Strategic Finance Associate / Senior Associate, Baseten
$155-175k
+ Equity
More information about location
ML application builder for data scientists
Posted today
ML application builder for data scientists
101-200 employees
Posted today
$155-175k
+ Equity
More information about location
101-200 employees
Company mission
To make machine learning accessible to every organisation.
Role
Who you are
- We’re looking for a high-performing strategic finance professional to join our growing Finance team
- This role is ideal for someone with 3 - 4 years of experience across investment banking, venture capital, private equity and/or strategic finance who wants broad exposure to company-building inside a fast-scaling AI infrastructure company. Experience in strategic finance is a plus, but not required
- 3 - 4 years of experience across investment banking, venture capital, private equity, and/or strategic finance
- Strong financial modeling and analytical skills
- Ability to synthesize complex information into clear recommendations for executives
- Comfortable operating as a generalist in a fast-moving environment
- Strong attention to detail with a bias toward ownership and execution
- Excellent communication and presentation skills
- High intellectual curiosity and interest in AI / infrastructure / developer tooling
- Advanced Excel / Google Sheets skills; familiarity with SQL or BI tools is a plus
Desirable
- Experience in AI/ML, cloud infrastructure, or SaaS
- Familiarity with usage-based business models
What the job involves
- You’ll work closely with Finance leadership and partner cross-functionally across the Finance leadership team
- Support company-wide financial planning, forecasting, and budgeting processes
- Build and maintain operating and financial models across revenue, infrastructure costs, hiring, and strategic initiatives
- Help prepare board materials, investor updates, and fundraising analyses
- Partner with business leaders to evaluate investments, acquisitions, pricing, growth initiatives, and operational tradeoffs
- Analyze consumption and infrastructure metrics including ARR, gross margin, usage trends, retention, and efficiency metrics
- Drive ad hoc strategic projects including market analysis and scenario planning
- Improve financial reporting processes, dashboards, and operational rigor as the company scales
- Act as key data and modeling lead on reporting and analysis
- Assist with finance operations, procurement, and vendor management as needed
- Work cross-functionally to turn ambiguous business questions into actionable insights
Our take
As with its mathematical namesake, Baseten focuses on simplifying the complex. The San Francisco startup focuses on simplifying the integration of artificial intelligence into businesses. The tools that Baseten build demolish the need for businesses to hire specialised engineers, utilising the huge strides in artificial intelligence that we’ve seen in the last few years, all without adding workload to businesses.
With serious funding behind it, Baseten has grown its team by three times year-over-year over the last five years. Specifically, it's hired across engineering and marketing, gaining talent from companies such as GitHub, Google, Uber, Amazon, and Palantir. Part of Baseten's focus is on helping companies implement the tools that they have at their disposal, a long-overlooked aspect of machine learning that many businesses have been eager to champion, but are uncertain about how to actually use.
Simplifying the complex world of artificial intelligence for business is no mean feat, but with hundreds of millions in funding behind it and a $5 billion valuation reported in 2026, the company is well on its way to market domination. What's more, the three founders, who met whilst working as engineers at Gumroad, have a lot of experience in navigating this gap in the market.
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Company
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
Jan 2026
$300m
LATE VC
Sep 2025
$150m
SERIES D
Total funding: $585m
Company benefits
- Remote-first work environment. The Baseten team is welcome to work from wherever they want; fully remote, in our San Francisco office, or a mix of both. Today, our team (including our founding team) is spread across the United States, Canada, and Armenia. We provide a $1,000 stipend for you to make your home-office comfortable and productive
- Regular in-person team summits. We get together as a team three times a year to plan, workshop, and most importantly, get to know each other better
- Unlimited PTO. We ask that everyone take at least 4 weeks of vacation. And we have a company-wide break between Christmas and New Year's Day
- Full healthcare coverage. Medical, dental and vision insurance for you and your family
- Paid parental leave. 16-weeks fully paid parental leave (adoptive and non-birth parents included) and flexibility with schedules while returning to work
- Company-sponsored 401(k) for you to contribute to
- Learning and development budget. We encourage you to take classes, attend conferences, and invest in your craft and we’ll cover expenses to make it happen
Company HQ
Union Square, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Tuhin Srivastava
(Co-Founder)Previously Co-Founder at Shape, Machine Learning at Gumroad and Skulpt.
Amir Haghighat
(Co-Founder)Previously Head of Engineering at Gumroad, Software Engineer at Yelp and Engineering Manager at Clover Health.
Phillip Howes
(Co-Founder)Previously Co-Founder at Shape, Machine Learning Engineer at Gumroad and Research Assistant at the University of Sydney.
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