23 hours ago
San Francisco, CA, USA or New York, NY, USAIntern
H1B sponsor
Responsibilities
- Learn from graphics engineers and participate as an embedded member of the Rendering & Animation team.
- Own a high-impact graphics, rendering, or media project in collaboration with an intern manager, team leads, and partner teams.
- Collaborate with engineers, product managers, designers, and researchers to scope and execute the work.
- Develop, validate, document, and optimize solutions from prototypes through production-ready systems.
- Apply research insights to product challenges, including shader effects, anti-aliasing, media processing, spline interpolation, and related graphics problems.
Requirements
- Be currently enrolled as a fourth- or fifth-year senior PhD student pursuing a PhD in Computer Graphics, Media Processing, or a related field.
- Have experience with OpenGL, WebGL, WebGPU, Vulkan, Metal, their shader languages, or other low-level graphics APIs.
- Be proficient in C++ or Rust.
- Demonstrate rigorous problem-solving through academic or applied research and the ability to connect use cases with low-level technology requirements.
- Preferred qualifications include graphics publications, WebAssembly, web graphics, 2D graphics, performance optimization, animation, geometry, media, interest in art and design applications, AI coding-tool experience, prior industry experience, and cross-functional collaboration.
Benefits
- 12- or 16-week internship based at Figma’s San Francisco or New York hub, starting in May or June 2027.
- Hourly base pay of $74, plus a housing stipend and travel reimbursement.
- In-person onboarding is required, and the role is based in a hub office.
About Figma
Figma builds a browser-based platform for interface design, prototyping, whiteboarding, and developer handoff used by product, design, and engineering teams. Its main products—Figma Design and FigJam—are sold as SaaS with tiered subscriptions for individuals, teams, and enterprises, plus an ecosystem of plugins and integrations. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in San Francisco, the company is privately held and enables real-time collaboration on the web and desktop apps.