Product Design Intern (Summer 2026)
LyftUnited States20 days ago
InternshipRemote FriendlyDesign, Art/Creative +1
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At Lyft, our purpose is to serve and connect. We aim to achieve this by cultivating a work environment where all team members belong and have the opportunity to thrive.
As a Product Design intern at Lyft, you will be involved at every step of the product development process, from brainstorming broad ideas to ensuring design quality through launch. Using your full range of interaction, visual, and product thinking skills, you will help create an experience for our product teams. Our Design and Research teams live and breathe user-centered process to create the best possible end-to-end experience for millions of riders and drivers daily. We can be scrappy when we need to be, though we are always focused on quality and impact.
As a qualified intern candidate, you'll partner with product managers, designers, researchers, engineers, marketers, and sales to define and create top-notch experiences to achieve our vision and business goals. We’re looking for someone who is a great communicator, and is able to take a solution from idea to implementation. You uphold a high quality bar and have a strong appreciation for the details. Above all, you approach problems holistically and create elegantly simple solutions to multi-faceted problems.
Lyft fosters a collaborative environment in the office, so there's always a sharp mind eager to hear about your next idea. So what's yours?
Responsibilities:
Benefits:
Lyft highly values having employees working in-office to foster a collaborative work environment and company culture. This role will be in-office on a hybrid schedule — Team Members will be expected to work in the office 3 days per week on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays. Lyft considers working in the office at least 3 days per week to be an essential function of this hybrid role. Your recruiter can share more information about the various in-office perks Lyft offers. #Hybrid
The expected base pay range for this position in the San Francisco area is $52-$58/hour. Salary ranges are dependent on a variety of factors, including qualifications, experience and geographic location. Your recruiter can share more information about the salary range specific to your working location and other factors during the hiring process.
As a Product Design intern at Lyft, you will be involved at every step of the product development process, from brainstorming broad ideas to ensuring design quality through launch. Using your full range of interaction, visual, and product thinking skills, you will help create an experience for our product teams. Our Design and Research teams live and breathe user-centered process to create the best possible end-to-end experience for millions of riders and drivers daily. We can be scrappy when we need to be, though we are always focused on quality and impact.
As a qualified intern candidate, you'll partner with product managers, designers, researchers, engineers, marketers, and sales to define and create top-notch experiences to achieve our vision and business goals. We’re looking for someone who is a great communicator, and is able to take a solution from idea to implementation. You uphold a high quality bar and have a strong appreciation for the details. Above all, you approach problems holistically and create elegantly simple solutions to multi-faceted problems.
Lyft fosters a collaborative environment in the office, so there's always a sharp mind eager to hear about your next idea. So what's yours?
Responsibilities:
- Problem solve, think big, and explore divergent concepts/ideas while understanding how to converge and build iteratively towards your vision
- Plan strategically and think tactically as a partner with product and engineering to define the future of the team
- Influence the shape of the product with research and data while executing design work using high quality wireframes, mockups, user journeys, and prototypes
- Advocate for design by sharing your work and presenting to stakeholders, while being able to precisely articulate design rationale
- Inspire the entire team by bringing new ideas to the table
- Create a unified, end-to-end experience through close collaboration with team members from across the Product Design teams
- Currently pursuing Bachelors or Masters in a Design related field (UX, UI, HCI), with a graduation date between December 2026 and Summer 2027 (required). For any candidates who are master's students who worked between their bachelor's and master's programs: candidates should also have less than 2 years of relevant full-time work experience.
- Available during Summer 2026 for an internship in San Francisco
- Experience designing on multiple platforms (iOS, Android, Mobile web, Desktop, etc) is a bonus!
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Expertise with Figma and other design and prototyping tools
- Excellence in design craft
- Ability to work with a low-ego, highly collaborative, cross-functional team
- Excited about working in a fast-paced, dynamic environment
Benefits:
- Great medical, dental, and vision insurance options
- Mental health benefits
- In addition to holidays, interns receive 2 days paid time off and 3 days sick time off
- 401(k) plan to help save for your future
- Pre-tax commuter benefits
- Lyft Pink - Lyft team members get an exclusive opportunity to test new benefits of our Ridership Program
Lyft highly values having employees working in-office to foster a collaborative work environment and company culture. This role will be in-office on a hybrid schedule — Team Members will be expected to work in the office 3 days per week on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays. Lyft considers working in the office at least 3 days per week to be an essential function of this hybrid role. Your recruiter can share more information about the various in-office perks Lyft offers. #Hybrid
The expected base pay range for this position in the San Francisco area is $52-$58/hour. Salary ranges are dependent on a variety of factors, including qualifications, experience and geographic location. Your recruiter can share more information about the salary range specific to your working location and other factors during the hiring process.
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