Data Science Intern (2027)
Join Figma as a Data Science Intern to tackle technical challenges that impact product and business growth.
Posted by employer 1 month ago
First seen on Joblaze 1 month ago
Last verified on the company career page 1 day ago
What you'll build
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams
- Evaluate experiments and surface metrics
- Build models to understand user behavior
- Design data pipelines and tools
- Investigate user behavior and recommend product improvements
Must have
- Experience with Python
- Experience with SQL
- Solid understanding of statistical methods
- Strong problem-solving skills
- Strong communication skills
Nice to have
- Familiarity with data infrastructure concepts
- Familiarity with large-scale data pipelines
Not disclosed in this posting: years of experience, visa sponsorship.
Benefits
Joblaze summary
In this internship, the Data Science Intern at Figma will engage with cross-functional teams to translate business inquiries into data-driven solutions, focusing on user behavior and product growth. Proficiency in Python or SQL, along with a solid grasp of statistical methods, is essential for building models and designing scalable data systems. This role is ideal for individuals with a foundational background in data science or analytics, eager to apply their skills in a collaborative environment. Figma emphasizes growth and learning, making it a fitting place for those looking to develop their expertise.
Joblaze insights
- Listed about a month ago — first seen on Joblaze September 15, 2026. Last confirmed on Figma's careers page November 2, 2026.
Quick facts
- Is the Data Science Intern (2027) role remote?
- It's hybrid — Figma expects some on-site time in San Francisco, CA • New York, NY.
- What's the salary range?
- Figma lists $46–$46 for this role.
- Where is the role based?
- Figma is hiring for this position in San Francisco, CA • New York, NY.
- What's the tech stack?
- Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: Python, SQL.
- What seniority level is this role?
- Figma targets intern candidates for this position.
- Is this full-time or contract?
- Internship for this Data Science Intern (2027) role at Figma.
From the original posting
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
- 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.
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.
At Figma we celebrate and support our differences. We know employing a team rich in diverse thoughts, experiences, and opinions allows our employees, our product and our community to flourish. Figma is an equal opportunity workplace - we are dedicated to equal employment opportunities regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity/expression, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements.
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