Stripe
High School Internship, Software Engineering (Summer 2027)
Seattle, San Francisco +1 · Internship · Posted Sep 30, 2026
- Location
- Seattle, San Francisco
San Francisco, California, United States - Experience
- Programming experience required; no specific number of years stated.
About the job
A 12-week, in-person software engineering internship in which high school students own a scoped project, contribute production software to Stripe’s codebase, and collaborate with engineering teams.
What you'll do
- Write, test, document, and review software intended for production use.
- Participate in team discussions and technical design, and incorporate feedback from engineers and cross-functional partners.
- Communicate progress and risks, learn unfamiliar systems, and use AI development tools with careful review and validation.
What they ask for
- Currently enrolled in high school or graduating before the internship begins; graduating in 2027 or later.
- Available full-time and in person for 12 consecutive weeks between May and August 2027 at the San Francisco or Seattle office, without remote participation or breaks.
- Programming experience and evidence of exceptional technical achievement for their stage, with ability to explain personal contributions, technical decisions, and testing.
- Meet employment eligibility, minimum age, and documentation requirements for the role’s location by the internship start date.
Nice to have
- Deeper technical knowledge in an area such as frontend, backend, infrastructure, data, machine learning, security, or developer tools.
- Experience with high-quality pull requests, tests, technical documentation, design notes, unfamiliar codebases, or multi-person projects.
Pay
$60 per hour (hourly pay rate; currency not stated)
Tools
Ruby, Java, JavaScript, Go, Scala
AI focus
Use current AI development tools thoughtfully; review, refine, test, and validate their outputs.
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