Figma
Software Engineer Intern (Summer 2027)
San Francisco, CA • New York, NY +1 · Internship · Posted Sep 14, 2026
- Location
- San Francisco, CA • New York, NY
US
About the job
An embedded engineering intern builds and ships features, tools, tests, or systems with a Figma team across product, backend/infrastructure, or security engineering.
What you'll do
- Collaborate with engineers, PMs, designers, and QA to plan and break down work.
- Build, document, and maintain tests, features, or infrastructure; contribute feedback through peer code review.
- Ship an internship project aligned with team goals.
What they ask for
- Write clean code in at least one general-purpose language and understand core CS concepts such as data structures and algorithms.
- Have experience solving technical problems through school, work, or personal projects.
- Communicate and collaborate effectively, ask questions, and be willing to learn and receive feedback.
Nice to have
- Experience using AI-assisted development tools such as GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT, or Claude.
Pay
$55 — $55 USD hourly base pay
Tools
C++, JavaScript, Python, Java, GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT, Claude
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