Software Engineer Intern - Warsaw Security
This internship involves building secure, cloud-scale software and security tooling while contributing to vulnerability remediation, threat detection, cloud security, and compliance automation. Candidates should be enrolled in a relevant degree program and have strong Python or Java, algorithms, and problem-solving skills.
About the job
What We Offer
- Paid, full-time internship
- Post-internship career opportunities, including full-time or part-time roles
- Fast-paced, inclusive culture
- Opportunity to work with security experts on challenging, high-impact projects
- Meaningful contributions to a customer-used system
- Manager and mentor access, direction, feedback, and a final evaluation
- Full participation in company meetings and activities
- Flexible hours, casual dress code, and team perks
- Warsaw office perks, including catered lunches, recreational games, happy hours, and company outings
Requirements
- Actively enrolled in an accredited college or university program during the internship
- Studying Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field
- Completed coursework in algorithms, data structures, and operating systems
- Recommended coursework in information security, cryptography, cloud computing, database systems, or distributed systems
- Internship duration of 4 months or longer is recommended
- Strong programming skills in Python or Java
- Solid knowledge of data structures and algorithms
- Familiarity with ML/AI concepts is a plus
- Strong problem-solving ability and capacity to learn quickly
- Experience working as part of a team
- Passion for security and technology
- Working proficiency in English
Learning and Responsibilities
- Build enterprise-grade, reliable, and secure software services at cloud scale
- Gain hands-on experience across application security, infrastructure and cloud security, security engineering, threat detection and response, and compliance and governance
- Identify and remediate security vulnerabilities in large-scale distributed systems
- Build security tooling and automation using Python and Java
- Apply ML/AI techniques to security problems such as anomaly detection and threat intelligence
- Collaborate with product management and engineers to deliver customer-facing security features
- Gain practical experience with cloud infrastructure security on AWS, Azure, and/or Google Cloud
Potential Work Areas
- Security tooling and automation
- Vulnerability detection and remediation
- Algorithmic and ML/AI-driven threat detection
- Cloud security posture and IAM controls
- Compliance automation and policy enforcement
Skills
Python, Java, Data Structures, Algorithms, Operating Systems, Information Security, Cryptography, Cloud Computing, Database Systems, Distributed Systems, Machine Learning, AWS, Microsoft Azure, GCP, IAM
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