What you'll do
Cloudflare's Research Team solves difficult problems in security, privacy, and systems at scale. This involves engineering, data analysis, open source software development, protocol design, implementation of primitives, with lots of measurement alongside.
Successful candidates will be matched to suitable projects in on-going research directions. We are particularly interested in applications in the following areas:
- AI
- Distributed Systems
- Privacy
- Trusted Execution Environments
The Internet is evolving in ways that challenge convention, and many existing assumptions no longer hold. Interns and internship projects are designed to help maintain the integrity of the Internet, its systems, and its applications. Some of the fundamental areas we’re investigating focus on include advanced cryptography, hardware isolation, balancing user privacy against notions of identity, network and internetwork observability in a seemingly fragmented world, even applications of formal methods at scale — and this is just a small view into our work! We’re also acutely aware that AI will impact all layers of a globally distributed system and the wider Internet.
General Research Intern Requirements
- Evidence of tackling hard or open-ended problems
- Proven track record of peer-reviewed research, open-source software contributions, or standards development, that is commensurate with level of training --- students at all levels are welcome to apply
- Experience clearly communicating research ideas through papers, pre-prints, standards documents, blogs, or similar media
- Ability to work in a systems-level programming language (e.g. Rust, C, Go)
- Passion for debugging and ensuring system reliability
- Familiarity with continuous integration workflows and source control systems (e.g., Gitlab, Github)
- Willing and eager to share knowledge, with the skills to do so
Additional Requirements
Knowledge or experience with at least one of the following:
- Computer networking protocols (TCP/IP, DNS, BGP, QUIC, etc.) and related algorithms
- Machine learning analysis, ideally in systems or network optimization
- Authentication protocols, applied cryptography, PKI and SSL/TLS
- Operating or distributed systems analysis or development
- Measurement for network and computer systems
- Proficiency in a scripting language, such as Python
Bonus Points
- Proven track record of independently driving projects in a fast-paced environment
- Experience working in groups, or with multiple stakeholders
- Able to fluently work across multiple programming languages
Internship Availability and Expectations
- Ability to commit to a 12 week fall internship
- In office 3-4 days a week in London, UK