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New York, NY

PhD Machine Learning Engineer, Intern

Internship
Finance
Software engineering
Posted:
December 29, 2025

Stripe

Full-stack payment processing platform
76.4
Palpable Score
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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 2026. 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.

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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.

In-office expectations

Office-assigned Stripes in most of our locations are currently expected to spend at least 50% of the time in a given month in their local office or with users. This expectation may vary depending on role, team and location. For example, Stripes in our Bucharest, Romania site have an 80% in-office expectation, and those in Stripe Delivery Center roles in Mexico City, Mexico and Bengaluru, India work 100% from the office. Also, some teams have greater in-office attendance requirements, to appropriately support our users and workflows, which the hiring manager will discuss. This approach helps strike a balance between bringing people together for in-person collaboration and learning from each other, while supporting flexibility when possible.

Pay and benefits

The annual US base salary range for this role is $123,500 - $161,525. For sales roles, the range provided is the role’s On Target Earnings ("OTE") range, meaning that the range includes both the sales commissions/sales bonuses target and annual base salary for the role. This salary range may be inclusive of several career levels at Stripe and will be narrowed during the interview process based on a number of factors, including the candidate’s experience, qualifications, and location. Applicants interested in this role and who are not located in the US may request the annual salary range for their location during the interview process.

Additional benefits for this role may include: equity, company bonus or sales commissions/bonuses; 401(k) plan; medical, dental, and vision benefits; and wellness stipends.

About the company

Stripe

Company overview
Stripe builds payments and financial infrastructure used by internet businesses to accept payments, send payouts, and manage revenue workflows. Stripe sells products across online payments, subscriptions and billing, fraud prevention, and platform or marketplace payments. Stripe also runs Stripe Atlas, which supports founders with company formation and startup operations resources. Stripe operates globally and serves companies ranging from startups to large enterprises.

Locations and presence

Stripe lists dual headquarters in San Francisco and Dublin, alongside offices across regions including London, Paris, Singapore, and Tokyo. Stripe job listings describe a hybrid model where office-assigned roles are expected to spend at least 50% of time in a given month in a local office or with users, while some roles are available as remote if located 35+ miles from a Stripe office.

Palpable Score

76.4
/ 100
Stripe offers recurring internships and new graduate roles across multiple functions, and Stripe backs that access with real onboarding infrastructure like multi-week onboarding and structured internal education. Stripe is also unusually open on compensation ranges in many job ads, which helps early-career candidates avoid pay guesswork. The score is capped by mixed public sentiment on career progression consistency and the company’s recent layoffs, plus limited published early-career outcome metrics.
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