time positions, in-person at our South San Francisco or Dallas office. We will host our Summer 2026 interns from May or June to August. 

Candidates are limited to three (3) applications within a 30-day period.

The starting cash range for this internship is $38 - 42/ hour. Please note that this is a target, starting cash range for a candidate who meets the minimum qualifications for this role. The final cash pay for this role will depend on a variety of factors, including a specific candidate's experience, qualifications, skills, and working location. The total compensation package for each role may also include: a housing stipend; overtime pay; relocation support; paid sick time; and more. 

Zipline is an equal opportunity employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws or our own sensibilities.

We value diversity at Zipline and welcome applications from those who are traditionally underrepresented in tech. If you like the sound of this position but are not sure if you are the perfect fit, please apply!

Zipline is also committed to providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. Please let your point of contact at Zipline know if you require any accommodations throughout your interview process.