About the role
Figma is growing our team of passionate people on a mission to make design accessible to all. Born on the Web, Figma helps entire product teams brainstorm, design and build better products — from start to finish. Whether it’s consolidating tools, simplifying workflows, or collaborating across teams and time zones, Figma makes the design process faster, more efficient, and fun while keeping everyone on the same page. From great products to long-lasting companies, we believe that nothing great is made alone—come make with us!
More than anything, we seek engineers with strong coding fundamentals and a track record of high quality engineering. We work in a highly collaborative environment, where most projects are owned by small groups of 2-3 people. We strive to foster a positive, inclusive culture - you can read more about our engineering values on our blog. If you’d like to join us on our mission to make design accessible to all, let’s talk!
What you’ll do at Figma:
Be fully embedded onto an engineering team and assigned technical projects that directly relate to your team and team goals
Work closely with your mentor and team as well as collaborate with other engineers, product managers, designers, and QA to design features and break down high-level goals into tasks and timelines
Build, document and maintain tests, features and infrastructure
Provide thoughtful feedback to others on the team
Ship your project/s by the end of your internship!
Past intern projects:
Diagramming Improvements in FigJam
Smart selection
Shared fonts
We'd love to hear from you if you have:
Demonstrated ability to turn technical approach into clean and fluent code, showing skills in CS fundamentals including algorithms and data structures
Experience with one or more general purpose programming languages: Javascript, Ruby, Python, C++, Objective-C, or Java
Proven track record of completing projects that require problem solving and cross-functional partnership in a team setting
Demonstrated ability to communicate technical problems and solutions
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.
