Product Design Intern - GitHub (Remote)
About GitHub
As the global home for all developers, GitHub is the complete AI-powered developer platform to build, scale, and deliver secure software. Over 100 million people, including developers from 90 of the Fortune 100 companies, use GitHub to build amazing things together across 330+ million repositories. With all the collaborative features of GitHub, it has never been easier for individuals and teams to write faster, better code.
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Locations
In this role you can work from Remote, United States
Overview
As a Product Design Intern at GitHub, you will work to create and evolve interfaces that millions of developers use every day. From ideation to execution, you will work with user insights, draw sketches, create mocks and learn about design systems and accessibility. You will collaborate closely with the rest of the design team, product and engineering and will work with a mentor to help build and develop your foundation as a product designer. And of course: use GitHub to build GitHub!
What will you learn:
How to work with cross-functional teams to plan and ship large-scale features.
How to prioritize tasks, incorporate feedback, and work iteratively.
How to collaborate effectively with remote teams across the world.
This is a remote summer internship for 12 consecutive weeks with start dates between May- June 2025.
Responsibilities
Design flows, prototypes, and high-fidelity mocks for multi-layered user interfaces.
Work with product, research, engineering, and other functions to identify users and business needs.
Regularly present your work in design reviews and get feedback from other designers.
Contribute to our design system, Primer.
Qualifications
Required Qualifications:
Currently in the process of obtaining a Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Design, Product Design, Human Computer Interaction or related field with at least one quarter/semester to complete after the internship
A portfolio of work demonstrating your product design capabilities, with examples of solid design and interaction work.
Preferred Qualifications:
Some experience in remote setups
Can prototype and code to represent ideas.
A passion for learning.
Strong written communication skills.
Compensation Range
The base salary range for this job is USD $32.16 - USD $85.38 /Hr.
These pay ranges are intended to cover roles based across the United States. An individual's base pay depends on various factors including geographical location and review of experience, knowledge, skills, abilities of the applicant. At GitHub certain roles are eligible for benefits and additional rewards, including annual bonus and stock. These rewards are allocated based on individual impact in role. In addition, certain roles also have the opportunity to earn sales incentives based on revenue or utilization, depending on the terms of the plan and the employee's role.
GitHub values
Customer-obsessed
Ship to learn
Growth mindset
Own the outcome
Better together
Diverse and inclusive
Manager fundamentals
Model
Coach
Care
Leadership principles
Create clarity
Generate energy
Deliver success
Who We Are
GitHub is the world’s leading AI-powered developer platform with 100 million developers and counting. We’re also home to the biggest open-source community on earth (and 99% of the world’s software has open-source code in its DNA). Many of the apps and programs you use every day are built on GitHub.
Our teams are dreamers, doers, and pioneers, leading the way in AI, driving humanitarian efforts around the globe, and even sending open source to Mars (and beyond!). At GitHub, our goal is to create the space you need to do your best work. We’re remote-first and offer competitive pay, generous learning and growth opportunities, and excellent benefits to support you, wherever you are—because we know that people flourish when they can work on their own terms.
Join us, and let’s change the world, together.
EEO Statement
GitHub is made up of people from a wide variety of backgrounds and lifestyles. We embrace diversity and invite applications from people of all walks of life. We don't discriminate against employees or applicants based on gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, race, religion, age, national origin, citizenship, disability, pregnancy status, veteran status, or any other differences. Also, if you have a disability, please let us know if there's any way we can make the interview process better for you; we're happy to accommodate!
