Data Science Intern (2027)

Data Science Internship (2027)

Figma’s Data Science team partners with product, engineering, design, marketing, sales, and operations to improve decisions through data. Interns tackle technical challenges with impact on Figma’s products and business. This internship is based in Figma’s San Francisco or New York hub offices.

Responsibilities

• Own a scoped project end to end, from framing questions with cross-functional partners to delivering the work, with support from a manager and mentor.
• Analyze user behavior, product performance, and business data to uncover insights and make recommendations.
• Design and evaluate experiments and develop metrics to measure the impact of product changes.
• Build models to understand user behavior and predict growth.
• Build and improve data pipelines and tools that make product data more scalable and accessible.
• Focus on analytics, experimentation, or infrastructure according to your interests and business needs.

Example Projects

• Analyze product adoption, engagement, and retention; define success metrics; and translate findings into product recommendations.
• Build and validate analytical methods or tools for recurring Data Science problems.
• Study marketing and customer-journey data to identify drivers of acquisition, conversion, and retention.
• Develop and evaluate forecasts or models to anticipate user or business trends.

Qualifications

• Experience using SQL and a scripting language such as Python or R to clean, explore, and analyze data through research, projects, or prior work.
• A solid foundation in statistics and quantitative reasoning, with exposure to areas such as experimentation, forecasting, statistical modeling, causal inference, or data modeling.
• Ability to structure open-ended questions, validate analyses, and connect findings to product or business decisions.
• Curiosity, initiative, and strong communication and collaboration skills with technical and non-technical partners.
• Candidates are encouraged to apply even if their experience does not align perfectly with every qualification.

Compensation and Benefits

• Hourly base pay: $46 USD.
• Housing stipend and travel reimbursement for interns.
• Compensation and benefits are subject to change.

Interview and Application Requirements

• Candidates must keep cameras on during video interviews.
• Hired candidates must attend in-person onboarding.
• Reasonable accommodations are available for the application and interview process. Contact accommodations-ext@figma.com. Examples include accessible interview locations, closed captioning, screen-reader-compatible communications, and changes to interview format.
• Application data is processed in accordance with Figma’s Candidate Privacy Notice.
• Candidates may submit up to five applications in any rolling 30-day period.
• Candidates may not reapply to the same role while an application is active or within 90 days of rejection. Reapplication is permitted after the applicable period.