Software Engineer Intern

Company Overview

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).

What you'll do

The Software Engineer Intern will join the Orchestration – Simplify Building team to help design and build natural-language driven agreement workflows. They will work closely with engineers to prototype NL prompts, improve the human-in-the-loop (HITL) UI/UX and chat experience, and contribute to tools and infrastructure that make complex workflows easier to create and manage. This internship is designed to provide structured, hands-on experience with modern frontend and backend technologies while contributing to a high-impact product area for Docusign customers.

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

Responsibility

- Prototype and refine natural language prompts used to create and configure complex agreement workflows

- Implement and iterate on HITL UI/UX flows and chat experiences in the workflow builder, using React and related frontend technologies

- Contribute to offline and online evaluations, including defining metrics, running experiments, and analyzing results to improve workflow creation efficiency

- Create and update tools, agents, and sub-agents that power the agentic workflow builder experience

- Collaborate with the team to extend and, where appropriate, continue work on the Workflow Builder SDK

- Write clean, maintainable code in Python, TypeScript, and/or C#, and participate in code reviews

- Work closely with mentors and teammates to break down scoped problems, document solutions, and share learnings through demos or presentations

Job Designation

Hybrid: Employee divides their time between in-office and remote work. Access to an office location is required. (Frequency: Minimum 2 days per week; may vary by team but will be weekly in-office expectation)

Positions at Docusign are assigned a job designation of either In Office, Hybrid or Remote and are specific to the role/job. Preferred job designations are not guaranteed when changing positions within Docusign. Docusign reserves the right to change a position's job designation depending on business needs and as permitted by local law.

What you bring

Basic

- Currently enrolled in a Bachelor’s degree program in a relevant field (e.g., Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a closely related discipline), with an expected graduation date between December 2027 and May/June 2028

- Experience with at least one modern programming language such as Python, TypeScript/JavaScript, or C#

- Experience with data structures, algorithms, and software engineering concepts (e.g., version control, testing, debugging)

- Experience with experimentation or metrics (e.g., A/B tests, logging, dashboards) and using data to inform product or UX decisions

- Experience with distributed systems, cloud platforms, or workflow/automation tools through prior project or coursework

Preferred

- Computer Science or related field

- Interest in building user-facing experiences and/or developer tools, and willingness to learn React and related frontend technologies

- Interest in natural language interfaces, AI-powered workflows, or agentic systems

- Ability to work collaboratively in a hybrid team environment, communicate clearly, and incorporate feedback

Wage Transparency

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 or $X - $X base salary

Work Authorization Notice: Please note that we do not provide visa sponsorship or immigration support for this position. Applicants must already be authorized to work in the United States on a full-time, permanent basis without the need for current or future sponsorship.

Life at DocuSign

Working here

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.

Accommodation

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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States Not Eligible for Employment

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

EEO Statement

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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