Software Engineer Intern (Winter 2027)

About the role

We are seeking software engineering interns who are eager to contribute to our mission of making design accessible to all. This internship will be based in either our San Francisco or New York office, starting on January 4, 2027.

Engineering Interests

• Product: Build full stack user facing features, including new collaboration tools, new product workflows, growth oriented experiments, and more
• Platform/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

• Diagramming improvements in FigJam
• Smart selection
• Shared fonts

At Figma

• We offer a competitive hourly base pay rate of $55 - $55 USD
• Interns receive a housing stipend and travel reimbursement
• We celebrate and support diversity, and are committed to equal employment opportunities