Product Designer Intern, HashiCorp at IBM San Francisco, CA

IBM; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 36,000 - 48,000; Part time

Job summary

IBM is hiring a Product Design Intern to join HashiCorp Vault-focused work in San Francisco, CA. You will partner with designers, engineers, and product managers to translate complex flows into intuitive, secure experiences for multi-cloud users.

You’ll build your skills in design systems, user research, and collaboration while contributing to high-priority roadmap initiatives on a globally distributed team.

Qualifications

• Are currently pursuing a Bachelor's in HCI, Design, Computer Science, or equivalent training in the United States and returning back to school following completion of this internship.
• Have a product design portfolio with case studies and/or student projects.
• Have academic or professional experience working in a corporate environment.
• Are comfortable working with highly technical team members and end users alike.
• Have familiarity with or interest in information security and developer experience.
• Proficient in designing and prototyping in Figma.
• Familiar with user research methods (remote user testing, survey research, usability testing, field research).
• Have strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Have the constant desire to grow, learn, and explore new things.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate closely with cross-functional partners on user experience challenges.
• Distill complex user flows into simple and efficient experiences.
• Contribute to discovery and user research efforts involving technical users.
• Collaborate on a growing design system to share patterns across HashiCorp tools.
• Receive mentorship on any areas of growth you're looking for, and share your own expertise in areas of strength you bring to the team.

Skills

Portfolio

Communication skills

Figma proficiency

Education

Bachelor's in HCI/Design/CS

Tools

Figma

Job description

Product Designer Intern, HashiCorp job at IBM. San Francisco, CA.

Introduction

A career in IBM Software means you'll be part of a team that transforms our customer's challenges into industry-leading solutions. We are an infinitely curious team, always seeking new possibilities, and dedicated to creating the world's leading AI-powered, cloud-native software solutions. Our renowned legacy creates endless global opportunities for our network of IBMers. We are a team of deep product experts, ensuring exceptional client experiences, with a focus on delivery, excellence, and obsession over customer outcomes.

Your role and responsibilities

About the team

HashiCorp helps organizations automate multi-cloud and hybrid environments with Infrastructure Lifecycle Management and Security Lifecycle Management. Vault is HashiCorp's multi-cloud security platform. Vault's core use cases are in Secrets Lifecycle Management, Encryption, and Access/Identity Management. Its enterprise users are some of the world's largest finance, healthcare, and technology companies.

The Vault product design team is passionate about helping our customers reduce the risk of data exposure and security breaches.

As a Product Design Intern working on Vault, you'll join a group of talented product designers who are designing and delivering a best-in-class experience for secrets management. You'll collaborate tightly with designers, engineers, and product managers across our globally distributed team to act on high-priority roadmap initiatives. You'll be one part of a close-knit team of product designers working on Vault, and a much larger community of designers working across HashiCorp's Infrastructure, Cloud Platform, and Security products.

What you'll do (responsibilities)

• Collaborate closely with cross-functional partners on user experience challenges.
• Distill complex user flows into simple and efficient experiences.
• Contribute to discovery and user research efforts involving technical users.
• Collaborate on a growing design system to share patterns across HashiCorp tools.
• Receive mentorship on any areas of growth you're looking for, and share your own expertise in areas of strength you bring to the team.

Required technical and professional expertise

• Are currently pursuing a Bachelor's in HCI, Design, Computer Science, or equivalent training in the United States and returning back to school following completion of this internship.
• Have a product design portfolio with case studies and/or student projects.
• Have academic or professional experience working in a corporate environment.
• Are comfortable working with highly technical team members and end users alike.
• Have familiarity with or interest in information security and developer experience.
• Proficient in designing and prototyping in Figma.
• Familiar with user research methods (remote user testing, survey research, usability testing, field research).

Preferred technical and professional experience

• Have strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Have the constant desire to grow, learn, and explore new things.

IBM is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, caste, genetics, pregnancy, disability, neurodivergence, age, veteran status, or other characteristics. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.