Sigma Computing
AI/ML PhD Intern (Summer 2027)
San Francisco, CA · Intern · Internship
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About the role
- You can learn more about our vision for AI/ML at Sigma in our blog post.
- Your work will become an integral part of the workflow for the thousands of enterprises that run on Sigma.
- We're looking for PhD students that are passionate about the intersection of AI, business, and data.
Responsibilities
- Now we're pushing further, applying AI to reshape how people build in Sigma, discover insights, and make smarter decisions-fast.
Requirements
- Knowledge of the full ML lifecycle: data curation, training, deployment, monitoring
- You know your way around cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, Azure)
- Current PhD student studying AI/ML at a U.S. accredited university
- Deep understanding of machine learning, including deep learning algorithms, model architectures and optimization
- Baseline understanding of building and deploying production-grade AI/ML systems
- Desire to bridge research and application-bringing new AI ideas from concept to impactful deployment.
- Bonus Points (or skills you'll build here)
- You've built agents that can plan, reason, and use tools
- You've fine-tuned or trained foundation models (language or multimodal) for novel domains
- You've worked in a fast-moving startup or high-growth environment
- Additional Job details
- The hourly rate range for this position is $80-$90 an hour
Compensation
- Base pay is one part of the Total Package that is provided to compensate and recognize employees for their work at Sigma Computing.
Benefits
- Generous health benefits
- Flexible time off policy.
- Take the time off you need!
- Commuter and FSA benefits
Company info
- Sigma is the AI Apps and agentic analytics platform built on the cloud data warehouse. Business and technical teams use Sigma to explore live data, build intelligent applications, and automate critical workflows all without moving data or breaking governance. Sigma supports a spreadsheet interface, SQL, Python, and native AI in a single governed workspace, giving every team the speed to act and IT the control to scale. Sigma is trusted by more than 2,000 customers, including AMD, Duolingo, Colgate-Palmolive, and JPMorgan Chase.
- Sigma announced its $80M in Series E financing in May 2026. The round was led by Princeville Capital, with new strategic investors Databricks Ventures, ServiceNow Ventures, and Workday Ventures participating alongside returning investors Altimeter Capital, Avenir Growth Capital, D1 Capital Partners, K5 Global, NewView Capital, Spark Capital, Sutter Hill Ventures, and XN. This milestone follows Sigma reaching $200M in annual recurring revenue in April 2026, with more than 100% year-over-year growth and 1.1 million new active users added in the latest fiscal year.
- Come join us!
- Benefits For Our Full-Time Employees:
- Sigma is the AI Apps and agentic analytics platform built on the cloud data warehouse.
- Business and technical teams use Sigma to explore live data, build intelligent applications, and automate critical workflows all without moving data or breaking governance.
- Sigma supports a spreadsheet interface, SQL, Python, and native AI in a single governed workspace, giving every team the speed to act and IT the control to scale.
- Sigma is trusted by more than 2,000 customers, including AMD, Duolingo, Colgate-Palmolive, and JPMorgan Chase.
- Sigma announced its $80M in Series E financing in May 2026.
- The round was led by Princeville Capital, with new strategic investors Databricks Ventures, ServiceNow Ventures, and Workday Ventures participating alongside returning investors Altimeter Capital, Avenir Growth Capital, D1 Capital Partners, K5 Global, NewView Capital, Spark Capital, Sutter Hill Ventures, and XN.
- This milestone follows Sigma reaching $200M in annual recurring revenue in April 2026, with more than 100% year-over-year growth and 1.1 million new active users added in the latest fiscal year.
- Equity
- Flexible time off policy. Take the time off you need!
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- g a smart and strong team regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, veteran, or any othe
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