Intern, Design (Summer 2026)

Your career is an investment that grows over time!

Wealthsimple is on a mission to help everyone achieve financial freedom by reimagining what it means to manage your money. Using smart technology, we take financial services that are often confusing, opaque and expensive and make them transparent and low-cost for everyone. We’re the largest fintech company in Canada, with over 3+ million users who trust us with more than $100 billion in assets.

Our teams ship often and make an impact with groundbreaking ideas. We're looking for talented people who keep it simple and value collaboration and humility as we continue to create inclusive and high-performing teams where people can be inspired to do their best work.

Internships @ Wealthsimple

At Wealthsimple, we offer 4 to 8-month internships that are open to co-op and non-co-op students, and recent grads. During your internship, you will have the opportunity to contribute to projects that are changing the landscape of financial services for Canadians. You will be on a team that supports your growth, provides mentorship, and connects you to the broader Wealthsimple community!

Our internship program follows a hybrid work model, where you’ll be working from our Toronto headquarters on Wednesdays and Thursdays. This structure offers the flexibility of remote work, while also providing the collaboration, connection, and mentorship that come from being together in person.

Eligibility

✔ Currently enrolled as a student at a Canadian post-secondary institution or technical bootcamp

✔ New graduates - Within 6 months of your graduation date

✔ Available to work full-time hours

✔ Residing in Canada

✔ Able to commute to our Toronto HQ on Wednesdays and Thursdays

About the Product Design team

Design plays a big role at Wealthsimple — we help shape what gets built and how customers experience it. We’re hiring a Design Intern to support the design and delivery of real product experiences across areas like Investing, Banking, and more.

You’ll work closely with designers, product managers, and engineers, contribute to real projects, and see your work ship to production. You won’t be stuck on the sidelines, you’ll be part of a team, learning how products are designed, built, and improved in a fast-moving, collaborative environment.

Rather than filling a single narrow role, we’re looking for an emerging designer who’s curious, motivated, and excited to learn. During the interview process, we’ll look for a team where your interests and strengths are a great fit and where you can do meaningful, hands-on work.

In this role, you’ll have the opportunity to:

• Work alongside Senior and Staff Product Designers on meaningful, real product initiatives, contributing to experiences used by millions of Canadians
• Own smaller projects end-to-end from understanding the problem, to exploring ideas, to refining and shipping work to production
• Design thoughtful, high-quality UI and interactions while also developing your product thinking, judgment, and customer empathy
• Collaborate closely with product managers and engineers to learn how great ideas move from concept to shipped product without compromising on quality
• Participate in customer research and feedback sessions to better understand real customer needs and pain points
• See your work ship to production multiple times over the course of your internship, and learn how teams iterate and improve after launch

This is a hands-on role with real responsibility. You’ll be trusted to contribute ideas, ask questions, and help raise the quality bar, not just execute tasks.

We’re looking for someone who has/is:

• Experience using Figma to design and prototype product experiences
• A genuine interest in product design and curiosity about how digital products are built and improved over time
• Passion for Wealthsimple’s mission and excitement about helping Canadians reach financial freedom
• Strong taste and a willingness to share ideas, explore alternatives, and explain your thinking
• Comfort learning new problem spaces quickly and eagerness to dig into complex domains
• Interest in talking to customers and using research and feedback to inform your design decisions
• A collaborative mindset! You enjoy working closely with designers, engineers, and product partners

Nice-to-have:

• Experience experimenting with prototyping or developer tools such as Cursor, Claude Code, or other AI-assisted workflows

We don’t expect interns to have it all figured out. We’re excited by people with strong potential, good judgment, and the motivation to learn fast and make things better.

Compensation & Equity

Base salary range: For this role, candidates can expect the following base salary range:

• Term 1 students: CAD $74,000 - $78,000

• Term 2 students: CAD $77,000 - $81,000

• Term 3 students: CAD $80,000 - $84,000

• Term 4 students: CAD $83,000 - $87,000

• Term 5 students: CAD $86,000 - $90,000

Your current year of study and number of past internship terms will determine your salary band. Actual compensation within each band is based on skills, experience, and academic performance. Exceptional candidates may be considered above the top of their year's range.

We use clear year-based levels and market-based salary bands to ensure compensation is fair and consistent across all internship programs.

Why Wealthsimple?

Competitive salary with group savings matching plan using Wealthsimple for Business

Generous vacation days, wellness days and unlimited sick & mental health days

Intern programming including educational workshops, hackathons, and mentorship

A wide variety of peer and company-led Employee Resource Groups (ie. Rainbow, Inclusive Gender Network, Black @ WS)

What past interns have said about their experience at Wealthsimple:

"I absolutely loved the term here and had a great chance to learn new things and meet many amazingly talented people! I also really appreciated the mentorship program, having someone who was an alumni from my school+program was a great chance to learn more and help plan my career and academic journey!"

"A lot of autonomy and trust from teammates; In-person office experience allowed for a lot of deeper friendships; I genuinely like the Wealthsimple product which made it very exciting to work on it"

"The other interns were really a highlight as well as all of the things that y'all planned for us. I also would say my own team really made me feel at home and welcomed. I love the codebase and engineering tools a lot and will miss it!"

With over 1,000 employees coast to coast in North America, be a part of our Canadian success story and help shape the financial future of millions — join us!

Read our Culture Manual and learn more about how we work.

Technology & Innovation at Wealthsimple

We believe the future belongs to those who innovate boldly. At Wealthsimple, every team member is expected to lean into new technologies, including AI and tooling, to rethink how we work, solve problems faster, and create even greater value. We're looking for people who are not just comfortable with change but energized by it. Our commitment is to build a company that evolves at the pace of the world around us, and we want you to help lead that future.

DEI Statement

At Wealthsimple, we are building products for a diverse world and we need a diverse team to do that successfully. We strongly encourage applications from everyone regardless of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, or disability status. 

Accessibility Statement

Wealthsimple provides an accessible candidate experience. If you need any accommodations or adjustments throughout the interview process and beyond, please let us know, and we will work with you to provide the necessary support and make reasonable accommodations to facilitate your participation. We are continuously working to improve our accessibility practices and welcome any feedback or suggestions on how we can better accommodate candidates with accessibility needs. 

At Wealthsimple, we want interviews to feel like genuine conversations. To support this, we use AI transcription during recruiter interviews. This allows recruiters to be fully engaged, ask thoughtful follow-up questions, and ensure your experiences are captured accurately. You’ll always have the choice to opt in or out before we begin.

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.