Software Engineer Intern — Build Collaborative Features

Figma; New York (NY); On-site; USD 63,000 - 87,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Housing stipend

Travel reimbursement

Job summary

Figma is seeking software engineering interns who are excited to make an impact across product and infrastructure. You’ll be embedded into small engineering teams across the company, paired with a mentor, and will ship meaningful features, tools, or systems.

Whether you work on internal infrastructure or user-facing features, you’ll 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.

Qualifications

• 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!

Skills

Clean code

CS fundamentals

General-purpose languages

Strong communicator

Job description

Figma is seeking software engineering interns who are excited to make an impact across product and infrastructure. You’ll be embedded into small engineering teams across the company, paired with a mentor, and will ship meaningful features, tools, or systems.

Whether you work on internal infrastructure or user-facing features, you’ll 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.