People Team: Software Engineer Intern (Fall 2026)

About the role

At Cloudflare, we are on a mission to help build a better Internet. Today the company runs one of the world's largest networks that powers millions of websites and other Internet properties for customers ranging from individual bloggers to SMBs to Fortune 500 companies. Cloudflare protects and accelerates any Internet application online without adding hardware, installing software, or changing a line of code. Internet properties powered by Cloudflare all have web traffic routed through its intelligent global network, which gets smarter with every request. As a result, they see significant improvement in performance and a decrease in spam and other attacks. Cloudflare was named to Entrepreneur Magazine's Top Company Cultures list and ranked among the World's Most Innovative Companies by Fast Company. At Cloudflare, we're not looking for people who wait for a polished roadmap; we're looking for the builders who see the cracks in the Internet that everyone else has simply learned to live with. We value candidates who have the instinct to spot a "normalized" problem and the AI-native curiosity to create a solution using the latest tools. Our culture is built on iteration, leveraging AI to ship faster today to make it better tomorrow, while ensuring that every improvement, no matter how small, is shared across the team to lift everyone up. If you're the type of person who values curiosity over bureaucracy, and that AI is a partner in solving tough problems to keep the Internet moving forward, you'll fit right in. Available Location: Austin 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. You will build production features in a sprint-based team. Work is guided by the IT Customer Zero team and deployed on Cloudflare infrastructure. Strong fundamentals and fast ramp-up ability are essential. What You'll Build & Do 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 & Qualifications 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 (Git, meaningful commits).

Requirements

• 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 (for back-end seat).
• 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.
• 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.
• The Team's Vision
• The team is building AI agents for the People organization that can reason, act, and coordinate without constant human input. You will contribute to this foundation and gain firsthand experience.
• We value fundamentals, curiosity, and fast learning.
• Internship Duration: 12 weeks
• Schedule: Full-time (3 days per week in office)
• What Makes Cloudflare Special?
• We're not just a highly ambitious, large-scale technology company. We're a highly ambitious, large-scale technology company with a soul. Fundamental to our mission to help build a better Internet is protecting the free and open Internet.
• Project Galileo : Since 2014, we've equipped more than 2,400 journalism and civil society organizations in 111 countries with powerful tools to defend themselves against attacks that would otherwise censor their work, technology already used by Cloudflare's enterprise customers--at no cost.
• 1.1.1.1 : We released 1.1.1.1 to help fix the foundation of the Internet by building a faster, more secure and privacy-centric public DNS resolver. This is available publicly for everyone to use - it is the first consumer-

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