Hardware Systems Engineer Intern (Spring / Summer 2026) at Cloudflare

United States

<strong>About Us</strong> <p>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. </p> <p><span>We realize people do not fit into neat boxes. We are looking for curious and empathetic individuals who are committed to developing themselves and learning new skills, and we are ready to help you do that. We cannot complete our mission without building a diverse and inclusive team. We hire the best people based on an evaluation of their potential and support them throughout their time at Cloudflare. Come join us! </span></p> <p><strong>Available location(s): Austin, US</strong></p> <p>Cloudflare’s Hardware team is looking for interns to work on our upcoming ARM servers and GPU / AI servers. The interns will gain experience with testing enterprise hardware, managing a production server fleet, and working in cloud data centers.</p> <p>An ideal intern candidate for the Hardware Team would be interested in the following:</p> <ul> <li>Learning how to qualify and manage enterprise hardware in a lab and production environment</li> <li>Learning how enterprise data centers are architected</li> <li>Converting knowledge gained through coursework into tools used by Cloudflare’s Hardware Team or its adjacent teams</li> <li>Ability to commit to a minimum 12 week summer internship.</li> <li>In office 2-5 days a week in Austin, TX.</li> </ul> <p>An ideal intern candidate for the Hardware Team would possess the following skills:</p> <ul> <li>Exposure to compute hardware architecture (x86 or ARM)</li> <li>Experience with machine learning, neural networks (preferably hands-on)</li> <li>Experience with GPUs for training and inference</li> <li>Experience with version control systems (git, mercurial, or similar)</li> <li>Experience with Linux command line (file manipulation, text editing, etc)</li> </ul><p><strong>What Makes Cloudflare Special?</strong></p> <p><span>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.</span></p> <p><a href="https://blog.cloudflare.com/protecting-free-expression-online/"><strong>Project Galileo</strong></a><span>: 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.</span></p> <p><strong><a href="https://www.cloudflare.com/athenian/">Athenian Project</a></strong><span>: In 2017, we created the Athenian Project to ensure that state and local governments have the highest level of protection and reliability for free, so that their constituents have access to election information and voter registration. Since the project, we've provided services to more than 425 local government election websites in 33 states.</span></p> <p><a href="https://1.1.1.1/"><strong>1.1.1.1</strong></a><span>: We released</span><a href="https://1.1.1.1/"> <span>1.1.1.1</span></a><span> 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-focused service Cloudflare has ever released. Here’s the deal - we don’t store client IP addresses never, ever. We will continue to abide by our</span><a href="https://developers.cloudflare.com/1.1.1.1/privacy/public-dns-resolver"> privacy commitment</a><span> and ensure that no user data is sold to advertisers or used to target consumers.</span></p> <p><span>Sound like something you’d like to be a part of? We’d love to hear from you!</span></p> <p><span>This position may require access to information protected under U.S. export control laws, including the U.S. Export Administration Regulations. Please note that any offer of employment may be conditioned on your authorization to receive software or technology controlled under these U.S. export laws without sponsorship for an export license.</span></p> <p><span>Cloudflare is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.  We are committed to providing equal employment opportunity for all people and place great value in both diversity and inclusiveness.  All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to their, or any other person's, perceived or actual</span> <span>race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, family care status, or any other basis protected by law. </span><span>We are an AA/Veterans/Disabled Employer.</span></p> <p><span>Cloudflare provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities.  Please tell us if you require a reasonable accommodation to apply for a job. Examples of reasonable accommodations include, but are not limited to, changing the application process, providing documents in an alternate format, using a sign language interpreter, or using specialized equipment.  If you require a reasonable accommodation to apply for a job, please contact us via e-mail at </span><span>hr@cloudflare.com</span><span> or via mail at 101 Townsend St. San Francisco, CA 94107.</span></p>