Software Engineer Internship – Summer 2027

About the role

Figma is expanding its engineering team and is looking for software engineering interns to join its London hub for the Summer 2027 term. Interns will be paired with a small, collaborative team and a mentor, working on projects that span product features, platform infrastructure, or security engineering.

Key responsibilities

• Join a small engineering team as a full member, receiving a dedicated project and mentor.
• Contribute to projects that align with team goals and have measurable impact.
• Collaborate with engineers, product managers, designers, and QA to break down features and plan timelines.
• Build, document, and maintain tests, features, or infrastructure components.
• Participate in peer code reviews and share feedback.
• Ship your project(s) by the end of the internship.

Required profile

• Experience writing clean code in at least one general‑purpose language (e.g., C++, JavaScript, Python, Java).
• Proven ability to solve technical problems through school, work, or personal projects.
• Experience using AI‑assisted development tools such as GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT, or Claude.
• Curiosity about system design from infrastructure to UI.
• Strong communication skills, eager to ask questions, receive feedback, and grow as an engineer.

Required skills

• C++
• JavaScript
• Python
• Java
• Data structures
• Algorithms
• GitHub Copilot
• ChatGPT
• Claude