Product Design, Design System Intern (Graduate, Summer 2026)

About Sigma:

Sigmas vision is to create an insight-driven world where people and organizations are transformed for the better by access to data and the insights it contains. At Sigma we are building a cloud-native business intelligence platform that allows users to tap into their biggest databases hosted in the cloud and easily conduct analysis and graph data -- all without any programming involved.

We are looking for Graduate students who are passionate about designing world-class understandable experiences. You will be an integral part of a talented team of designers on a shared mission to make data analytics highly usable and easily accessible to non-technical users through consistent and scalable design.

Come join us in redefining the way users access their data and build workflows.

Our internship program at Sigma:

Sigmas early career program is the launchpad for the next generation of innovators. As an Intern at Sigma youll work on various production features and learn efficient design for large scalable systems. Our interns work directly with our engineers product leaders and designers across the organization everyday. Were looking for students who bring curiosity a spirit for collaboration and a desire for shaping the future of business insights and data exploration.

Internship Program Qualifications:

• Current student:
• Applicants for this internship must be currently enrolled in a university graduate degree program in the U.S with a graduation date of December 2026 or later
• Able to intern from June 2026 through August / early September 2026
• Authorization:
• You must be legally authorized to work in the US during the Summer 2026 program
• Visa sponsorship is not available for our internship positions
• Location:
• This internship is in-person and located within San Francisco CA. Relocation assistance will be provided for students who will need to relocate for the summer in the form of a relocation bonus.
• Applicants must be able to work in-person in our SF office

About the Team:

The Sigma Design team is dedicated to crafting exceptional user experience. At the heart of our work is Phi our comprehensive design system. Phi enables speed consistency and quality across all our platforms by providing reusable components clear standards and foundational guidelines.

About the Role:

We are seeking a motivated and detail-oriented Product Design System Graduate Intern to contribute directly to the evolution and maintenance of Phi as a part of our summer 2026 internship program. This role is ideal for a current design student who is passionate about the intersection of design engineering and systematic thinking. You will be instrumental in helping us scale our design language focusing on clarity accessibility and implementation fidelity.

What you will be doing:

• Component design & documentation: Contribute to the design documentation and maintenance of core UI components (e.g. buttons forms navigation elements) within the Phi library in Figma.
• System governance: Help audit existing components for consistency accessibility (WCAG standards) and adherence to established design tokens and principles.
• Design & development collaboration: Work closely with Product Designers and Front-End Engineers to ensure design system components are implemented accurately and are scalable in code.
• Guideline Creation: Write clear concise usage guidelines accessibility notes and best practices for components to empower product teams across the organization.
• Tooling & process improvement: Assist in identifying and documenting opportunities to improve the workflow between design and engineering using Phi.
• User feedback & research: Gather internal feedback from product teams on the usability of the design system and propose practical solutions for system improvement.
• Mentorship & Experience: Youll get mentored by experienced and passionate design systems practitioners and gain industry exposure to how experience teams build and scale a platforms design language.

Requirements:

• Actively pursuing a Graduate level degree in Human Computer Interaction (HCI) Graphic Design or similar field graduating in December 2026 or June 2027
• Located within the U.S. and able to work full-time in our San Francisco HQ (40 hours per week) between June 2026 - August / September 2026
• Authorization:
• You must be legally authorized to work in the US during the Summer 2026 program
• Visa sponsorship is not available for our internship positions
• Strong facilitation communication and presentation skills; demonstrating the ability to clearly explain design decisions to anyone in the company
• Your portfolio must demonstrate a deep understanding of systematic design thinking component logic and the relationship between design and engineering.
• Specifically showcase your proficiency with modern design tools (like Figma) including the use of Auto Layout Variables/Tokens and nesting/composition that enable component scalability.
• Describe your design process for solving problems with system constraints in mind such as optimizing for accessibility (WCAG standards) or creating clear reusable documentation/guidelines.
• We are interested in use cases that show how you organize files structure components and approach a problem from a framework perspective not just the final visual output.

If you do not feel that you satisfy all the listed requirements we encourage you to still apply. We are enthusiastically looking for people that will help us grow our company and sometimes we are imperfect communicators and cant articulate perfectly what experience is required for a role. We are looking for people that are excited to grow and constantly ask how we can do things better.

Additional Job details

Interns at Sigma are compensated with an hourly rate and relocation bonus (where applicable). Our hourly rate for this role is $50.00 per hour.

About us:

Sigma is the only cloud analytics and business intelligence tool empowering business teams to break free from the confines of the dashboard explore data for themselves and make better faster decisions. The award-winning software was built to capitalize on the performance power of cloud data warehouses to combine data sources and analyze billions of rows of data instantly via an intuitive spreadsheet-like interface no coding required.

Since launching with its unique interface Sigma Computing has added features such as collaboration tools and embedded analytics capabilities. The most recent product launch included a set of AI tools such asforecasting capabilities an AI copilot and a notebook interface for users who prefer a code-first environment.

Sigma announced its $200M in Series D financing in May 2024 to continue transforming BI through its innovations in AI infrastructure data application development enterprise-wide collaboration and business user adoption. Spark Capital and Avenir Growth Capital co-led the Series D funding round with additional participation from a group of past investors including Snowflake Ventures and Sutter Hill Series D funding raised at a valuation 60% higher than the companys Series C round three years ago promises to further accelerate Sigmas growth.

Come join us!

Benefits For Our Full-Time Employees:

• Equity
• Generous health benefits
• Flexible time off policy. Take the time off you need!
• Paid bonding time for all new parents
• Traditional and Roth 401k
• Commuter and FSA benefits
• Lunch Program
• Dog friendly office

Sigma Computing is an equal opportunity employer.We are committed to building a smart and strong team regardless of race color ancestry religion sex national origin sexual orientation age citizenship marital status disability gender gender identity or expression or veteran status. We look forward to learning how your experience can enable all of us to grow.

Note: We have an in-office work environment in all our offices in SF NYC and London.

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