Security Engineering Internships 2025

What you build and where it takes you should be unrestricted by the capabilities of your database. That's why we created CockroachDB as the planet's most highly evolved, cloud-native, distributed SQL database. Making scale so simple you don't even have to think about it. Making data so resilient it becomes impossible to destroy. Making delivery so seamless, your apps run anywhere. Join us on our mission to build a different breed of database—one born in the cloud and built from the ground up to help companies of any size scale fast, survive disaster, and thrive everywhere.

Cockroach Labs has a hybrid work model, with Roachers that are local to one of our offices coming in on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays and working flexibly the rest of the week. While we’ve learned valuable lessons working remotely, nothing can replace the connection, creativity, and fun that occurs when Roachers get together and we are committed to fostering a workplace that encourages collaboration and allows us all to do our best work.

The Role

We are looking for extraordinary Security Engineering Interns to join our team. During your internship you will:

• Assist in monitoring and responding to security incidents and alerts.
• Perform vulnerability scans and assessments of company systems and applications.
• Participate in security reviews of software designs, code, and architecture.
• Help develop and refine security tools, scripts, and automation to improve security operations.
• Research and report on emerging threats and vulnerabilities relevant to our environment.
• Assist with the implementation and enforcement of security policies and procedures.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including IT, development, and operations, to improve security posture.
• Create documentation and runbooks for security technologies and processes.
• Meet regularly with your Mentor and Manager to get feedback and continue refining your skills.

The Expectations

In your first 30 days, you will become an integrated member of our Security Engineering team. During this time, you will work on a starter project that allows you to gain confidence in navigating the tech stack and begin to understand our cloud and engineering environments. We believe that it's important for you to take this first month to become familiar with our technology and our company. 

For the next 8-12 weeks, you will make meaningful contributions to our processes and technology. After wrapping up your starter project, you will work with your manager to focus your efforts on a project that aligns with your interests and the security engineering roadmap.

The cohort will close out with our Intern Presentations, where each intern has the opportunity to showcase the work they've done to the entire Engineering organization.

You

• Are pursuing studies in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Cybersecurity, Information Technology, or a related technical field graduating between December 2025-December 2027.
• Have had exposure to coursework on subjects like distributed systems, information security, cloud computing, or network security.
• Are comfortable using programming languages like Go, C/C++, Java, and Python. We primarily use Go but if you're not familiar with it, you'll learn them while you're here.
• Love building relationships with your colleagues and enjoy being part of the code review process and partnering with your teammates on challenging problems.
• Have past experience working in one of the three major cloud providers; AWS, GCP, or Azure.
• Are genuinely interested in Cockroach Labs' mission and are excited to use CockroachDB in your projects.

Our interview process consists largely of scenario based interviews, and we'll be evaluating you on the skills listed above.

Cockroach Labs is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer building a diverse and inclusive workforce. If you need additional accommodations to feel comfortable during your interview process, please email us at [email protected]. 

The anticipated base salary range for U.S. candidates for this role is USD $8,250 to $8,750 per month. We set standard ranges for all U.S.-based roles based on function, level, and geographic location, benchmarked against similar stage growth companies. Actual salaries may vary and fall outside of this range depending on factors such as a candidate’s qualifications, geographic location, skills, experience, and competencies. In addition, we are often open to a wide variety of profiles, and recognize that the person we hire may be less experienced (or more senior) than this job description as posted. 

Benefits

• Intern socials and Cockroach Labs swag
• Free office lunches and snacks
• Engage with executive and senior engineering leaders