Data Scientist Intern, GoFundMe
People Analytics, Master's Degree
The hourly rate for this position is $75.00
3 days a week in office
Social fundraising platform
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Social fundraising platform
501-1000 employees
Be an early applicant
The hourly rate for this position is $75.00
3 days a week in office
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To help people fundraise for the personal, business, and charitable causes that matter most to them.
Role
Who you are
- Currently pursuing a Master’s Degree in Data Science, Industrial-Organizational Psychology, Computer Science, Business Analytics, or related field
- Coursework or experience in statistics, regression analysis, machine learning, natural language processing or artificial intelligence
- Familiarity with Python, SQL and data visualization tools (Looker, Tableau or similar)
- Exposure to or curiosity about AI tools for analysis, automation, and communication (e.g., ChatGPT, Copilot, or Claude)
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and critical thinking skills with attention to data quality
- Clear written and verbal communication for simplifying complex analytics and presenting to non-technical stakeholders
What the job involves
- This opportunity is open to Master's students entering their final year of study. This 10 week internship runs from May 27th, 2026 to August 7th, 2026 and is based in San Francisco, CA with Interns expected onsite three days per week
- AI & Automation Project Work: Contribute to a pilot initiative that uses AI to automate people analytics workflows — such as survey analysis and sentiment analysis from open-text feedback
- Data Pipeline Optimization: Help modernize how the team ingests, cleans, and integrates employee data across HR systems, surveys, and engagement platforms
- Predictive and Prescriptive Analytics: Assist with modeling engagement, turnover, and workforce performance using regression, clustering, and NLP techniques
- Dashboarding & Reporting: Build dashboards with automatically refreshing metrics to highlight people trends for HR partners and leaders
- Generative AI Exploration: Experiment with AI tools (e.g., Copilot, ChatGPT, or Claude) to automate report generation, summarize insights, and create executive-ready narratives
- Process Documentation: Develop “how-to” documentation and reusable scripts that streamline future analysis and automation initiatives
Our take
One of the most well-known fundraising platforms in the world, GoFundMe makes raising money online exceptionally easy. The platform started initially with a focus on charity and good causes, but its scope has now expanded to include start-up business funding. What makes the platform attractive is its ability to democratize fundraising through the medium of online.
GoFundMe's rapid rise in popularity has been helped by its social media integrations and the speed at which individuals can start funds. With strategic foresight, the company launched its GoFundMe Guarantee in 2016, a pledge to protect donors from fraud or platform misuse - knowing that its continued growth could only be hampered by security issues or donor deception.
This guarantee is what has enabled the company to remain the largest crowdfunding platform in the world. Notably, it stands amongst the likes of Airbnb, Facebook, and Netflix in being backed by tech investors TCV.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
-6% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company benefits
- Wide range of health insurance options, including medical, dental, and vision (GoFundMe covers 100% of employee premiums, and 80% of spouse and dependents)
- $600 annual fitness and wellness reimbursement
- Weekly massages
- Standing desks
- Fully-stocked kitchens & daily lunches
- Team off-sites & monthly social events
- Many of our offices are dog friendly
- 10 paid holidays, 17 days of accrued vacation per year, unlimited sick time & three volunteer days
- Enhanced parental leaves
- $50/month for employees commuting to and from work (public transit and/or parking)
- Caltrain GoPasses for our Bay Area commuters
- "Gives Back" program, where employees nominate fundraisers weekly for donations from GoFundMe
- Quarterly volunteer events in each office to give back to our local communities
- 401(k) retirement plan with company matching
- Access to learning tools and resources, including a subscription to Udemy, guest speakers, and internal brown bag sessions
Company HQ
Centennial, Redwood City, CA
Leadership
Margaret Richardson
(Chief Corporate Affairs Officer, not founder)Formerly worked at Airbnb as Vice President of Trust and Director of Global Policy. They worked in Trust & Safety at Apple prior to becoming a Member of Pipeline Angels.
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