Applied Machine Learning Engineering Intern, Gusto
Cash compensation range is $78.37/hr to $85.58/hr in San Francisco.
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2-3 days a week in office
Automated payroll, benefits & HR platform
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Automated payroll, benefits & HR platform
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
Cash compensation range is $78.37/hr to $85.58/hr in San Francisco.
More information about location
2-3 days a week in office
1001+ employees
Company mission
To grow the small business economy.
Role
Who you are
- Currently pursuing a Master's ( with an expected graduation date between December 2026 and June 2027) or PhD (graduating between December 2026 and June 2028) in Computer Science or a related technical field
- Strong programming skills in Python and experience with machine learning libraries (e.g., scikit-learn, TensorFlow, PyTorch)
- Experience leveraging AI effectively as a development partner to offload manual tasks, explore new approaches, or evaluate the end-to-end performance
- Experience with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, GCP) and familiarity with big data technologies (e.g., Spark, Hive)
- Understanding of the full ML lifecycle, including data preprocessing, feature engineering, model training, evaluation, deployment, and monitoring
- Familiarity with LLM applications is desired but not required. We continue to explore how our work can feed into agentic solutions for our customers
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills with the ability to work in a cross-functional environment
- A passion for building robust, scalable systems and solving real-world problems
- U.S. work authorization is required. This role is not available for sponsorship
- This is a hybrid role and will require you to be in the office at least twice a week in our San Francisco. Relocation assistance will be provided during your internship
- Our customers come from all walks of life and so do we. We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds, not just because it's the right thing to do, but because it makes our company stronger. If you share our values and our enthusiasm for small businesses, you will find a home at Gusto
What the job involves
- Our Applied Machine Learning Engineering internship is a 12-week hybrid summer experience focused on making a significant impact on our customers by being embedded directly into our data teams
- Each intern is paired with a dedicated mentor and a team manager, providing guidance and support as they make immediate contributions to the team’s roadmap, directly advancing Gusto’s mission
- At Gusto, we are committed to leveraging data to build the products of the future
- As an Applied Machine Learning Engineering Intern, you'll be at the forefront of this effort, focusing on the end-to-end development of production-level machine learning systems
- You'll gain hands-on experience in building, deploying, and maintaining models that directly impact our customers and our business
- Your work will directly support teams across the company, helping to build new features, optimize our operations, and improve products for hundreds of thousands of small businesses
- Build and deploy scalable machine learning models and pipelines in a production environment
- Write production-quality code to integrate models into our core platform and products
- Work with diverse teams across product, engineering, and data to understand business problems and translate them into machine learning solutions
- Develop and maintain monitoring systems to ensure the performance and reliability of deployed models
- Partner with Data Scientists to evaluate and test models to prepare them for production
Application process
- We’ll be offering only one cohort start and end date (May 18 - August 7, 2026)
- Deadline to Apply: Tuesday, November 25, 2025
Our take
For many small businesses, vital administrative tasks such as payroll, taxes, and benefits are manual tasks that take time and energy which many SMB owners don’t have. The three co-founders of Gusto – all coming from small business backgrounds – collaborated on a Fintech company that would handle employee payments, benefits administration, and compliance support specifically for small businesses.
The company may have started slowly, as the founders focused on nailing each individual aspect of Gusto’s operations, but has now skyrocketed to unicorn status with more than 400,000 customers and a multi-billion dollar valuation. And in 2021, Gusto began acquiring other companies to strengthen its offering and its position in a competitive market, including two other fintech startups, Ardius and Symmetry.
Through its continued acquisitions and fundraising efforts, the company has carved out a strong position for itself in the space. Although Gusto has found itself impacted by the macroeconomic situation, through the significant effect it has had on its clientele, the company still appears positive for the future after raising funds in 2023 that has seen it reach key profitability benchmarks. It continues to expand its platform, most recently partnering with Parafin to launch a payroll line of credit for small businesses. With a growing suite of services and a clear focus on supporting small businesses through changing economic conditions, Gusto looks set to sustain its momentum and further strengthen its position in the HR and payroll technology market.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
45% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 9 rounds)
May 2022
$55m
SERIES E
Aug 2021
$175m
SERIES E
Total funding: $706.3m
Company benefits
- Health and Wellbeing: Medical, dental, and vision insurance for employees and dependents. Family care and support, including family planning and fertility benefits. Gender-affirming care and support. A variety of mental health resources.
- Time Away: It's important to take time away for yourself or to take care of your family. Gusto offers paid vacation, sick time, bereavement, and holidays, paid leaves, sabbatical, and more!
- Free meals and refreshments: If you work at one of our offices, enjoy food, drinks, and snacks— on us. Conversation and community is an added bonus!
- Perks:
Company HQ
Central Waterfront, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Joshua Reeves
(Co-Founder & CEO)Studied Electrical Engineering at Stanford and went onto co-found Gusto in 2011.
Tomer London
(Co-Founder & CPO)Has a PhD in Electrical Engineering from Stanford. Was a Researcher at Intel, and then interned at Bump Technologies. Co-founded Vizmo, a mobile self-service technologies company, in 2008. Co-founded Gusto in 2011.
Edward Kim
(Co-Founder & Head of Engineering)Studied Electrical Engineering at Stanford. Was Senior Project Engineer at Volkswagen of America Electronics Research Lab and then co-founded Picwing, a printed photos company, in 2008. Co-founded Gusto in 2011.
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