Software Engineer Intern

Docusign brings agreements to life. More than 1.8 million customers and more than a billion people in over 180 countries use Docusign solutions to accelerate the process of doing business and simplify people’s lives. With intelligent agreement management, Docusign unleashes business-critical data that is trapped inside of documents. Until now, these were disconnected from business systems of record, costing businesses time, money, and opportunity. Using the Docusign AI-native IAM platform, companies can create, commit, and manage agreements with solutions created by the #1 company in e-signature and contract lifecycle management (CLM).

The Runtime Change Platform (RCP) team within Cloud & Production Engineering (CPE) builds platforms that help Docusign engineering teams manage and release runtime changes safely and confidently. Our work supports progressive feature delivery through feature flags, experimentation, runtime configuration, and Change Insights, which help teams identify the likely causes of incidents quickly. As a summer intern, you will work with experienced engineers on a well-scoped project that improves the Runtime Change Platform and enhances the developer experience. You will receive mentorship, participate in design and code reviews, and learn how production-quality services are built and operated.

This is an internship role for 4 months of duration. This position is an individual contributor role reporting to the Manager, Software Engineering.

• →Contribute to a backend service, component library, developer tool, or automation project using modern engineering practices
• →Collaborate with your mentor, teammates and PMs to understand requirements, evaluate design options, and break work into achievable milestones
• →Write readable, maintainable code and automated tests, including unit and integration tests where appropriate
• →Work with APIs, structured data, and service dependencies in a distributed-systems environment
• →Add or improve metrics, logs, dashboards, documentation, or runbooks that make systems easier to understand and operate
• →Participate in code reviews, sprint planning, demos, and other Agile team activities
• →Investigate bugs and development issues, explain your findings, and help implement durable fixes
• →Present your project results and lessons learned to the team at the end of the internship

• Currently pursuing a bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field with an expected graduation date of December 2027 or Summer 2028
• Experience building software through coursework, personal projects, research, or previous internships
• Experience programming in at least one language such as C#, Java, Go, Python, or a similar modern language
• Experience with data structures, algorithms, software design, and object-oriented or functional programming concepts
• Experience with web services, REST APIs, JSON, Git, and automated testing

• Experience developing backend services, distributed systems, developer tools, or cloud-based applications
• Familiarity with Azure or GCP, infrastructure-as-code, or CI/CD concepts
• Exposure to runtime configuration, feature flags, progressive delivery, or experimentation platforms
• Exposure to observability tools or concepts such as metrics, logs, traces, dashboards, or service-level objectives
• Familiarity with Al coding assistants and an ability to use them thoughtfully for learning, debugging, documentation, and productivity
• Strong problem-solving and communication skills, with curiosity and willingness to learn

Pay for this position is based on a number of factors including geographic location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.

Based on applicable legislation, the below details pay ranges in the following locations:

Washington, Maryland, New Jersey and New York (including NYC metro area): $38 - $45hour 

Docusign is committed to building trust and making the world more agreeable for our employees, customers and the communities in which we live and work. You can count on us to listen, be honest, and try our best to do what’s right, every day. At Docusign, everything is equal.

We each have a responsibility to ensure every team member has an equal opportunity to succeed, to be heard, to exchange ideas openly, to build lasting relationships, and to do the work of their life. Best of all, you will be able to feel deep pride in the work you do, because your contribution helps us make the world better than we found it. And for that, you’ll be loved by us, our customers, and the world in which we live.

Docusign is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities in our job application procedures. If you need such an accommodation, or a religious accommodation, during the application process, please contact us at accommodations@docusign.com.

If you experience any issues, concerns, or technical difficulties during the application process please get in touch with our Talent organization at taops@docusign.com for assistance.

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This position is not eligible for employment in the following states: Alaska, Hawaii, Maine, Mississippi, North Dakota, South Dakota, Vermont, West Virginia and Wyoming.

It's important to us that we build a talented team that is as diverse as our customers and where all employees feel a deep sense of belonging and thrive. We encourage great talent who bring a range of perspectives to apply for our open positions. Docusign is an Equal Opportunity Employer and makes hiring decisions based on experience, skill, aptitude and a can-do approach. We will not discriminate based on race, ethnicity, color, age, sex, religion, national origin, ancestry, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, physical or mental disability, registered domestic partner status, caregiver status, marital status, veteran or military status, or any other legally protected category.

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