Security Engineering Intern, BS/MS, Summer 2025

As a Security Engineer Intern at Google, you will be at the forefront of protecting one of the world's most innovative tech companies. This internship is designed for students in their penultimate academic year pursuing a Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Security, or a related technical field.

You'll be tasked with helping to protect network boundaries, hardening computer systems and network devices against attacks, and providing security services to safeguard highly sensitive data. Your role will involve actively monitoring systems for attacks and intrusions, working on the offensive/testing side, and collaborating with software engineers to proactively identify and fix security flaws and vulnerabilities.

This internship offers a unique opportunity to apply your academic knowledge to real-world challenges at Google-scale. You'll be developing scripts to automate routine tasks, analyzing complex information to solve security challenges, and working within a team of peers and experienced professionals.

Key aspects of the role include:

• Hands-on experience with network protocols, secure network design, web application/browser security, authentication control, applied cryptography/security protocols, and intrusion detection
• Coding in languages such as Python, Go, C++, and JavaScript
• Exposure to the software development lifecycle and technical privacy issues
• Opportunity to work on massive scalability and storage solutions, large-scale applications, and new platforms

The internship requires full-time commitment for 12 weeks and is based in various locations across the United States. It offers a competitive salary range of $89,000-$118,000, reflecting Google's commitment to valuing its interns' contributions.

Join Google in its mission to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful, while gaining invaluable experience in the critical field of security engineering. This internship is not just a learning opportunity, but a chance to make a real impact on billions of users worldwide.