What are the responsibilities and job description for the Product Design Intern position at Pave Finance?
Product Design Intern (2026)
Why Pave Finance
Pave is on a mission to democratize wealth management by revolutionizing how financial advisers spend their time. Our platform is powered by a proprietary machine-learning algorithm once reserved for institutional investors, hedge funds, and billionaires. We enable advisors to build personalized investment strategies and automate trading across their entire book of business, empowering them to spend more time on client relationships and scale their businesses to help more people maintain and grow their investments at all levels of wealth. Learn more at https://www.pavefinance.com/
What You Will Own
We are seeking an entrepreneurial, proactive, and curious team player to join our fast-paced startup environment for a 3-month summer internship.
- User-Flow Support: Capture notes in weekly planning with Product and help draft initial user flows.
- Design System Updates (Figma): curating components for standardization and eventual alignment with the repo.
- Design System Audit (Storybook): identifying missing components / outdated UI and collecting candidates.
- Internship Project: Over 12 weeks, manage your project, which will be presented to the entire company.
What You Will Bring
- Self-starter mindset with strong organizational skills and attention to detail
- Portfolio that shows solid visual craft and attention to detail.
- Currently graduating (or recently graduated) in Product Design, Human-Computer Interaction, or a related field.
- Interest in (or experience with) building UI with HTML/CSS and component-based frameworks (e.g., React).
- Strong written and verbal communication
- High proficiency with Figma
- Familiarity with Visual Studio Code or similar software.
- Ability to give and receive feedback from Product and Engineering teams.
How We Use AI
At Pave, we use AI to support research, problem-solving, and execution without outsourcing judgment or critical thinking.
Compensation & Role Details
- 20–30 USD per hour
- Hybrid: 3 days per week in our Manhattan office
- Must be authorized to work in the United States
Work Setup
Onsite: Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday at our NYC office, free lunch!
Salary : $20 - $30