Data Science Intern (2027)

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

Benefits offered by this job

Housing stipend

Travel reimbursement

Job summary

Figma is seeking a Data Science intern to work on real product challenges in San Francisco or New York. You will collaborate with Product, Engineering, Design, and Data Science to analyze data, derive actionable insights, and inform product decisions.

We value strong foundations in SQL and Python (or R), solid statistics, and the ability to communicate findings clearly to both technical and non-technical partners. You will be mentored throughout the internship.

Qualifications

• Experience using SQL and Python or R for data analysis.
• Solid foundation in statistics and quantitative reasoning.
• Ability to frame open-ended questions and translate findings to product decisions.
• Strong communication and collaboration with technical and non-technical partners.

Responsibilities

• Own a scoped data science project end to end with Product, Engineering, Design, and Data Science partners with mentor support.
• Analyze user behavior, product performance, or business data to uncover insights and translate them into recommendations.
• Build models to understand user behavior and forecast growth.
• Build and improve data pipelines and tools to make product data scalable and accessible.

Skills

SQL

Python

Statistics

Experimentation

Data modeling

Job description

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. As an intern on our team, you'll work on technical challenges that have real impact on our product and business, and we're looking for interns with strong foundations in coding and statistics and who are clear communicators with both technical and non-technical audiences.

This internship will be based out of our San Francisco or New York Hub.

What you’ll do at Figma:

• Own a scoped project end to end—from framing the question with Product, Engineering, Design, and Data Science partners through delivering the work—with support from a manager and mentor.
• Analyze user behavior, product performance, or business data to uncover insights and translate them into recommendations for businessDesign and evaluate experiments and develop metrics that help teams understand 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 areas may include analytics, experimentation, or infrastructure - based on your interests and business needs

Some projects you could work on:

• Analyze how people adopt and use a new or existing Figma product experience, define meaningful success metrics, and turn patterns in engagement and retention into product recommendations.
• Build and validate a new analytical method or tool that expands how Figma’s Data Science team solves recurring problems.
• Study marketing or customer-journey data to identify drivers of acquisition, conversion, or retention.
• Develop and evaluate forecasts or models that help teams anticipate user or business trends and plan more effectively

We’d love to hear from you if you have:

• 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.
• The ability to structure open-ended questions, validate your analysis, and connect findings to product or business decisions.
• Curiosity, initiative, and strong communication and collaboration skills with both technical and non-technical partners.

At Figma, one of our values is Grow as you go. We believe in hiring smart, curious people who are excited to learn and develop their skills. If you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with the points outlined in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

Pay Transparency Disclosure

This internship role is based in either Figma’s San Francisco or New York hub offices, and has the hourly base pay rate stated below. Figma also offers interns a housing stipend and travel reimbursement. Figma’s compensation and benefits are subject to change and may be modified in the future.

Internship

$46 - $46 USD

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