# Software Engineer Intern (Summer 2027) [Figma](https://www.jorb.ai/firms/figma.md) · New York · United States · [Generalist Tech Internships / Programmes / Graduate Schemes](https://www.jorb.ai/jobs/generalist-tech-internships-programmes-graduate-schemes.md) Figma is hiring a Software Engineer Intern (Summer 2027) in New York. Posted 2026-09-14; applications close 2026-11-13. **Apply**: https://boards.greenhouse.io/figma/jobs/6143238004?gh_jid=6143238004 Posted 1d ago. ## Role details ## About Figma Figma is growing a 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! ## Software Engineering Intern 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, you’ll share your interests from the start so we can create the strongest possible match. 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 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, 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:** 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 - Excitement to explore how systems are designed and operate, from infrastructure to UI - Strong communication skills—asks great questions, collaborates well with others, and is excited to learn, get feedback, and grow as an engineer ## Pay Transparency This internship role is based in either Figma’s San Francisco or New York hub offices, and has an hourly base pay rate of **$55 USD**. Figma also offers interns a housing stipend and travel reimbursement. Compensation and benefits are subject to change and may be modified in the future. ## Equal Opportunity At Figma, we celebrate and support our differences. We’re an equal opportunity workplace 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 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, reach out to accommodations-ext@figma.com. Examples of accommodations include but are not limited to: - Holding interviews in an accessible location - Enabling closed captioning on video conferencing - Ensuring written communication is 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 to keep their cameras on during video interviews. Additionally, if hired, you will be required to attend in person onboarding. ## Applying to this role This Software Engineer Intern (Summer 2027) role at Figma runs through the firm's own careers portal and expects a CV and cover letter written specifically for the posting, not a portable submission carried across firms. Jorb AI's application agent tailors a CV and cover letter from your background to this posting and tracks the role alongside the rest of your applications. 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