AI/ML PhD Intern, Sigma Computing

Summer 2026

Salary not provided

The hourly rate range for this position is $80-$90 an hour. Plus equity for Full-Time Employees

AWS

GCP

Azure

San Francisco Bay Area

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Business intelligence software solutions

Posted today

Business intelligence software solutions

1001+ employees

B2BEnterpriseAnalyticsVisualisationBusiness IntelligenceSaaSData AnalysisCloud Computing

Posted today

Salary not provided

The hourly rate range for this position is $80-$90 an hour. Plus equity for Full-Time Employees

AWS

GCP

Azure

San Francisco Bay Area

More information about location

1001+ employees

B2BEnterpriseAnalyticsVisualisationBusiness IntelligenceSaaSData AnalysisCloud Computing

Company mission

To empower everyone to make the best possible decisions at every turn by removing the barriers that prevent people from analyzing data across sources and delivering the full spectrum of self-service cloud analytics and business intelligence.

Job

Company

Role

Who you are

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
Knowledge of the full ML lifecycle: data curation, training, deployment, monitoring
Desire to bridge research and application—bringing new AI ideas from concept to impactful deployment

Desirable

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 know your way around cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, Azure)
You’ve worked in a fast-moving startup or high-growth environment

What the job involves

As an AI/ML PhD Intern, you’ll join a growing team focused on building the AI foundation that will power Sigma for the future
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
Conduct original AI/ML research in search, recommendations, natural language processing, agentic workflows and more
Prototype and productionize AI systems that feel intuitive but do a lot under the hood
Tackle novel UX problems at the intersection of AI, analytics, and data apps
Contribute to the development of scalable AI/ML infrastructure for experimentation, training, and evaluation of large-scale models

Our take

Sigma Computing is a cloud analytics and business intelligence solution that provides live access to cloud data warehouses using an intuitive spreadsheet interface, allowing customers to analyze data and make insight-driven decisions in a matter of moments, not weeks. The company’s unique architecture of expanding data improves both performance and security by exclusively retaining data in cloud warehouses like Snowflake.

The company boasts more than 1,000 enterprise customers, including Doordash, Duolingo, Blackstone, and Workday, who rely on Sigma Computing to make confident data-driven decisions. The company’s iterative and community-driven approach to A&BI frees data experts to focus on more innovative, fulfilling initiatives.

Sigma Computing's inclusion in the 2025 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Analytics and Business Intelligence, combines with $100M ARR and 10x growth over three years, really underscores its market momentum and investor confidence. With repeated recognition from Snowflake and Databricks as Business Intelligence Partner of the Year, Sigma is clearly delivering powerful analytic solutions and is certainly ready for continued growth.

Kirsty

Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle

Insights

Top investors

46% employee growth in 12 months

Glassdoor (3.5)

Company

Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)

May 2024

$200m

SERIES D

Dec 2021

$300m

SERIES C

Total funding: $566.3m

Company benefits

Competitive pay: Competitive salaries aligned with market rates—because we value your experience and contributions.
Flexible Schedule: Work in the way that suits you—Sigma supports flexibility in how and when you work best.
Bi-annual Hackathons: Make, create, innovate—hack alongside peers twice a year.
Unlimited Time Off: Recharge when you need—no limits on vacation days.
Health & Wellness: Support for your overall well-being. We offer Carrot Pro, Wellhub+, Rightway, and OneMedical.
Parental Leave: Paid leave to welcome new family members.
Unagi Scooters: Zip to work on us with Unagi scooter benefits provided for free!
Daily Lunches, Office Snacks, Coffee: Good vibes and great taste—lunch provided daily through DoorDash, unlimited snacks, coffee, tea, Celsius, and more!
Professional Development & Career Growth: Clear career progression paths and room to grow into leadership, Support for conferences, L&D, and career growth.
Health, Dental & Vision Insurance: Comprehensive health, dental, and vision coverage for you and your dependents.
401(k) Plan: Plan for your future with our 401(k) offering.

Company HQ

Yerba Buena, San Francisco, CA

Leadership

Rob Woollen

(Co-Founder & CTO)

Previously an Entrepreneur in Residence at Sutter Hill Ventures. Served as CTO & SVP (Platform Product Management) at Work.com. Worked as a Chief Architect at BEA Systems and was a Software Engineer at HP.

Jason Frantz

(Co-Founder & Chief Architect)

Previously served at the CTO at Sigma Computing. Previous Entrepreneur in Residence at Sutter Hill Ventures. Worked as a Software Architect at MapR Technologies, previous Software Engineer at both Clustrix and Agami Systems.

Mike Palmer

(CEO)

Prior to joining Sigma in 2020 as CEO, Mike was the CPO of Druva and Veritas Technologies. He also served as the SVP/GM at Seagate Technologies and as CMO, VP/GM of Cloud & Security Solutions at Verizon Enteprise Solutions.

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