
Data Scientist, Intern - MoneyLion at Gen Digital Inc. (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)
Gen Digital Inc.· Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia·
Role details
Gen Digital Inc. at a glance
Consumer Cyber Safety and financial-wellness company behind Norton, Avast, LifeLock, and MoneyLion.
Gen Digital is a public consumer Cyber Safety company that sells cybersecurity, online privacy, identity protection, and financial wellness through a portfolio of well-known brands including Norton, Avast, AVG, Avira, LifeLock, CCleaner, ReputationDefender, and MoneyLion. It serves nearly 500 million users across more than 150 countries.
· latest: Public (NASDAQ: GEN); ~$1B MoneyLion acquisition closed April 2025
Summary
Join MoneyLion as a Data Scientist Intern to analyze user interactions, uncover business insights, and develop dashboards. The role involves assisting with machine learning initiatives, maintaining data operations, and communicating findings to stakeholders within a fast-paced environment.
Job description
About Gen
Gen is a global company dedicated to powering Digital Freedom through its trusted consumer brands including Norton, Avast, LifeLock, MoneyLion and more. Our combined heritage is rooted in financial empowerment and cyber safety for the first digital generations, and today we deliver award-winning cybersecurity, online privacy, identity protection and financial wellness solutions to nearly 500 million users in more than 150 countries. Together, we share a collective passion and vision to protect consumers and help them grow, manage and secure their digital and financial lives. We’re always looking for smart, fearless and high-impact talent who see AI as a teammate – leveraging it to move faster and deliver meaningful results. When you’re part of Gen, you’ll have the flexibility, tools and support to do your best work and grow your career. At Gen, we are scrappy and relentlessly customer driven. We create room for healthy debate, experimentation and continuous learning, and we seek out people with different experiences, identities and ideas to join our team. You’ll work with people who back each other, respect each other and understand that our differences are a competitive advantage. If this sounds like you, we’d love you to be part of Gen.
About the Role
The Kuala Lumpur office is the technology powerhouse of MoneyLion. We pride ourselves on innovative initiatives and thrive in a fast paced and challenging environment.
We are looking for a data science intern to join our multicultural team of visionaries and industry rebels in disrupting the traditional finance industry! This internship will be 6 months long, starting June 2026 to December 2026. Kindly note that this internship is only open to Malaysians, with final year students preferred.
About MoneyLion
MoneyLion is a leader in financial technology powering the next generation of personalized products and content, with a top consumer finance super app, a premier embedded finance platform for enterprise businesses and a world-class media arm. MoneyLion’s mission is to give everyone the power to make their best financial decisions. We pride ourselves on serving the many, not the few; providing confidence through guidance, choice, personalization; and shortening the distance to an informed action.
In our go-to money app for consumers, we deliver curated content on finance and related topics, through a tailored feed that engages people to learn and share. People take control of their finances with our innovative financial products and marketplace - including our full-fledged suite of features to save, borrow, spend, and invest - seamlessly bringing together the best offers and content from MoneyLion and our 1,100+ Enterprise Partner network, together in one experience. MoneyLion’s enterprise technology provides the definitive search engine and marketplace for financial products, enabling any company to add embedded finance to their business, with advanced AI-backed data and tools through our platform and API. Established in 2013, MoneyLion connects millions of people with the financial products and content they need, when and where they need it.
Key Responsibilities
- Perform analyses to understand how our users interact with our products and how to improve our products.
- Discover new insights and understanding of business performance based on data
- Develop dashboards to track relevant metrics.
- Assist with regular maintenance/BAU operations within the data science team.
- Assist with prototyping and exploring new machine learning initiatives in MoneyLion.
- Communicate findings to stakeholders in a clear and concise manner.
About You
- Currently pursuing a technical degree in a quantitative field, such as computer science, mathematics, or actuarial science.
- Proficient in either R, Python, Matlab or other analytics/data mining packages.
- Experience in machine learning, predictive analytics and statistical modelling, in academic and/or industry settings.
- Fast learner with an ability to problem-solve independently.
- Good written and verbal communication skills, with high attention to detail.
What's Next... After you submit your application, you can expect the following steps in the recruitment process:
- Online Technical Test
- Take-Home Assessment
- Interview & Discussion of Take-Home Assessment - Hiring Manager (Virtual or face-to-face)
Gen is an equal opportunity employer, and we’re committed to fair, inclusive practices at every stage of the candidate and employee journey. Employment decisions are based on merit, experience and business needs.
Why work at Gen Digital Inc.
- Culture: Emphasizes collaboration, innovation, a giving mindset, and customer obsession. Values include “Think Big. Be Bold.”, “Be Scrappy. Make it Happen.”, and “Play to Win. Together.”
- Work model: Hybrid – choose which days to be in the office with an expectation of three days per week; unlimited paid time off; recognized holidays; parental leave and leaves of absence
- Benefits:
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
- Performance-based bonuses
- Learning & development (Learn@Gen, mentorship, degree/certification reimbursement, 24/7 eLearning)
- Wellness: virtual fitness, on-site gyms, Employee Assistance Program (EAP) extending to dependents
- Adoption, foster care, fertility, and surrogacy benefits in 15+ countries
- Global recognition program (“Inspire”) and diverse employee communities
- Interview process: Transparent – 15-30 min recruiter chat, 2-3 skill/team interviews (may include a task), then offer. Reflects the company’s collaborative culture.