Policy Engineering Intern- Summer 2027
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Policy Engineering Intern- Summer 2027
San Jose, CA
Function Tech
Team Securiti AI
Work Location Office Based
Date Posted 09/11/2026
About the Role
Your first year is about learning, growing, and discovering what you’re truly capable of. You’ll take what you learned in the classroom and start applying it to meaningful projects that support our teams and improve how we empower our customers. Whether you’re getting hands-on experience with our products in a technical role or learning proven strategies from our high-performing sales teams and best-in-class training program, you’ll be encouraged to contribute, ask questions, and build your confidence.
We value curiosity, a willingness to take ownership, and the drive to turn feedback into progress. As you learn and develop, you’ll see how your efforts help teams work better together and enhance customer experience. Success isn’t just about what you achieve-it’s about the skills you build, the quality of your work, and the confidence you gain as you take on new challenges.
Ready to start your journey and see how far you can go?
Responsibilities
- Join the Policy Engineering team and contribute to building an enterprise-grade cloud data governance platform used by Fortune 500 clients to manage and protect sensitive data across complex, multi-cloud environments.
- Develop internal tooling, testing harnesses, and AI-assisted developer utilities that improve team productivity and engineering quality - owning small-to-medium scoped projects with real impact on day-to-day engineering workflows.
- Write backend code in Go within a large, production-grade codebase - learning established patterns and conventions under the guidance of senior engineers and tech leads.
- Build and maintain automated test suites and evaluation frameworks to validate system behavior, helping the team catch regressions and ensure correctness as the product evolves.
- Explore and prototype AI/LLM-powered tooling to assist with development workflows - such as automated test generation, code analysis utilities, or documentation assistants.
- Collaborate closely with senior engineers - attending design discussions, sprint planning, and code reviews as a participant, gaining exposure to how large-scale distributed systems are architected and delivered.
- Ramp up on modern backend and cloud engineering practices including distributed systems concepts, event-driven architecture, multi-tenant SaaS design, and cloud infrastructure.
Requirements
- This role requires you to be in office 5 days a week at the San Jose, California location.
- Currently pursuing a Bachelors or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field.
- Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
- Must be able to exhibit prior use of AI tooling.
- Ability to work independently in a dynamic, fast-paced environment; high-energy, motivated self-starter.
- Detail-oriented with a proactive, problem-solving mindset.
- Comfortable working in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.
- Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple moving pieces.
We Offer
- Paid Company Holidays during your internship.
- Tech Stipend to help set up your workspace.
- 8 Hours of Paid Volunteer Time through our Veeam Cares Program.
- Personal and Professional Development through our Internship Program.
About the Company
Veeam is the Data and AI Trust Company, specializing in helping organizations ensure their data and AI are fully understood, secured, and resilient to enable the acceleration of safe AI at scale. As the market leader in both data resilience and data security posture management, Veeam is built for the convergence of identity, data, security, and AI risk. Headquartered in Seattle with offices in more than 30 countries, Veeam protects over 550,000 customers worldwide, who trust Veeam to keep their businesses running. Join us as we go fearlessly forward together, growing, learning, and making a real impact for some of the world’s biggest brands.
Our Values
Our values are more than words - they’re the compass guiding how we work, connect, and make decisions every day. They work together to strengthen us and build trust across our teams, with our customers, and partners.
- veeam team: We operate as one team, united in our shared purpose. Acting inclusively and trusting each other, we power forward together as one.
- elevate and innovate: We relentlessly innovate. Constantly questioning and learning. We experiment boldly, learn quickly from failures, and elevate everything we do.
- empower customers: We put our customers at the center, ensuring their businesses thrive and bounce forward, resilient and strong in a digital world.
- act with accountability: We deliver success by taking ownership and driving meaningful impact through data-driven decisions.
- make every conversation matter: We listen actively, debate purposefully, and align as one team after decisions to drive impactful results.
Our Benefits
At Veeam, our benefits are designed to help you thrive at work and beyond. From health coverage and paid time off to mental wellness and volunteering, we offer the flexibility, protection, and support you need at every stage of life. Explore some of the highlights below.
- Core Benefits: Comprehensive health coverage, retirement plans, and life insurance designed to support you and your family with flexibility and protection through life’s evolving needs.
- Wellbeing: Our Employee Assistance Program offers confidential support for personal and work challenges-helping you manage stress, mental health, grief, and much more.
- Holidays and VeeaMe Days: Our Employee Assistance Program offers confidential support for personal and work challenges-helping you manage stress, mental health, grief, and much more.
- Veeam Cares: Three days of paid volunteering each year, empowering you to support causes close to your heart. Make a difference in your community by contributing to local initiatives and projects that inspire you.
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The pay range posted is an hourly rate of base pay. When making an offer of employment, Veeam will take into consideration the candidate’s expectations, experience, education, scope of responsibility for the role, and the current market demands.
United States of America Intern Pay Range
$40 - $50 USD
Veeam Software is an equal opportunity employer and does not tolerate discrimination in any form on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, age, national origin, citizenship, disability, veteran status or any other classification protected by federal, state or local law. All your information will be kept confidential.
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