Software Engineer Intern, 2027 Canada
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 5, 2026. First seen by Alion on Oct 4, 2026.
Working at Atlassian
Atlassians have the flexibility to work where they can collaborate most effectively with their team, whether at home, one of our global offices, or both. We hire in any country where we have a legal entity. Learn how we work at go.atlassian.com/distributed.
Your Future Org
Atlassian’s Intern program combines hands-on technical training, professional growth opportunities, dedicated mentorship, and strong social connections. This holistic approach empowers students to hit the ground running and sets them up for a successful and impactful career at Atlassian!
This role is located in Vancouver, Burnaby or Richmond, British Columbia. You must be willing and able to work out of one of these locations to qualify.
This position is not eligible for employer sponsorship for work authorization at the time of hire. Applicants who may require employer sponsorship in the future are encouraged to indicate this during the application process.
Canada: Our paid internship program runs for 15 weeks between May - August 2027 or for 15 weeks between September - December 2027.
Your Future Team
Join Atlassian's world-class engineering organization where technical excellence meets AI-driven innovation. Our elite engineers build cutting-edge solutions that enhance user experiences at scale, leveraging artificial intelligence to transform how millions of teams collaborate. We maintain the highest standards through data-driven insights and agile methodologies. Every engineer is empowered to contribute breakthrough ideas in AI-powered features and take ownership of impactful solutions, creating industry-leading products that redefine the future of teamwork.
Responsibilities
From day one, you will be a valued part of our development team, trusted to make changes to code that directly impact our products, while gaining deep technical knowledge in full lifecycle product development. You will report to Senior Engineers on your team and dream up and code new features that can be shipped straight into our products.
As part of a unified R&D team, Engineering is prioritizing key initiatives which support our customers in moving to cloud while simultaneously continuing to bring the most value to our customers through investments across our core product suite - including Jira, Confluence, Trello, and Bitbucket.
Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications
Able to commit to a 15-week full-time (40hrs/week) program during Summer 2027 or a 15-week full time (40hrs/week) program during Fall 2027.
Currently enrolled full-time in a Bachelor or Master degree program in Computer Science, Software Engineering or related technical field and returning to the program after the completion of the internship, graduating by August 2028.
Programming Foundation: Proficiency in Java, Python, C, C++, or other object-oriented programming languages through coursework or personal projects
Technical Fundamentals: Understanding of data structures, algorithms, and their practical applications in problem-solving
Preferred Qualifications
Software Engineering Experience: Demonstrated skills through previous internships, work experience, personal projects, open-source contributions, or technical publications
AI/ML Interest: Exposure to artificial intelligence concepts, machine learning frameworks, or emerging AI technologies (MCP, agentic AI) through coursework, projects, or self-learning
System Design Awareness: Basic understanding of common design patterns and their applications in software architecture
Compensation
At Atlassian, we strive to design equitable, explainable, and competitive compensation programs. To support this goal, the baseline of our range is higher than that of the typical market range, but in turn we expect to hire most candidates near this baseline. Base pay within the range is ultimately determined by a candidate's skills, expertise, or experience. For this role, our current base pay range for new hires is:
Canada: CA$40/hr - CA$45/hr
Benefits and Perks
Atlassian offers a wide range of perks and benefits designed to support you, your family and to help you engage with your local community. Our offerings include health and wellbeing resources, paid volunteer days, and so much more. To learn more, visit Atlassian Internships: Students and New Grads | Atlassian .
About Atlassian
At Atlassian, we're motivated by a common goal: to unleash the potential of every team. Our software products help teams all over the planet and our solutions are designed for all types of work. Team collaboration through our tools makes what may be impossible alone, possible together.
We believe that the unique contributions of all Atlassians create our success. To ensure that our products and culture continue to incorporate everyone's perspectives and experience, we never discriminate based on race, religion, national origin, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, or marital, veteran, or disability status. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
To provide you the best experience, we can support with accommodations or adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process. Simply inform our Recruitment team during your conversation with them.
To learn more about our culture and hiring process, visit go.atlassian.com/crh .
In line with local law, identity verification (which may include use of biometric data) is a condition of employment with Atlassian for employment fraud purposes.