Software Engineer Intern

About the Role

Docusign brings agreements to life, serving over 1.5 million customers and more than a billion people globally. We simplify business processes and people's lives through intelligent agreement management, unlocking critical data trapped in documents. Our platform empowers companies to create, commit, and manage agreements, backed by our leadership in e-signature and contract lifecycle management (CLM).

As a Software Engineering Intern on the Core Service Infrastructure team, you will contribute to the design, development, and enhancement of critical platform services and APIs powering eSign Authentication and Authorization to the Signing Ceremony. Working with senior engineers and mentors, you will build secure, highly reliable, and scalable backend services that handle millions of daily signing and recipient authentication workflows. This internship provides hands-on experience across the software development lifecycle, including contributing production-ready code, writing automated tests, enhancing observability, and participating in agile ceremonies. This is a 5-month internship role.

Key Responsibilities

• 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.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Development will be within C# / .NET, and Microsoft Azure Stack.

Qualifications

• Currently enrolled in an Undergraduate (BS) or Graduate (MS) degree program with an anticipated graduation date of 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).
• 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.
• Strong analytical and debugging skills.
• Curiosity to learn new technologies.
• Clear communication skills for effective collaboration.

This position requires a hybrid work arrangement, with a minimum of 2 days per week in-office.

Work authorization in the United States without sponsorship is required.