Data Engineer Intern: Build Scalable Pipelines

Figma; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 52,000 - 74,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Housing stipend

Travel reimbursement

Job summary

Figma is seeking a Data Engineering intern to help build data pipelines, develop foundational datasets, and design scalable workflows in collaboration with engineers and analysts. The role is based in our San Francisco or New York hub.

You should be comfortable with Python and SQL, eager to learn about data systems, and enjoy teaming across functions. This internship offers mentorship, hands-on project ownership, and exposure to real analytics at Figma.

Qualifications

• Experience coding in Python or a similar language and writing SQL queries.
• Experience building or working with data pipelines, ETL, or large datasets.
• Curiosity about how data systems work and interest in making them more scalable and reliable.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.
• Excitement to learn, get feedback, and grow as a data engineer.

Responsibilities

• Build, test, and document data pipelines that bring product or business data into Figma’s data warehouse
• Help design foundational datasets that are trusted, well-documented, and easy to use
• Optimize pipelines for performance and scalability as Figma grows
• Partner with cross-functional teammates to understand data needs and deliver solutions
• Contribute to the tools and practices that make working with data at Figma easier
• With support from a manager and mentor, you’ll own a scoped project from problem definition through implementation, testing, documentation, and sharing the results.

Skills

Python

SQL

Job description

Figma is seeking a Data Engineering intern to help build data pipelines, develop foundational datasets, and design scalable workflows in collaboration with engineers and analysts. The role is based in our San Francisco or New York hub.

You should be comfortable with Python and SQL, eager to learn about data systems, and enjoy teaming across functions. This internship offers mentorship, hands-on project ownership, and exposure to real analytics at Figma.