Illumio is the leader in ransomware and breach containment, redefining how organizations contain cyberattacks and enable operational resilience. Powered by the Illumio AI Security Graph, our breach containment platform identifies and contains threats across hybrid multi-cloud environments – stopping the spread of attacks before they become disasters.
Recognized as a Leader in the Forrester Wave™ for Microsegmentation, Illumio enables Zero Trust, strengthening cyber resilience for the infrastructure, systems, and organizations that keep the world running.
This is a 12 week internship program beginning on May 26th 2026 or June 22nd 2026
Location: Onsite 5 day's a week at Headquarters in Sunnyvale, CA
Our Team's Vision:
We are looking for a motivated and passionate intern to join the core team responsible for building the Virtual Enforcement Node (VEN) — the agent software powering Illumio Core and Illumio Edge. This team is expanding its focus to include AI supportability, ensuring our AI-driven security features are reliable, observable, and easy to troubleshoot at scale.
You’ll work alongside a small, high-functioning team that empowers engineers to innovate and take ownership. We value autonomy, curiosity, and a bias toward action.
What You'll Do:Collaborate with engineers to improve the supportability of AI-powered features within the VEN
Build diagnostics, logging, and observability tools for AI components embedded in the agent
Contribute to the design and implementation of system services in C++ and GoLang that interact with AI models and inference pipelines
Help identify and resolve reliability issues in AI workflows running on customer workloads
Participate in design reviews and contribute to postmortem analyses for AI-related incidents
Learn from experienced engineers and have a direct impact on production systems
Currently enrolled in a full-time Bachelor’s degree program in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical field, with an expected graduation date in Winter 2026 or Spring 2027
Experience with C++ and GoLang
Strong interest in Operating Systems, System Software Development, and AI/ML systems
Understanding of networking concepts and distributed systems
Bonus: Exposure to observability tools (e.g., Prometheus, OpenTelemetry) or AI frameworks (e.g., PyTorch, TensorFlow)
Work on mission-critical software deployed globally
Contribute to the supportability of cutting-edge AI features in cybersecurity
Learn from a team that values mentorship, ownership, and technical excellence
Work with teams across engineering, product, and support to understand the full lifecycle of AI-powered features
Work on cutting-edge AI problems that actually ship to production
Build a strong foundation in systems engineering, observability, and AI infrastructure — skills highly valued in both startups and large tech companies
Compensation: $ 37 USD
Our Commitment:
Illumio believes that an environment of unique backgrounds, experiences, viewpoints, and individual contributions drives our success and makes us stronger together. We are dedicated to creating and maintaining a diverse culture and emphasizing inclusion and belonging.
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For roles in San Francisco and Los Angeles: Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance and the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring, Illumio will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
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What We Do
Illumio, the Zero Trust Segmentation company, prevents breaches from spreading and turning into cyber disasters. Illumio protects critical applications and valuable digital assets with proven segmentation technology purpose-built for the Zero Trust security model. Illumio ransomware mitigation and segmentation solutions see risk, isolate attacks, and secure data across cloud-native apps, hybrid and multi-clouds, data centers, and endpoints, enabling the world’s leading organizations to strengthen their cyber resiliency and reduce risk.
