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 January 4, 2027 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
- 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!
- Diagramming improvements in FigJam
- Smart selection
- Shared fonts
- 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
- Experience using AI-assisted development tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT, Claude) to write, debug, and optimize code
- 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.
At 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 [email protected]. 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.
Skills Required
- Proficiency writing clean code in at least one general-purpose language (C++, JavaScript, Python, Java).
- Solid grasp of core computer science concepts such as data structures and algorithms.
- Experience solving technical problems through school, work, or personal projects.
- Interest in systems design and operation across layers from infrastructure to UI.
- Strong communication and collaboration skills; receptive to feedback and eager to learn.
- Ability to be based out of Figma's San Francisco or New York hub and start on January 4, 2027.
- Willingness to keep camera on during video interviews and attend in-person onboarding.
Figma Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Figma and has not been reviewed or approved by Figma.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time off is described as generous, with company recharge days and strong PTO and sick leave programs highlighted across sources. This breadth of leave is repeatedly called out as a core strength of the package.
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Healthcare Strength — Health benefits cover medical, dental, and vision, and are consistently presented as robust in employer materials and third‑party summaries. Coverage quality is noted as a standout element of the overall offering.
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Parental & Family Support — Parental leave and fertility support are emphasized as core parts of the package. These family-focused benefits are frequently referenced as notable positives.
Figma Insights
What We Do
Born on the Web, Figma helps teams create, share, test, and ship better designs from start to finish. Companies like Microsoft, Google, and Slack use Figma to boost creative productivity while keeping everyone on the same page.
Why Work With Us
We’re multiplayer people who live by our values, celebrate our differences, and care deeply about each other and our users. Making design accessible to all is a lofty goal. We’re just getting started and could use your help—join us!
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