Software Engineer Intern (Summer 2027)

Figma•San Francisco, CA

11d•Onsite

About The Position

Figma is seeking passionate creatives and builders for a software engineering internship focused on making design accessible to all. The platform helps teams bring ideas to life through brainstorming, prototyping, design-to-code translation, and AI iteration. Interns will be embedded into small, collaborative engineering teams, working closely with mentors and teammates to ship meaningful features, tools, or systems. This internship offers the opportunity to learn, contribute, and grow in a supportive environment, impacting either internal infrastructure or user-facing features.

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

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!