PhD Intern, Software Engineer - Graphics (2027)

Location: San Francisco or New York, United States; internship held from a US hub office

Hourly base pay: $74 USD per hour. Housing stipend and travel reimbursement are also offered.

Company

A collaborative design platform that enables teams to brainstorm, prototype, translate designs into code, and work together in real time.

What you will do

• Develop, validate, and document graphics, rendering, animation, or media-processing solutions from prototypes to production-ready systems.
• Own a high-impact project addressing a graphics, rendering, or media challenge.
• Apply research insights to meaningful product problems and deliver tangible results during the internship.
• Collaborate with engineers, product managers, designers, researchers, team leads, and partner teams.
• Optimize shaders, anti-aliasing algorithms, media processing, spline animation, or related graphics capabilities.

Requirements

• Current enrollment as a fourth- or fifth-year senior PhD student in Computer Graphics, Media Processing, or a related field.
• Experience with OpenGL, WebGL, WebGPU, Vulkan, Metal, their shader languages, or other low-level graphics APIs.
• Proficiency in C++ or Rust.
• Strong problem-solving ability demonstrated through academic or applied research.
• Availability for a 12- or 16-week internship starting in May or June 2027 from a San Francisco or New York office.

Nice to have

• Publications or demonstrated expertise in computer graphics, including work presented at relevant graphics conferences.
• Experience with WebAssembly, web graphics, 2D graphics, performance optimization, animation, geometry, or media.
• Interest in art and design applications.
• Experience using AI tools such as GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT, or Claude for coding.
• Previous industry experience and cross-functional collaboration skills.

Culture & Benefits

• Embedded participation in the Rendering & Animation team with mentorship from graphics engineers and an intern manager.
• Opportunity to deliver portfolio-worthy work supporting the visual platform.
• Housing stipend and travel reimbursement for interns.
• Reasonable accommodations are available throughout the application, interview, onboarding, and employment process.
• In-person onboarding is required if hired.

Hiring process

• Video interviews require candidates to keep their cameras on.
• In-person onboarding is required after hiring.
• Applications are limited to five within any rolling 30-day period, with restrictions on reapplying to active or recently rejected applications.