PhD Software Eng/SRE Intern, UK Summer 2027

Google LLC; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 20,000 - 31,000; Full time

Job summary

Google LLC invites PhD students to join Software Engineering or Site Reliability Engineering internships in Summer 2027 in the UK. You will work on assigned projects, gain hands-on experience, and contribute to scalable systems across Google products.

Programs run 13–17 weeks, with start months May–July, and require full-time availability during the internship. Applicants should be in penultimate or final year of a full-time PhD in CS or a related field in the EMEA region, and must be located in

Qualifications

• Enrollment in a full-time PhD in Computer Science or related field in EMEA.
• Penultimate or final year of study with coursework or research involving data structures and algorithms.
• Experience in programming languages such as C++, Java, Python, or Go.

Responsibilities

• Research, design, and develop software or reliability tooling for Google-scale projects.
• Collaborate across teams on ML, NLP, or data processing initiatives.
• Assist in maintaining scalable services and troubleshooting performance issues.
• Contribute to broader Google engineering challenges during the internship.

Skills

C++

Java

Python

Go

Algorithms

Data structures

Education

PhD in Computer Science

Tools

Unix/Linux

Job description

Google LLC invites PhD students to join Software Engineering or Site Reliability Engineering internships in Summer 2027 in the UK. You will work on assigned projects, gain hands-on experience, and contribute to scalable systems across Google products.

Programs run 13–17 weeks, with start months May–July, and require full-time availability during the internship. Applicants should be in penultimate or final year of a full-time PhD in CS or a related field in the EMEA region, and must be located in