Data Engineer Intern (2027)

About the role

We are looking for Data Engineering interns who are excited to help scale the systems and pipelines that power decision-making at Figma. As an intern on our data team, you will partner with engineers and analysts to design and build reliable datasets, ensure data quality, and make Figma's data more accessible across the company. This internship will be based out of our San Francisco or New York Hub.

Responsibilities

• Build, test, and document data pipelines that bring product or business data into Figma’s data warehouse
• Help design foundational datasets that are trusted, well‑documented, and easy to use
• Optimize pipelines for performance and scalability as Figma grows
• Partner with cross‑functional teammates to understand data needs and deliver solutions
• Contribute to the tools and practices that make working with data at Figma easier
• With support from a manager and mentor, you’ll own a scoped project from problem definition through implementation, testing, documentation, and sharing the results
• Some projects you could work on:
  • Develop new ETL jobs to integrate product or business data into our warehouse
  • Improve the performance and reliability of core pipelines
  • Build reusable datasets that support experimentation, product and business analytics, or cross‑functional stakeholders
  • Document and simplify complex data workflows for broader use

Requirements

• Experience coding in Python or a similar language and writing SQL queries
• Experience building or working with data pipelines, ETL, or large datasets
• Curiosity about how data systems work and interest in making them more scalable and reliable
• Strong communication and collaboration skills
• Excitement to learn, get feedback, and grow as a data engineer

Benefits

• Housing stipend
• Travel reimbursement

Pay

Internship hourly base pay: $46—$46 USD