AMAZON SUMMER INTERNSHIP 2025 X FINTECH (CONFIDENTIAL)

AMAZON SUMMER INTERNSHIP 2025 X FINTECH (CONFIDENTIAL)

Role

Role

UX Research and Design Intern


UX Research and Design Intern


Timeline

Timeline

Jun- Sept 2025

Jun- Sept 2025

Team

Team

1 UX Intern, Product Designer, PM

1 UX Intern, Product Designer, PM

Stakeholders

Stakeholders

Amazon Finance, Int Product teams

Amazon Finance, Int Product teams

SUMMARY AND IMPACT

SUMMARY AND IMPACT

UX Research and Design Intern on Amazon's FinTech UX team, owning three studies across automation, search and filtering, and tax reporting usability

UX Research and Design Intern on Amazon's FinTech UX team, owning three studies across automation, search and filtering, and tax reporting usability

Shaped a unified search and filtering framework for Amazon's FinTech design system, improving navigation for internal accounting teams

Shaped a unified search and filtering framework for Amazon's FinTech design system, improving navigation for internal accounting teams

Gained L7 visibility, influencing the 2025 FinTech design system roadmap

Gained L7 visibility, influencing the 2025 FinTech design system roadmap

Simplified accounting workflows and improved automation through research-backed recommendations adopted by senior stakeholders

Simplified accounting workflows and improved automation through research-backed recommendations adopted by senior stakeholders

LEARNINGS

LEARNINGS

Good research drives good design

Good research drives good design

Integrating research from day one helped PMs and designers empathize with users and make informed decisions rather than just visual updates.

Integrating research from day one helped PMs and designers empathize with users and make informed decisions rather than just visual updates.

Collaboration through curiosity

Collaboration through curiosity

Talking with designers, researchers, and PMs across orgs helped me ask sharper questions and design smarter solutions.

Talking with designers, researchers, and PMs across orgs helped me ask sharper questions and design smarter solutions.

Ownership in ambiguity

Ownership in ambiguity

I learned to define scope, identify high-impact projects, and turn unclear goals into structured, actionable design directions.

I learned to define scope, identify high-impact projects, and turn unclear goals into structured, actionable design directions.

Storytelling for alignment

Storytelling for alignment

Framing findings through clear stories helped teams connect with pain points, align on priorities, and act on research insights.

Framing findings through clear stories helped teams connect with pain points, align on priorities, and act on research insights.

To learn more about my internship projects feel free to email me at divya.mavin2@gmail.com !

To learn more about my internship projects feel free to email me at divya.mavin2@gmail.com !

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© 2025 by Divya Mavinkurve

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