Software Engineer Intern, Figma

2024

Salary not provided

Internship (Monthly Stipend): $8,500 USD

JavaScript

Python

Java

Ruby

C++

Objective-C

New York

San Francisco Bay Area

1-3 days a week in office

Design platform for product teams

Job no longer available

Design platform for product teams

1001+ employees

B2BEnterpriseInternal toolsDesignSaaSProduct Management

Job no longer available

Salary not provided

Internship (Monthly Stipend): $8,500 USD

JavaScript

Python

Java

Ruby

C++

Objective-C

New York

San Francisco Bay Area

1-3 days a week in office

1001+ employees

B2BEnterpriseInternal toolsDesignSaaSProduct Management

Company mission

Figma's mission is to help teams create, share, test, and ship better designs from start to finish.

Job

Company

Role

Who you are

Solid technical knowledge including CS fundamentals and data structures
Experience with one or more general purpose programming languages, including but not limited to: Javascript, Ruby, Python, C++, Objective-C, or Java
Ability to communicate technical problems and solutions
Enjoy learning from others and digging into new challenges
An inclusive and collaborative attitude towards building features and solving problems

What the job involves

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!

Our take

Figma is a web-based design platform that helps cross-functional teams of designers, project managers, and developers easily collaborate on product design projects. Its standout feature, Multiplayer mode, is like Google Docs for design, letting team members collaborate in real-time on project files that are hosted in the cloud.

Founded in 2012, Figma quickly established itself among its competitors in the sector and, in 2024, achieved a valuation of $12.5 billion after a large funding round backed by the likes of General Catalyst and Andreessen Horowitz. However, its recent focus on AI tools has had mixed results; Figma's Make Design tool, which generates apps using AI, was taken off the market soon after launch.

Nevertheless, thousands of industry-leading companies such as Airbnb, Dropbox, GitHub and Microsoft use Figma to scale their design efforts easily across distributed teams. A 2025 IPO is on the cards too, and Figma has the customer base and market trust to pull it off.

Kirsty

Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle

Insights

Top investors

97% employee growth in 12 months

Glassdoor (4.4)

Trustpilot (2.6)

Company

Funding (last 2 of 8 rounds)

May 2024

$415.7m

SERIES F

Jan 2022

$0.5m

SERIES E

Total funding: $749.1m

Company benefits

Equity
Health, Dental, & Vision
Retirement with company contribution
Parental leave & fertility support
Mental health and wellness benefits
Generous PTO
Company recharge days
Learning & development stipend
Work from home stipend
Cell phone reimbursement

Company HQ

Union Square, San Francisco, CA

Leadership

Dylan Field

(CEO)

Previous Research Assistant at Microsoft for 1 year. Spent 2.5 years at Brown University pursuing a CS/Math degree, dropping out with the support of the Thiel Fellowship, when he earnt a grant of $100,000 to pursue entrepreneurial projects.

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