Lumber · 12 hours ago
Product Intern - Payroll
United States
Internship
Remote
InternLumber is reshaping the construction industry with an AI-powered workforce management platform. They are looking for a Product Intern to support the evolution of their payroll product, working directly with product leadership, engineering, design, and customer-facing teams to improve payroll workflows and platform capabilities.
ConstructionFinancial ServicesPayments
Hiring Manager
Ishana Dashoriya
Responsibilities
Join customer calls and internal feedback sessions to understand contractor payroll workflows
Help map and document real-world payroll processes (timesheets → approvals → payroll run → reporting)
Identify pain points and opportunities (errors, delays, manual work, usability gaps, compliance risk)
Research competitor payroll products and industry trends
Help write and refine user stories, acceptance criteria, and edge cases for payroll features
Maintain and update product documentation (briefs, workflows, PRDs, release notes)
Work with engineering to clarify requirements, answer questions, and drive follow-through
Track execution progress and ensure action items close
Assist with QA testing and validation for payroll flows (including edge cases)
Help ensure rollout readiness: workflow correctness, usability, and compliance scenarios
Support internal enablement with clear documentation and release notes
Gather post-launch feedback and recommend iterative improvements
Track customer feedback, support tickets, and usage patterns related to payroll
Help define and report on success metrics (adoption, payroll completion rate, error rate, time-to-run payroll)
Identify friction points and propose improvements backed by evidence
This internship may support initiatives across: Payroll run workflow improvements and UX iteration, Timesheet-to-payroll automation and approval flows, Pay schedules, overtime rules, and job-based payroll logic, Compliance workflows and audit trails, Payroll issue reduction (failed runs, corrections, manual adjustments), Reporting and dashboards (payroll summaries, exceptions, labor cost visibility)
Qualification
Required
Highly organized with strong follow-through
High work ethic and ownership mindset — you take initiative, move fast, and get things done
Hungry, scrappy, and proactive — you don't wait to be told what to do, you find problems and take initiative to solve them
Curious and eager to learn payroll + FinTech workflows end-to-end
Comfortable working with engineering teams and asking for clarity
Strong communicator — able to write clean, structured documentation
Analytical — can turn messy workflows into clear insights and action
Customer-oriented and willing to learn directly from real users
Comfortable in a fast-moving environment with shifting priorities
Preferred
Pursuing a Bachelor's or Master's degree (MBA students welcome)
Interest in payroll, compliance, workforce management, or FinTech products
Familiarity with Jira, Confluence, Figma, Google Sheets
Bonus: SQL, analytics tools, or exposure to payroll systems / operations
Benefits
Real ownership: contribute to meaningful payroll product improvements end-to-end
Mentorship: partner closely with experienced product leaders
Customer exposure: build product intuition through real workflow discovery
Engineering partnership: learn how product requirements translate into shipped features
Intern-to-hire path: opportunity to convert into a full-time product role based on performance and team fit
Company
Lumber
Lumber is an automated payroll, time-tracking, accounts payable, compliance, and onboarding platform for the construction industry.
Founded in 2023
51-200 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$21MKey Investors
Foundation CapitalCarbide Ventures
2025-03-24Series A· $15.5M
2023-09-12Seed· $5.5M
Leadership Team
Shreesha Ramdas
CEO & Co-Founder
Manish Kumar
CTO & Co-Founder
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