Software Engineer Intern

Docusign brings agreements to life. Over 1.5 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 Docusign’s Intelligent Agreement Management platform, companies can create, commit, and manage agreements with solutions created by the #1 company in e-signature and contract lifecycle management (CLM).

As a Software Engineering Intern on the Core Service Infrastructure team, you will help design, develop, and enhance the critical platform services and APIs that power eSign Authentication and Authorization to the Signing Ceremony. In this role, you will work closely with senior engineers and mentors to build secure, highly reliable, and scalable backend services handling millions of daily signing and recipient authentication workflows. You will gain hands-on experience across the software development lifecycle—contributing production-ready code, writing automated tests, enhancing observability, and participating in agile ceremonies.

This is an internship role for 5 months of duration. This position is an individual contributor role reporting to the Senior Manager, Software Engineering.

• →Collaborate with mentors and engineers to develop, test, and maintain high-performance RESTful APIs and backend microservices supporting access management and presigning authentication flows
• →Write clean, maintainable, and well-tested code (C# / .NET) along with comprehensive unit and integration tests to ensure reliability and security
• →Instrument services with logging, telemetry, and metrics to monitor service health, debug issues, and ensure operational readiness across environments
• →Participate in sprint planning, daily stand-ups, code reviews, design discussions and cross team collaboration
• →Document technical designs, system workflows, and APIs, concluding the internship with a presentation and demonstration of your completed project to the team and key stakeholders

• Currently enrolled in an Undergraduate (BS) or Graduate (MS) degree program with an anticipated graduation date December 2027 and May/June 2028
• Experience with object-oriented programming (OOP), data structures, algorithms, and software design principles
• Experience with at least one modern object-oriented language (e.g., C#, Java, C++, or Python). Development will be within the C# / .NET, Microsoft Azure Stack
• Experience with web architecture, RESTful APIs, HTTP/HTTPS protocols, and working with databases (relational SQL or NoSQL)
• Experience with version control systems (Git/GitHub) and standard development environments

• Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Information Systems, Informatics or a related technical field of study
• Strong analytical and debugging skills, curiosity to learn new technologies, and clear communication skills to collaborate effectively both within the team and cross-team collaboration

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 - $45/hour

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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