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Join Figma as a PhD Intern in Data Science, where you'll tackle important questions using data to influence product and strategy. This internship offers hands-on experience in a collaborative environment.
Figma is growing our team of passionate creatives and builders on a mission to make design accessible to all. Figma’s platform helps teams bring ideas to life—whether you're brainstorming, creating a prototype, translating designs into code, or iterating with AI. From idea to product, Figma empowers teams to streamline workflows, move faster, and work together in real time from anywhere in the world. If you're excited to shape the future of design and collaboration, join us! Figma’s Data Science team partners across product, engineering, design, marketing, sales, and operations to help Figma make better decisions with data.
What you’ll do at Figma:
- Partner with cross-functional teams to turn ambiguous product, platform, or business questions into well-defined data science problems
- Analyze user, product, or business data to uncover insights and recommend actions
- Design and evaluate experiments, metrics, statistical or machine learning models, and analytical frameworks
- Communicate assumptions, tradeoffs, limitations, and recommendations clearly to technical and non-technical partners
- Own a focused internship project end-to-end, from problem framing and technical execution through final recommendations, with potential to continue toward publication after the internship
We’d love to hear from you if you have:
- Currently pursuing a PhD in Data Science, Statistics, Computer Science, Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), Economics, Operations Research, Physics, Applied Mathematics, or a related quantitative field; with demonstrated experience conducting independent research (e.g. thesis or equivalent research milestone)
- Demonstrated fluency in one or more research methodologies or technical areas, such as statistics, experimentation, machine learning, causal inference, econometrics, optimization, user research methods, or AI/LLMs
- Experience using a scripting language such as Python or R, as well as proficiency with SQL, for analysis, modeling, or work with complex or large-scale datasets through research, internships, or applied projects
- Ability to explain technical concepts clearly and connect analysis to decisions, recommendations, or product/business impact
- A curious, rigorous, and self-starting mindset, with the ability to thrive in ambiguous, fast-moving environments and translate research into real-world impact
At Figma, we offer:
- Hourly base pay rate of $68
- Housing stipend and travel reimbursement
- A commitment to equal employment opportunities regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity/expression, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
- Reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities to apply for a role and participate in the interview process.
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