AI Researcher, Figma
PhD Intern, 2025
$72.12 - $72.12 USD
1-3 days a week in office
Design platform for product teams
Open for applications
Design platform for product teams
1001+ employees
Open for applications
$72.12 - $72.12 USD
1-3 days a week in office
1001+ employees
Company mission
Figma's mission is to help teams create, share, test, and ship better designs from start to finish.
Role
Who you are
- Are a 4th or 5th year Ph.D student in AI, Machine Learning, Computer vision, Natural Language Processing or a related field
- Have proven expertise in AI through publications on recent advancements in AI, such as Large Language Models or Diffusion Models
- Have a track record in applying machine learning techniques to projects in academia or industry
- Experience in Python and machine learning frameworks such as PyTorch, TensorFlow)
- Have experience solving sophisticated problems and comparing alternative solutions, trade-offs, and diverse points of view to determine a path forward
- Have experience communicating your solutions effectively to different audiences
What the job involves
- The AI Platform in Figma is working on an exciting mission of expanding the frontiers of AI for creativity, and developing magical experiences in Figma products
- This involves making existing features like search smarter and building new features using cutting edge Generative AI and deep learning techniques
- We are seeking PhD interns with expertise in machine learning and artificial intelligence to develop innovative AI solutions for design and creative products
- Through both fundamental and applied research, your work will contribute to new AI-driven features in Figma products and will be showcased in leading conferences in the field
- This internship can take place in Winter 2025 or Summer 2025
- Drive fundamental and applied research in Generative AI and deep learning with Figma product use cases in mind
- Formulate and implement new modeling approaches both to improve the effectiveness of Figma’s current AI models as well as enable the launch of entirely new AI-powered product features
- Explore the boundaries of what is possible with the current technology set and experiment with novel ideas
- Publish your research in leading AI/ML conferences
Our take
Figma is a web-based design platform that helps cross-functional teams of designers, project managers, and developers easily collaborate on product design projects. Its standout feature, Multiplayer mode, is like Google Docs for design, letting team members collaborate in real-time on project files that are hosted in the cloud.
Founded in 2012, Figma quickly established itself among its competitors in the sector and achieved a valuation exceeding $10 billion in 2021, boosted by a trend towards remote work. Its acquistion by Adobe for twice that amount just a year later raised eyebrows, but is a testament to the huge potential of this company and its product.
Thousands of industry-leading companies such as AirBnB, Dropbox, GitHub and Microsoft use Figma to scale their design efforts easily across distributed teams. Adobe has committed to leaving Figma autonomous going forward, and Figma will benefit from Adobe's digital imaging and AI tech in its product development.
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Insights
Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
97% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 8 rounds)
May 2024
$415.7m
SERIES F
Jan 2022
$0.5m
SERIES E
Total funding: $749.1m
Company benefits
- Equity
- Health, Dental, & Vision
- Retirement with company contribution
- Parental leave & fertility support
- Mental health and wellness benefits
- Generous PTO
- Company recharge days
- Learning & development stipend
- Work from home stipend
- Cell phone reimbursement
Company values
- Build community
- Run with it
- Love your craft
- Grow as you go
Company HQ
Union Square, San Francisco, CA
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Leadership
Dylan Field
(CEO)Previous Research Assistant at Microsoft for 1 year. Spent 2.5 years at Brown University pursuing a CS/Math degree, dropping out with the support of the Thiel Fellowship, when he earnt a grant of $100,000 to pursue entrepreneurial projects.
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