Software Engineering Intern (Summer 2027)

What you'd do

• Create Impact: Ship a high-priority project from start to finish, directly contributing to mission-critical software development. Along the way, build AI proficiency by leveraging tools like Copilot to boost productivity and code quality.
• Innovative Development: Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to design, develop, and deploy next-gen features for Dropbox's suite of products.
• Agile Learning: Immerse yourself in rapid prototyping, iterative development, and harness the power of structured feedback from your host team.
• User-Centric Focus: Ensure solutions are designed with the end-user in mind, emphasizing usability and intuitive design.
• Tech Exploration: Participate in tech talks, professional development workshops, to explore new technologies and tools.
• Team Matching: You play an active part in the team matching process.
• Prior to final round technical interviews, we’ll send you a detailed survey to understand your interests and strengths.
• These criteria as well as current business needs and your location are all factors we consider to match you closely with a host team.
• Mentorship: Receive 1:1 mentorship and guidance from your team, a mentor, and a peer mentor.
• These dedicated industry professionals help you gain insights into the tech world while enabling your success through meaningful work, clear guidance, and a supportive environment.
• Continuous Feedback: Receive real time and written actionable feedback and reviews on a regular cadence to help drive your development over the course of the internship.
• Product Engineering - Product Engineers thrive working across technologies and codebases, and are also involved in various product development cycle stages.
• Along the way they represent users needs through close partnership with product, design, and user research.
• In this role you will deliver best-in-breed software by building robust systems that power optimized user experiences on marquee projects like Dropbox Paper, Transfer, or Family.
• Infrastructure Engineering - The Infrastructure Engineering team designs products for vast scale.
• We craft components for millions of connections, oversee billions of files, and manage hundreds of petabytes of data.
• Our rigorous approach addresses edge cases and errors.
• Through refined code and thorough testing, we prioritize data integrity and security.

What they want

• Currently pursuing a BS or MS in Computer Science or related technical field involving coding (e.g., physics or mathematics), graduating in Fall/Winter 2027 or Spring 2028. This should be your final internship before graduating
• Experience writing or shipping software as part of coursework, personal projects, internships, coding competitions or research
• Experience coding in programming languages, such as Python, Go, JavaScript, or similar languages
• Passion for learning, solving problems, and challenging the status quo
• Available for Summer 2027 full-time internship (40 hours per week /12 weeks)
• Although this is a virtual internship, interns are expected to work from their designated primary work location throughout the 12-week program.
• Any request to work from another location, including another country, must be approved in advance and may be restricted based on applicable company, legal, payroll, or security requirements
• Awareness: Understand yourself and others.
• Judgment: Evaluate information and make decisions in complex situations.
• Adaptability: Learn, adjust, and stay effective through change.
• Connection: Communicate, collaborate, and build trust.