Internship, Research Facilitator - Summer 2026

CompanyFederal Reserve Bank of Kansas CityChallenging and Rewarding Work | Commitment to Integrity and Service | Leadership Opportunities

Consider a career with an organization focused on promoting a healthy regional and national economy. As an intern, you will directly contribute to the trust and confidence in the nation's financial system through challenging work assignments and rewarding professional experiences. We focus on personal development and growth and reward highperformance with increasingly complex assignments and promotional opportunities.

The internship opportunities will be available on several teams within the Research division and will last approximately 10 weeks.

In this role, you will engage researchers in the use of a broad set ofstate-of-the-artcyberinfrastructure systems, tools, and software to enable research productivity. You will partner with researchers to co-create and co-learn relevant computing and data capabilities.

Key Activities

  • Researcher Engagement: Regularly engage a broad set of researchers through support requests (i.e.ticketing systems, chats).

  • Solutions Development: Helpfacilitatethe design and debugging of research workflows alongside researchers and senior research facilitators.

  • Partnership/Collaboration: Connect and coordinate interactions between researchers and technology providers.

  • Documentation/Training: Enhance learning with full awareness of local research computing and data landscape. Help teach and train the basic use of CI for researchers.

Qualifications

  • Minimum of 3 years' relevant post-secondary education.

  • Proven ability to work independently under direction and guidance from senior staff members.

  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills coupled with the ability to navigate a research environment.

  • Competency in high- and low-level languages (Python, R,Matlab, C/C++,Fortran).

  • Experience using workload managers and schedulers for High-Performance Computing (HPC).

  • Parallel computing experience using MPI, Open MP, or CUDA.

  • Experience with relational databases (Postgres, SQLite, etc.).

Please attachthe following with yourapplication:

  • Resume

  • UnofficialTranscript

  • Cover Letter - Optional

Note: You will not be able to attach documents afterapplicationsubmission.

Posting Close Date: Thursday, March 5, 2026

Additional Information

How We Work:

  • On-site, full-time with 5 days per month remote work flexibility

  • Location:Kansas City, MO

  • Remote Eligible: No

Pay Rate:

  • $21.00per hour

  • Final offers aredeterminedby factors including the candidate's qualifications, internal alignment considerations, district assignment, and geographic location.

ScreeningRequirements:Certain eligibility requirements apply.

Sponsorship: The Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City will not sponsor a new applicant for employment authorization for this position. Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States without the need for visa sponsorship now or in the future.

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CompanyFederal Reserve Bank of Kansas CityChallenging and Rewarding Work | Commitment to Integrity and Service | Leadership Opportunities

Consider a career with an organization focused on promoting a healthy regional and national economy. As an intern, you will directly contribute to the trust and confidence in the nation's financial system through challenging work assignments and rewarding professional experiences. We focus on personal development and growth and reward highperformance with increasingly complex assignments and promotional opportunities.

The internship opportunities will be available on several teams within the Research division and will last approximately 10 weeks.

In this role, you will engage researchers in the use of a broad set ofstate-of-the-artcyberinfrastructure systems, tools, and software to enable research productivity. You will partner with researchers to co-create and co-learn relevant computing and data capabilities.

Key Activities

  • Researcher Engagement: Regularly engage a broad set of researchers through support requests (i.e.ticketing systems, chats).

  • Solutions Development: Helpfacilitatethe design and debugging of research workflows alongside researchers and senior research facilitators.

  • Partnership/Collaboration: Connect and coordinate interactions between researchers and technology providers.

  • Documentation/Training: Enhance learning with full awareness of local research computing and data landscape. Help teach and train the basic use of CI for researchers.

Qualifications

  • Minimum of 3 years' relevant post-secondary education.

  • Proven ability to work independently under direction and guidance from senior staff members.

  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills coupled with the ability to navigate a research environment.

  • Competency in high- and low-level languages (Python, R,Matlab, C/C++,Fortran).

  • Experience using workload managers and schedulers for High-Performance Computing (HPC).

  • Parallel computing experience using MPI, Open MP, or CUDA.

  • Experience with relational databases (Postgres, SQLite, etc.).

Please attachthe following with yourapplication:

  • Resume

  • UnofficialTranscript

  • Cover Letter - Optional

Note: You will not be able to attach documents afterapplicationsubmission.

Posting Close Date: Thursday, March 5, 2026

Additional Information

How We Work:

  • On-site, full-time with 5 days per month remote work flexibility

  • Location:Kansas City, MO

  • Remote Eligible: No

Pay Rate:

  • $21.00per hour

  • Final offers aredeterminedby factors including the candidate's qualifications, internal alignment considerations, district assignment, and geographic location.

ScreeningRequirements:Certain eligibility requirements apply.

Sponsorship: The Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City will not sponsor a new applicant for employment authorization for this position. Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States without the need for visa sponsorship now or in the future.

About Us

Follow us on, Instagram,, and

Full Time / Part TimeFull timeRegular / TemporaryTemporaryJob Exempt (Yes / No)NoJob CategoryInternship Family GroupWork ShiftFirst (United States of America)

The Federal Reserve Banks are committed to equal employment opportunity for employees and job applicants in compliance with applicable law and to an environment where employees are valued for their differences.

Always verify and apply to jobs on Federal Reserve System Careers () or through verified Federal Reserve Bank social media channels.

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