AppHatchery Summer Intern (ETS) | Temporary

Emory University•Atlanta, GA

4h•Hybrid

About The Position

Do you care about making a change in healthcare? At AppHatchery, we believe that great digital products start with a deep understanding of the people who use them. As an intern, you’ll immerse yourself in user-centered design (UCD) practices, shaping mobile applications that support healthcare and research. Whether you’re designing, building, or strategizing, you’ll work across disciplines to bring ideas to life—always with the user at the core. You’ll have the opportunity to explore, experiment, and iterate, contributing to a highly collaborative team that values insight-driven design, seamless usability, and real-world impact. Our recent projects include a mobile app that supports low-English proficiency patients in hospital settings, a voice-based research platform for collecting ecological momentary assessments, and tools designed to enhance patient-provider communication. These applications are already in real-world use, with some deployed across hospital networks and others driving clinical and behavioral health research. You can read more about our projects at https://apphatchery.framer.website As an intern with the AppHatchery, you will gain hands-on experience in the full product development process, whether in UX research, UX design, UX engineering, or product management. You will work closely with researchers, designers, engineers, and product managers, contributing to the development of real-world digital health tools. We are looking for individuals who are passionate about creating impactful, user-centered products, and excited to own projects from start to finish. You will have the opportunity to develop, test, and refine mobile applications that support healthcare and research environments. This internship is a great fit for someone who is self-motivated, curious, and ready to take charge, as sometimes you won’t be handed a checklist. You’ll have support from the team, but you should be comfortable learning on the go, asking questions, and being vocal about your needs, ideas, and feedback. Your opinions will matter, and you’ll be encouraged to take your own direction. This summer internship will start May 18th, 2026 through August 7th, 2026 (12 weeks) and will have the potential to transition the internship to a part-time position during the academic year based on performance.

Requirements

Currently enrolled as a graduate student in a college or university.
Completion of freshman year or higher and in good academic standing.

Nice To Haves

Currently pursuing a Master’s or PhD in Human-Computer Interaction, Computer Science, Design, or a related field.
Comfortable working independently when needed, learning new tools quickly, and taking ownership without waiting for step-by-step instructions
Experience in one or more of the listed domains (UX Research, UX Design, UX Engineering, or Product Management).
Familiarity with web or mobile technologies (HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Android Studio, Xcode, Flutter, etc.).
Demonstrated experience using AI-assisted tools for design and/or development
Experience translating research into design or design into code.
Prior work in healthcare, medicine, or public health is a plus.
Comfortable working in fast-paced, start-up-like environments and willing to take on cross-functional responsibilities (e.g., marketing assets, user engagement experiments).
Strong collaboration and communication skills—you thrive on working with cross-functional teams and managing stakeholder relationships.

Responsibilities

Design research plans using a mix of quantitative and qualitative methods.
Create interview guides, conduct primary research, and synthesize findings.
Translate research insights into actionable product and design recommendations.
Develop low, medium, and high-fidelity designs for mobile applications using tools like Figma, Miro, or similar.
Translate user research into clear, actionable design requirements.
Collaborate with engineers to ensure design feasibility and implementation.
Develop mobile app features for iOS (Swift), Android (Kotlin/Java), or cross-platform tools (Flutter, React Native).
Participate in mobile app architecture and development decisions.
Implement designs and requirements into functional, platform-specific features.
Contribute to strategy discussions about app features, goals, and roadmaps.
Own a specific feature or small project from user research through development and deployment.
Coordinate with design, research, and engineering teams to bring ideas to life.