Frontend Software Engineering Intern

Want to help us, help others? We’re hiring! 

GoFundMe is the world’s most powerful community for good, dedicated to helping people help each other. By uniting individuals and nonprofits in one place, GoFundMe makes it easy and safe for people to ask for help and support causes—for themselves and each other. Together, our community has raised more than $40 billion since 2010.

Join us! GoFundMe is hiring a Frontend Software Engineer Intern to help build our front end user experience for our platform. The ideal candidate is familiar with front end web development and capable in creating user experiences in React and JavaScript. We want to talk to you if you love transforming designs and mockups into user experiences for the web, are wanting to grow your AWS Cloud experience, and are interested in learning more about how modern development teams deliver SaaS applications. 

This is a 10 week internship program that runs from May 27th, 2026 to August 7th, 2026. The program will be based in San Francisco, CA and interns will be expected onsite three days per week. 

What You’Ll Do:

• Work alongside other full time Software Engineers of all experience levels on a production development team.
• Take part in the team’s agile development processes, completing user stories and other tasks that enter the team’s sprint.
• Contribute solutions to our frontend applications in React, JavaScript, and Typescript.
• Work in our Jest frontend unit testing framework
• Receive mentorship and coaching from some of the best technical minds in the industry.

What You Bring (Required):

• Experience in a 4 year Computer Science degree program, Bootcamp, or relevant work experience elsewhere in our industry.
• Familiarity with JavaScript, TypesScript, and React
• Familiarity with Agile and Scrum methodologies
• Comfortable with working in a remote and distributed environment
• Ability to understand product requirements and translate them into technical solutions
• Familiarity with Git & Bitbucket. 

What would be awesome to have (Preferred):

• Familiarity with Next.js
• Familiarity with PHP and Laravel
• Familiarity with different state management technologies
• Experience with Module Federation and Micro Frontends 
• Experience with PCI compliance and eCommerce platforms

Why you’ll love it here...

• Market competitive pay.
• Hybrid workplace with fully remote flexibility for many roles.
• Monetary support for hybrid work & wellbeing expenses.
• A variety of mental and wellness programs to support employees.   
• Learning & development and recognition programs.
• “Gives Back” Program where employees can nominate a fundraiser every week for a donation from the company.
• Inclusion, diversity, equity, and belonging are vital to our priorities and we continue to evolve our strategy to ensure DEI is embedded in all processes and programs at GoFundMe. Our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion team is always finding new ways for our company to uphold and represent the experiences of all of the people in our organization.
• Employee resource groups.
• Your work has a real purpose and will help change lives on a global scale.
• You’ll be a part of a fun, supportive team that works hard and celebrates accomplishments together. 
• We live by our core values: impatient to be great, find a way, earn trust every day, fueled by purpose.
• We are a certified Great Place to Work, are growing fast and have incredible opportunities ahead!

GoFundMe is proud to be an equal opportunity employer that actively pursues candidates of diverse backgrounds and experiences. We are committed to providing diversity, equity, and inclusion training to all employees, and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, ethnicity, nationality or national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, pregnancy status, marital status, age, medical condition, mental or physical disability, or military or veteran status.

The hourly rate for this position is $35.00.  The pay rate was determined by role, level, and possible location across the US. Individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific pay rate based on your location during the hiring process. 

If you require a reasonable accommodation to complete a job application or a job interview or to otherwise participate in the hiring process, please contact us at accommodationrequests@gofundme.com. 

Learn More About Gofundme:

We’re proud to partner with GoFundMe.org, an independent public charity, to extend the reach and impact of our generous community, while helping drive critical social change. You can learn more about GoFundMe.org’s activities and impact in their FY ‘24 annual report.

Our annual “Year in Help” report reflects our community’s impact in advancing our mission of helping people help each other.For recent company news and announcements, visit our Newsroom.