Security Engineer Intern, 2026 Summer U.S.

Working at Atlassian
Atlassians can choose where they work - whether in an office, from home, or a combination of the two. That way, Atlassians have more control over supporting their family, personal goals, and other priorities. We can hire people in any country where we have a legal entity. Interviews and onboarding are conducted virtually, a part of being a distributed-first company.
Your Future Org
Atlassian's Intern program combines hands-on technical training, professional growth opportunities, dedicated mentorship, and strong social connections. This holistic approach empowers students to hit the ground running and sets them up for a successful and impactful career at Atlassian!
This role is located in Seattle, WA. To qualify, you must be willing and able to work out of this location.
This position is not eligible for F1 and J1 students. It is not available for any work sponsorship.
Our paid internship program runs for 12 weeks between May/June 2026 - August/September 2026.
Your Future Team
As an intern in our Security team, you'll watch over our Atlassian services which host tens of thousands of customers. You'll report to a Security Engineering Manager, and learn from your team mentor who are some of the best Security Engineers in the business.
What you'll do

• Are you energized by solving security challenges? We're looking for folks to help us in four important areas:
• Build and run new monitoring and analytics systems to detect compromises.
• Write automation to find and exploit vulnerabilities in our products and marketplace apps.
• Research and suggest product features to harden our software against common vulnerabilities.
• Architect and secure hardware, networks and corporate infrastructure.

Your Background

• Experience programming with Java, Python, JavaScript, or other related object-oriented programming languages
• Demonstrated interest in the security field through academic coursework, previous work or internship experience, or personal projects
• Comfortable writing code to accomplish goals and does not depend solely on third-party products
• Have an interest in software engineering demonstrated by previous internships, work experience, projects, or publications
• Knowledge of data structures, in particular how they are implemented and how to apply them to meet security challenges
• Familiarity with the application of common design patterns
• Able to commit to a 12 week full-time (40hrs/week) program during Summer 2026
• Currently enrolled full-time in a 4-year bachelor degree program and returning to the program after the completion of the internship, graduating by June 2027

Compensation
At Atlassian, we strive to design equitable, explainable, and competitive compensation programs. To support this goal, the baseline of our range is higher than that of the typical market range, but in turn we expect to hire most candidates near this baseline. Base pay within the range is ultimately determined by a candidate's skills, expertise, or experience. In the United States, we have three geographic pay zones. For this role, our current base pay ranges for new hires in each zone are:
Zone A: - $59/hr - $75/hr
Zone B: - $53/hr - $68/hr
Zone C: - $49/hr - $62/hr
This role may also be eligible for benefits, bonuses, commissions, and equity.
Please visit go.atlassian.com/payzones for more information on which locations are included in each of our geographic pay zones. However, please confirm the zone for your specific location with your recruiter.
Benefits & Perks
Atlassian offers a wide range of perks and benefits designed to support you, your family and to help you engage with your local community. Our offerings include health and wellbeing resources, paid volunteer days, and so much more. To learn more, visit go.atlassian.com/perksandbenefits .
About Atlassian
At Atlassian, we're motivated by a common goal: to unleash the potential of every team. Our software products help teams all over the planet and our solutions are designed for all types of work. Team collaboration through our tools makes what may be impossible alone, possible together.
We believe that the unique contributions of all Atlassians create our success. To ensure that our products and culture continue to incorporate everyone's perspectives and experience, we never discriminate based on race, religion, national origin, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, or marital, veteran, or disability status. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
To provide you the best experience, we can support with accommodations or adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process. Simply inform our Recruitment team during your conversation with them.
To learn more about our culture and hiring process, visit go.atlassian.com/crh .