Product Design Intern: Build & Ship Real Features

Figma, Inc.; 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 an enthusiastic Product Design intern to take ownership of meaningful projects from ideation to execution. You’ll collaborate with a mentoring team and cross‑functional partners while shipping impactful features and building prototypes and visuals.

The internship is based in our San Francisco or New York hub and offers a hands-on summer experience with growth opportunities in design systems and product strategy.

Qualifications

• A demonstrated baseline in visual design and/or interaction design skills.
• Experience shipping projects with good product strategy and visual design.
• An ability to express ideas through prototyping and code.
• An eagerness to learn and a demonstrated self-starting initiative.
• An interest in design tools and design systems.
• An aptitude or interest in systems thinking and information architecture.
• Knowledge of the building blocks of a design tool or similar aspects of other creative tools.

Responsibilities

• Own the design from start to finish for impactful features that ship quickly.
• Collaborate with product, research, marketing, and other functions to identify user and business needs.
• Work closely with Engineering to ensure a high-quality implementation.
• Create flows, prototypes, and high-fidelity visuals for your features.
• Participate in weekly design critiques.

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!

As a Product Design intern at Figma, you will own real impactful projects and take them from ideation to execution. You will work fluidly and collaboratively with your mentor, the rest of the design team, as well as other functions. Because of this, you should have a broad set of design skills and be motivated to learn. Over the course of the summer, you’ll have the opportunity to ship meaningful contributions to both the company and the product.

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

What you'll do at Figma:

• Own the design from start to finish for impactful features that ship quickly
• Collaborate with product, research, marketing, and other functions to identify user and business needs
• Work closely with Engineering to ensure a high-quality implementation
• Create flows, prototypes, and high-fidelity visuals for your features
• Participate in weekly design critiques

Launches from early career designers on our team:

• A demonstrated baseline in visual design and/or interaction design skills
• Experience shipping projects with good product strategy and visual design
• An ability to express ideas through prototyping and code
• An eagerness to learn and a demonstrated self-starting initiative

While it’s not required, it’s an added plus if you also have:

• An interest in design tools and design systems
• An aptitude or interest in systems thinking and information architecture
• Knowledge of the building blocks of a design tool or similar aspects of other creative tools

A few resources to help you get ready and learn more about the Figma design team:

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.

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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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