# Software Engineer Intern

**Company:** [Figma](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/figma)
**Location:** San Francisco, CA, New York, NY
**Role:** Fullstack Engineering
**Salary:** $55 – $55/hr
**Experience:** 0+ years
**Skills:** C++, JavaScript, Python, Java, Data Structures, Algorithms, Distributed Systems, Developer Tooling, Infrastructure, Performance Optimization, Scalability, security engineering, product security, peer code review
**Posted:** 2026-08-10

> Software engineering interns contribute to user-facing features, platform infrastructure, or security systems while collaborating across engineering, product, design, and QA. Candidates should have programming experience, core computer science knowledge, and strong problem-solving and communication skills.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Join a small, collaborative Figma engineering team and contribute to projects aligned with team goals.
- Collaborate with engineers, product managers, designers, and QA to break down features and plan timelines.
- Build, document, and maintain tests, features, or infrastructure.
- Participate in peer code reviews and share feedback.
- Ship project work by the end of the internship.

## Engineering Areas
- **Product:** Build full-stack, user-facing features such as collaboration tools, product workflows, and growth experiments.
- **Platform/Infrastructure:** Build distributed systems, developer tooling, and performance and scalability solutions.
- **Security Engineering:** Build security-focused systems, product security tooling, detection capabilities, secure infrastructure, or privacy and security features.

## Requirements
- Experience writing clean code in at least one general-purpose programming language, such as C++, JavaScript, Python, or Java.
- Solid understanding of computer science concepts, including data structures and algorithms.
- Experience solving technical problems through school, work, or personal projects.
- Interest in how systems are designed and operate, from infrastructure to user interfaces.
- Strong communication and collaboration skills, with curiosity and willingness to ask questions, receive feedback, and grow.

## Compensation and Benefits
- Hourly base pay: **$55–$55 USD**.
- Housing stipend and travel reimbursement are available for interns.

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