Intelligence Intern - Summer 2027

CrowdStrike, Inc.; Virginia; Hybrid; USD 34,000 - 44,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid holidays

401k matching

Mentors

Professional development

Job summary

CrowdStrike is seeking an Intelligence Automation intern to contribute to the AI-driven Intelligence pipeline, collaborating with data scientists, engineers, and researchers. You will help design scalable AI components, evaluate outcomes, and participate in building reliable production workflows.

Ideal candidates are penultimate-year Computer Science/Engineering students with Python/Go/Rust/JS TS skills, Linux fluency, and an interest in AI-enabled security.

Qualifications

• Penultimate-year student (CS/Engineering/Math or related).
• Proficiency in at least one of Python, Go, Rust, or JavaScript/TypeScript.
• Comfortable with Linux, Git and CI/CD pipelines.
• Demonstrated use of AI/ML to improve workflows; show relevant repos or projects.

Responsibilities

• Data Science and AI: multi-agent orchestration, RAG, sandboxing, software factory, evaluations, self‑improvement loops.
• Infrastructure and Platform Engineering: operating containerized workloads and CI/CD pipelines, environments and tooling for AI workflows.
• Software Engineering: writing scalable, production‑ready code and tests/automation.
• Security Research: binary analysis, vulnerability research and threat intelligence.
• Architect AI‑assisted systems with real‑world impact: integration and verification of outputs.
• Learn how to run AI workflows in production: evaluation, monitoring, failure handling, continuous improvement.
• Work directly with Senior Data Scientists, Engineers, and Researchers.

Skills

Python

Go

Rust

JavaScript/TypeScript

Education

Undergraduate/Master's student

Tools

Linux

Git

CI/CD

Job description

As a global leader in cybersecurity, CrowdStrike protects the people, processes and technologies that drive modern organizations. Since 2011, our mission hasn’t changed — we’re here to stop breaches, and we’ve redefined modern security with the world’s most advanced AI-native platform. We work on large scale distributed systems, processing almost 3 trillion events per day and this traffic is growing daily. Our customers span all industries, and they count on CrowdStrike to keep their businesses running, their communities safe and their lives moving forward. We're proud to work for a mission-driven company leveraging AI to transform the way we work. CrowdStrikers drive their careers through flexibility and autonomy while also being expected to contribute to a culture of responsible AI adoption, experimentation, and innovation. We use an AI-first mindset as a force multiplier to proactively and continuously accelerate execution, build expertise, uncover insights, and solve complex problems. We’re always looking to add talented CrowdStrikers to the team who have limitless passion, a relentless focus on innovation and a fanatical commitment to our customers, our community and each other. Our University Recruiting program is dedicated to attracting and cultivating the future leaders of this industry. This program offers paid positions for students and recent grads, designed to provide exposure to work that makes an impact while being supported through a structured experience with seasoned professionals. Ready to join a mission that matters? The future of cybersecurity starts with you.

Location & Work Arrangement HYBRID:

The Intelligence Internship operates on a hybrid model, requiring interns to work a mixed schedule of remote and 3 days in-person attendance. Interns must attend the CrowdStrike Arlington office for team meetings, collaboration sessions, and other essential events.

Time Commitment:

Interns are expected to work 40 hours per week, Monday through Friday, during standard business hours.

Start & End dates

Wednesday, June 2, 2027 - Friday, August 20, 2027 Monday, June 14, 2027 - Friday, September 3, 2027

About the Role

At CrowdStrike, we know that our technology is only as good as the people behind it. We seek the best and brightest intelligence analysts, threat responders, researchers and engineers to help our organization maintain and advance its position as the market leader in cloud-delivered next-generation endpoint protection. We combine intellectual curiosity with proven and nascent technologies to deliver actionable intelligence to stay ahead of adversaries and provide iron-clad breach detection and prevention to our clients. Ready to join the market leader in cloud-delivered endpoint protection?

