Software Engineer Intern (Winter 2027)

Figma • San Francisco, NY

1d • Onsite

About The Position

Figma is growing its 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. This internship is for software engineering interns who are excited to make an impact across different layers of our product and infrastructure. Interns are paired with teams that align with their skills and interests. Interns are embedded into small, collaborative engineering teams across the company and will work closely with their mentor and teammates to ship meaningful features, tools, or systems. Whether working on internal infrastructure or user-facing features, interns will learn, contribute, and grow in a supportive environment. This internship will be based out of our San Francisco or New York Hub with a January 4, 2027 start date.

Requirements

• 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

Nice To Haves

• Share your interests from the start, so we can create the strongest possible match.

Responsibilities

• 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!

Benefits

• housing stipend
• travel reimbursement

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Intern
• Education Level: No Education Listed