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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!As a Security Engineer intern, you will help identify and drive impactful projects to improve the security of Figma's product, platform, and our IT systems. The mission of the Figma Security team is to help Figmates ship the most secure product to our users. We are looking for security generalists with a strong grasp of Computer Science and security fundamentals. You will partner closely with teams across the company and focus on systemic security improvements and risk reduction. You will also maximize your security skills to support and participate in operational security responsibilities like security reviews and consulting, external research/bug-bounty triage, incident response, and risk management.This is a full time role that can be held from one of our US hubs (San Francisco or New York) in either Winter or Summer of 2026.What you'll do at Figma:- Perform technical security assessments, code audits and design reviews- Develop technical solutions to help mitigate security vulnerabilities- Advocate security and secure practices throughout Figma- Conduct assessments to identify current and new attack vectors against Figma products and services- Help run our pen-testing and offensive security exercises as well as our bug bounty program We'd love to hear from you if you have: - Ph.D in a Computer Science program with a focus in security- Good understanding of at least two of Linux/Unix/Mac based systems security, AWS security, Cloud SaaS Security, and web application security- Proficient in at least one general purpose coding language- Demonstrated experience engineering security-based tooling and/or software- Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with demonstrated experience collaborating across functions While it's not required, it's an added plus if you also have: - Demonstrated ability to make hard prioritization decisions in security controls- Experience in a software engineering role and interested in working on security related projects- Publications at top security conferences like USENIX Security, NDSS, CCS, IEEE S&PAt 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.Internship$72.12-$72.12 USDWe 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 accommodations-ext@figma.com. 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 wri

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