Who we are
About Stripe
Stripe is a financial infrastructure platform for businesses. Millions of companies - from the world’s largest enterprises to the most ambitious startups - use Stripe to accept payments, grow their revenue, and accelerate new business opportunities. Our mission is to increase the GDP of the internet, and we have a staggering amount of work ahead. That means you have an unprecedented opportunity to put the global economy within everyone’s reach while doing the most important work of your career.
What you’ll do
About the internship
Stripe's Applied ML, Data Science, Risk, and Payments organizations are excited to offer PhD machine learning engineering internships for the summer of 2027. This is an exceptional opportunity to contribute to critical projects that directly enhance Stripe's suite of products, focusing on areas such as foundation models used for dozens of tasks e.g. fraud detection, enhanced support, and predicting user behavior.
As an intern, you'll tackle challenging problems at the intersection of finance, technology, and data. You'll have the chance to work on creative projects like the Stripe Assistant and the Stripe Foundation Model, which leverage machine learning to revolutionize how businesses interact with financial services and data.
Responsibilities
- Develop and deploy large-scale machine learning systems that drive significant business value across various domains.
- Engage in the end-to-end process of designing, training, improving, and launching machine learning models.
- Write production-scale ML models that will be deployed to help Stripe enable economic infrastructure access for a diverse range of businesses globally.
- Collaborate across teams to incorporate feedback and proactively seek solutions to challenges.
- Rapidly learn new technologies and approaches, demonstrating a strong ability to ask insightful questions and communicate the status of your work effectively.
Who you are
Minimum requirements
Preferred qualifications
You Might Also Have:
- Two years of university education or equivalent experience, with in-depth knowledge in specific domains of machine learning.
- Published and presented peer-reviewed articles in top-tier venues.
- Experience in writing high-quality pull requests, maintaining good test coverage, and completing projects with minimal defects.
- Familiarity with navigating new codebases and managing work across different programming languages.
- Excellent written communication skills to clearly articulate your work to both team members and wider Stripe audiences.
Application requirements
Please submit the following with your application:
- A detailed resume or LinkedIn profile showcasing your work history.
- Examples of relevant work and your approach to learning, such as GitHub repositories, StackOverflow contributions, or other project portfolios.
Join us for an unforgettable summer internship and help shape the future of global commerce. At Stripe, you won't just be working on theoretical projects; you'll make a tangible impact on the world's economic infrastructure.
