Join Figma as a Software Engineer Intern to contribute to impactful projects in a collaborative environment.
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Last verified on the company career page 9 hours ago
Skills & Technologies
What you'll build
- Contribute to projects that directly align with team goals
- Collaborate with engineers, PMs, designers, and QA
- Build, document, and maintain tests, features, or infrastructure
- Participate in peer code review
- Ship your project(s) by the end of your internship
Must have
- Experience writing clean code in at least one general-purpose language
- Solid grasp of core CS concepts like data structures and algorithms
- Experience solving technical problems through school, work, or personal projects
- Strong communicator who collaborates well with others
Practical constraints
- Internship start dates: 5/3, 5/17, 6/1 or 6/14
Not disclosed in this posting: years of experience, visa sponsorship.
Benefits
Joblaze summary
The Software Engineer Intern at Figma engages in hands-on development within collaborative engineering teams, contributing to projects that enhance both user-facing features and internal infrastructure. Proficiency in a general-purpose programming language and a solid understanding of computer science fundamentals are essential for success in this role. This position is ideal for students or recent graduates eager to learn and grow in a supportive environment, where they can explore various engineering interests from product development to security.
Joblaze insights
Quick facts
- Is the Software Engineer Intern (Summer 2027) role remote?
- It's hybrid — Figma expects some on-site time in San Francisco, CA • New York, NY.
- What's the salary range?
- Figma lists $55–$55 for this role.
- Where is the role based?
- Figma is hiring for this position in San Francisco, CA • New York, NY.
- What's the tech stack?
- Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: C++, Java, JavaScript, Python.
- What seniority level is this role?
- Figma targets intern candidates for this position.
- Is this full-time or contract?
- Internship for this Software Engineer Intern (Summer 2027) role at Figma.
From the original posting
Figma is growing our team of passionate creatives and builders on a mission to make design accessible to all. Figma’s platform helps teams bring ideas to life—whether you're brainstorming, creating a prototype, translating designs into code, or iterating with AI. From idea to product, Figma empowers teams to streamline workflows, move faster, and work together in real time from anywhere in the world. If you're excited to shape the future of design and collaboration, join us!
We're looking for software engineering interns who are excited to make an impact across different layers of our product and infrastructure. At Figma, we pair interns with teams that align with their skills and interests. This year, we're inviting you to share your interests from the start, so we can create the strongest possible match.
Our interns are embedded into small, collaborative engineering teams across the company. You'll work closely with your mentor and teammates to ship meaningful features, tools, or systems. Whether you're working on internal infrastructure or user-facing features, you'll get to learn, contribute, and grow in a supportive environment.
This internship will be based out of our San Francisco or New York Hub with a 5/3, 5/17, 6/1 or 6/14 start date.
Engineering Interests at Figma:
When you apply, you'll tell us which areas you're most interested in to help us understand which kinds of engineering work you're most excited about:
- Product: Build full stack user facing features, including new collaboration tools, new product workflows, growth oriented experiments, and more
- Backend/Infrastructure: Build platform level tools, including distributed systems, developer tooling, performance/scalability work, and more
- Security Engineering: Build security-focused systems, product security tooling, detection, secure infrastructure, or privacy/security features
- Open: I'm flexible and still exploring different types of work
What you'll do at Figma:
- Be fully embedded onto a Figma engineering team
- Contribute to projects that directly align with team goals and impact
- Collaborate with engineers, PMs, designers, and QA to break down features and plan timelines
- Build, document, and maintain tests, features, or infrastructure
- Share feedback and participate in peer code review
- Ship your project(s) by the end of your internship!
Some past intern projects:
- Experience writing clean code in at least one general-purpose language (e.g. C++, JavaScript, Python, Java, etc.), with a solid grasp of core CS concepts like data structures and algorithms
- Experience solving technical problems through school, work, or personal projects
- Are excited to explore how systems are designed and operate, from infrastructure to UI
- Strong communicator who asks great questions, collaborates well with others, and is excited to learn, get feedback, and grow as an engineer
While it’s not required, it’s an added plus if you also have:
- Experience using AI-assisted development tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT, Claude) to write, debug, and optimize code
At Figma, one of our values is Grow as you go. We believe in hiring smart, curious people who are excited to learn and develop their skills. If you're excited about this role but your past experience doesn't align perfectly with the points outlined in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.
Pay Transparency Disclosure
This internship role is based in either Figma’s San Francisco or New York hub offices, and has the hourly base pay rate stated below. Figma also offers interns a housing stipend and travel reimbursement. Figma’s compensation and benefits are subject to change and may be modified in the future.
At Figma we celebrate and support our differences. We know employing a team rich in diverse thoughts, experiences, and opinions allows our employees, our product and our community to flourish. Figma is an equal opportunity workplace - we are dedicated to equal employment opportunities regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity/expression, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements.
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