Software Engineer Intern (Winter 2027)
Cloudflare
Posted 13 Nov 2026, 17:03 ET
This job at a glance
- Who can apply
- New grads and up to 1 year
- Must know
- AgileJavaScriptTypeScriptREST APIsGitReact
- Work
- On-site in Austin · internship
- Pay
- Not stated by the employer.
- Skill demand
- JavaScript35%REST APIs25%Agile20%TypeScript15%of 20 similar entry-level jobs posted in the US this week
- Listed
- Nov 13, 2026 · still open
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About the Role
- Available Location: Austin, Texas, US
- Available Term: Winter (January - April 2027)
- The team is building AI agents for the People team that can reason, act, and coordinate without constant human input.
- Contribute to this foundation and gain firsthand experience.
- Value fundamentals, curiosity, and fast learning.
- Join the People Innovation Lab to rapidly build and deploy internal enterprise applications and tooling for the Cloudflare People & Places organization, focused on making work smarter.
What We Provide
- Opportunity to solve real problems with AI and code.
- Mentorship, dedicated manager, regular 1:1s, and structured support.
- Real sprint work with production deliverables.
- Access to Cloudflare's full intern cohort (community, events, network).
- A portfolio artifact: production-deployed code and a shipped product demo.
Key Responsibilities
- Build production features in a sprint-based team.
- Work is guided by the IT Customer Zero team and deployed on Cloudflare infrastructure.
- Build and ship full-stack features, clean production code, and integrations for internal tools.
- Write and review code, work in sprints (managing tickets/blockers), and coordinate with the other intern.
- Effectively use AI-assisted coding tools.
- Demo working products to leadership.
Requirements & Tech Stack
Minimum Requirements
- Pursuing CS, Software Engineering, or related degree (or equivalent experience).
- Ability to build and demonstrate a working web application.
- Proficient in JavaScript/TypeScript and comfortable with one back-end language/framework.
- Solid understanding of end-to-end web app functionality (HTTP, APIs, data persistence, deployment).
- Experience with shared codebases such as Git and meaningful commits.
- Ability to commit to a full-time (40 hours/week) for a minimum 12 week internship.
- In office 3-5 days a week.
Preferred Qualifications
- Familiarity with serverless/edge computing.
- Experience with a modern front-end framework (React, Vue, Svelte, etc.) and/or MCPs/APIs, data modeling, or systems design.
- Experience using AI-assisted development tools (Cursor, Windsurf, OpenCode).
- Prior sprint-based team experience.
- For UI seat: Experience with design systems, Figma, or strong interaction design sense.