Intel Automation Team

The collection, processing, and exploration of information at a large scale is at the core of the Intelligence mission at CrowdStrike. The Intelligence Automation team is responsible for prototyping, building and operating the systems that make up our Intelligence pipeline, and we'd like you to join us! Our team's work spans a wide range of disciplines — from data science and machine learning over platform and infrastructure engineering to traditional software engineering and security research. Wherever you land, one theme is constant: we use AI to build systems that do real work, reliably. That means designing the tools, environments, guardrails and evaluations that let AI-driven workflows be trusted with production tasks. As an employee in a globally distributed team, you connect to your co‑workers mostly via Slack and Zoom. In this setting your ability to work unsupervised, communicate asynchronously, and take initiative in maintaining lines of communication is crucial.

What You'll Do:

• Data Science and AI: multi-agent orchestration, RAG, sandboxing, software factory, evaluations, self‑improvement loops
• Infrastructure and Platform Engineering: operating containerized workloads and CI/CD pipelines, and building the environments and tooling that development and AI workflows run in safely
• Software Engineering: writing scalable, production‑ready code and the tests and automation that keep it correct
• Security Research: binary analysis, vulnerability research and threat intelligence
• Architect AI‑assisted systems with real‑world impact: define how AI components integrate with tools, data sources and each other, and how their output is verified.
• Learn what it takes to run AI workflows in production — evaluation, monitoring, failure handling and continuous improvement.
• Work directly with Senior Data Scientists, Engineers, and Researchers.

What You’ll Need:

• Undergraduate/Masters student in your penultimate year of study (2028 graduate) in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics or a related field
• Solid knowledge and experience in at least one of: Python Go, Rust, JavaScript/ TypeScript
• Comfortable working in a Linux environment, with git and modern CI/CD
• Proven experience utilizing AI technologies to enhance decision‑making, streamline workflows and processes, improve efficiency and drive business outcomes.
• You can show repos, workflows or projects where you directed AI agents to do substantial work.
• The ability to design around AI rather than just prompt it: you naturally think in interfaces, test suites, failure modes and quality gates when letting an AI system act on real tasks
• Ability to communicate technical detail in a simple, top‑down manner
• Ability to independently make sound, justifiable decisions and take action
• Ability to plan, organise and prioritise work independently and meet deadlines

The Attitude We’re Looking For:

• You’re a problem solver with a can‑do attitude who loves interesting challenges
• You’re interested in the latest technologies in your field of expertise
• You’re self‑motivated and actively seeking opportunities to grow
• You take correctness personally: when an AI produces your work, you still consider quality your responsibility
• You’re looking to work in a globally distributed team

What You Can Expect:

• Market leader in compensation and equity awards
• Paid holidays (including birthday holidays) and 401k matching (where applicable)
• Professional development opportunities including workshops, tech talks, and Executive Speaker Series
• Assigned mentors from across the company for continuous support and feedback
• Participation in companywide initiatives including FalconFIT, Wellness Programs, and Employee Assistance Program
• Employee Networks, geographic neighborhood groups, and volunteer opportunities to build connections
• Vibrant office culture with world class amenities
• Ownership of impactful projects that move the company forward
• Great Place to Work Certified™ across the globe

CrowdStrike is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to fostering a culture of belonging where everyone is valued for who they are and empowered to succeed. We support veterans and individuals with disabilities through our affirmative action program. CrowdStrike is committed to providing equal employment opportunity for all employees and applicants for employment. The Company does not discriminate in employment opportunities or practices on the basis of race, color, creed, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy or pregnancy‑related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, marital or family status, veteran status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical disability (including HIV and AIDS), mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, membership or activity in a local human rights commission, status with regard to public assistance, or any other characteristic protected by law. We base all employment decisions--including recruitment, selection, training, compensation, benefits, discipline, promotions, transfers, lay‑offs, return from lay‑off, terminations and social/recreational programs--on valid job requirements.

CrowdStrike participates in the E‑Verify program.

Notice of E‑Verify Participation Right to Work CrowdStrike was founded in 2011 to fix a fundamental problem: The sophisticated attacks that were forcing the world’s leading businesses into the headlines could not be solved with existing malware‑based defenses. Founder George Kurtz realized that a brand new approach was needed — one that combines the most advanced endpoint protection with expert intelligence to pinpoint the adversaries perpetrating the attacks, not just the malware. There’s much more to the story of how Falcon has redefined endpoint protection but there’s only one thing to remember about CrowdStrike: We stop breaches.