Offensive Security Intern — Summer Research & Pentesting

Rootedsec; Menlo Park (CA); Hybrid; USD 34,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Robinhood is offering an Offensive Security Intern position for Summer 2027 in a HYBRID model, based in Bellevue, WA or Menlo Park, CA. Interns will test AI services, cloud and Kubernetes environments, macOS systems, and smart-contract bugs while building internal tooling.

Attendance on-site at least three days per week is expected. Applicants should be enrolled full-time in a CS/CE/Info Security degree with related coursework and hands-on pentesting experience.

Qualifications

• Enrolled full-time in a degree program graduating Winter 2027 or Spring 2028.
• Coursework in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or Information Security.
• Basic hands-on experience with pentesting and/or application security.

Responsibilities

• Attack AI services, models and pipelines.
• Target cloud, Kubernetes and macOS systems.
• Find and exploit smart-contract bugs.
• Build offensive infrastructure and tooling.

Skills

Pentesting basics

Application security

CTFs interest

Linux

macOS

Go

Python

Education

Enrolled in CS/CE/Info Sec degree

Graduation Winter 2027 or Spring 2028

Job description

Robinhood is offering an Offensive Security Intern position for Summer 2027 in a HYBRID model, based in Bellevue, WA or Menlo Park, CA. Interns will test AI services, cloud and Kubernetes environments, macOS systems, and smart-contract bugs while building internal tooling.

Attendance on-site at least three days per week is expected. Applicants should be enrolled full-time in a CS/CE/Info Security degree with related coursework and hands-on pentesting experience.