PhD Intern, Data Science (2027)
Posted
$141,440 USD
Tech Stack
Responsibilities
- Partner with cross-functional teams to turn ambiguous product, platform, or business questions into well-defined data science problems
- Analyze user, product, or business data to uncover insights and recommend actions
- Design and evaluate experiments, metrics, statistical or machine learning models, and analytical frameworks
- Communicate assumptions, tradeoffs, limitations, and recommendations clearly to technical and non-technical partners
- Own a focused internship project end-to-end, from problem framing and technical execution through final recommendations
Soft Skills
StatisticsExperimentationMachine LearningCausal InferenceEconometricsOptimizationUser Research MethodsAI/LlmsWritten CommunicationProject ManagementForecastingRecommendation Systems
Benefits
- Hybrid Work
- Remote Stipend
Culture
Cross-Functional TeamsCareer LadderInclusive Hiring
Requirements
Required: Currently pursuing a PhD in Data Science, Statistics, Computer Science, Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), Economics, Operations Research, Physics, Applied Mathematics, or a related quantitative field
Regions: Us
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About Figma
Industry: saas
Size: large
Figma is a collaborative web application for interface design, on a mission to make design accessible to all through real-time tools and platform workflows.
View company profile →Compensation
Base salary: $141,440 USD
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