Software Engineering Intern (Summer 2027)
Published on September 09, 2026
Dropbox isn’t just a workplace—it’s a living lab for designing a more enlightened way of working. We’re a global community of bold visionaries and resourceful doers shaping the future of Dropbox and, in turn, the future of work. Our Virtual First model combines the autonomy of a distributed workplace with the power of human connection, creating space for meaningful work and lasting relationships. With a startup mindset and enterprise-level opportunities, we expect Dropbox employees to think critically, stay curious, and use modern tools, including AI, to improve how work gets done. Here, you can be who you are and grow into who you’re meant to be. You own your impact, helping make work more intuitive, joyful, and human for yourself and hundreds of millions of people worldwide. If you’re ready to push boundaries and challenge yourself, Dropbox is ready for you.
Role Description
Please note:This role will remain open until 10/02/2026. Dropbox currently only offers Summer internships May - September and cannot accommodate off cycle internships at this time. Please inform your recruiter if you have upcoming deadlines for Summer 2027 internships.
As a Software Engineering Intern, you'll work alongside seasoned professionals, diving deep into real-world challenges and pioneering solutions that impact millions. With a focus on the future of collaboration, you'll have the opportunity to work on high-impact projects that define the next chapter of Dropbox. In our Virtual First work culture, you’ll connect with with Dropboxers virtually and in-person to build the foundation of a strong professional network.
As a Summer intern, you will also have the opportunity to attend our Emerging Talent Summit, where participants from our intern and early-career programs come together in person to build lasting relationships, explore learning and development opportunities, and prepare for their career journey ahead.
For Summer 2027, we offer three start dates culminating in a 12-week internship:
- May 27 - August 13, 2027
- June 22 - September 3, 2027
- July 6 - September 24, 2027
Responsibilities
- 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 & Mentorship:
- 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.
Here are some examples of the numerous types of roles and teams that you can have an impact on:
- 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.
- Customer Experience (CX) - The CX Technology team enhances our business through innovative technology. You'll convert our service strategy into tools for customers and agents, advancing technical support capabilities. Your role simplifies problem-solving for our team, refines user interaction on our support site, integrates ticketing with internal systems, promotes secure development, and creates self-help tools for users.
- Mobile Engineering - Our Mobile team builds products and features that drive the core experience on the Dropbox mobile application. We enable users to easily manage their content, collaborate with their peers and work effortlessly with others. This position will play a key role in building and supporting mobile features.
- Security Engineering- People trust Dropbox to keep their data secure, and at Dropbox we rely on our security engineers to make our products safe. You are a software engineer with a deep interest in building software that is secure yet easy to use. Security engineers collaborate with product teams to secure our software, production infrastructure, website, desktop and mobile apps and our corporate infrastructure and devices.
Requirements
- 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
Durable Skills
AI fluency means using these tools to amplify human judgment, not replace it. We believe people with these skills will thrive as work and technology continue to evolve:
- 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.
To learn more about why these skills matter and what the data shows about thriving through change, read this blog post from our Chief People Officer, Melanie Rosenwasser.
Compensation
US Pay Range
$9,000—$10,000 USD