PhD AI Research Intern - Design & Creativity Platform

Jobf0; New York (NY); On-site; USD 87,000 - 117,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Housing stipend

Travel reimbursement

Job summary

Figma is seeking PhD interns to develop AI solutions for design and creative products. You will work on Generative AI research, focusing on design quality and user experience, with potential to publish at top conferences.

The internship can take place in Winter 2027 or Summer 2027 in San Francisco or New York, with housing stipend and travel reimbursement. This is a highly collaborative role within a tight-knit AI Research team.

Qualifications

• 4th or 5th year PhD student in AI/ML or related fields.
• Publications in AI, ML, CV, NLP or related areas.
• Experience applying ML techniques to academia or industry projects.
• Proficiency in Python and ML frameworks (PyTorch, TensorFlow).

Responsibilities

• Drive fundamental and applied research in Generative AI with product use cases in mind.
• Formulate and implement new modeling approaches to improve AI models.
• Explore novel ideas and publish results at leading AI/ML venues when possible.
• Collaborate with teammates across research and engineering to translate findings into features.

Skills

PhD student

AI/ML publications

Python

ML frameworks

Education

PhD in AI/ML or related field

Tools

PyTorch

TensorFlow

GitHub Copilot

Job description

Figma is seeking PhD interns to develop AI solutions for design and creative products. You will work on Generative AI research, focusing on design quality and user experience, with potential to publish at top conferences.

The internship can take place in Winter 2027 or Summer 2027 in San Francisco or New York, with housing stipend and travel reimbursement. This is a highly collaborative role within a tight-knit AI Research team.