Software Engineer Intern (Summer 2027)

Figma
San Francisco +1 more
On-siteCareer-pivot friendly

In the 12 months to 30 Jun 2026, Figma filed 30 H-1B positions titled "Software Engineer". Source: U.S. Department of Labor, LCA disclosure data. A record of filings already made, not a commitment to sponsor.

Who this role is best for

A natural match if you have experience in full stack development or infrastructure systems and are interested in collaborative, cross-functional engineering teams.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with full stack or infrastructure experience and a desire to collaborate on impactful projects
    — “Build full stack user facing features, including new collaboration tools”
  • Individuals who are enthusiastic about learning and adapting to new systems and workflows
    — “We believe in hiring smart, curious people who are excited to learn and develop their skills”
  • Students who have worked on technical projects and are interested in contributing to real-world product development
    — “Experience solving technical problems through school, work, or personal projects”

Things to consider

  • In-person attendance is required for onboarding and video interviews
    — “you will be required to attend in person onboarding”
  • The internship is limited to specific start dates and geographic locations
    — “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”

How to stand out

  • Highlight specific technical problem-solving projects and your interest in systems design
    — “Are excited to explore how systems are designed and operate, from infrastructure to UI”
  • Emphasize past work on collaborative tools or cross-functional team experiences
    — “Collaborate with engineers, PMs, designers, and QA to break down features and plan timelines”
  • Showcase your ability to contribute to meaningful features or systems
    — “You'll get to learn, contribute, and grow in a supportive environment”
Pace · SteadyCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · Individual

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What success looks like

  • contributes to meaningful features, tools, or systems
  • ships projects by the end of the internship
Typical background
experience writing clean code in at least one general-purpose language

Skills & requirements

Required

Clean CodeCore CS Concepts (data Structures, Algorithms)Technical Problem-solvingCollaborationCommunication

Preferred

Experience With Distributed SystemsSecurity Engineering

Stack & domain

C++JavaScriptPythonJavaData StructuresAlgorithmsCommunicationCollaborationProblem-solvingSoftware EngineeringProduct DevelopmentInfrastructure

About the role

Original posting from Figma via Greenhouse

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

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

We'd love to hear from you if you have:

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

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.

Internship$55—$55 USDAt 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.

We will work to ensure individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to apply for a role, participate in the interview process, perform essential job functions, and receive other benefits and privileges of employment. If you require accommodation, please reach out to accommodations-ext@figma.com. These modifications enable an individual with a disability to have an equal opportunity not only to get a job, but successfully perform their job tasks to the same extent as people without disabilities. 

Examples of accommodations include but are not limited to: 

Holding interviews in an accessible location

Enabling closed captioning on video conferencing

Ensuring all written communication be compatible with screen readers

Changing the mode or format of interviews 

To ensure the integrity of our hiring process and facilitate a more personal connection, we require all candidates keep their cameras on during video interviews. Additionally, if hired you will be required to attend in person onboarding.

By applying for this job, the candidate acknowledges and agrees that any personal data contained in their application or supporting materials will be processed in accordance with Figma's Candidate Privacy Notice.

Source: Figma careers (Greenhouse)

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