Top Remote Internships in Santa Cruz, CA

Part-time remote internship supporting the Email Automation team: transfer and code email copy into templates, maintain templates, perform QA, run semi-weekly A/B tests and data tracking, and assist with organizational and cross-functional email operations.

Assist in monitoring insider risks, support data protection, investigate security alerts, and maintain operational governance in a security team.

Part-time remote legal internship supporting regulatory and marketing compliance. Conduct FDA/FTC and advertising legal research, review marketing materials, draft memos, assist with contract lifecycle and corporate records, and support policy and training development.

The Phishing Analyst-SkillBridge Intern will assist in threat detection and analysis, focusing on phishing attempts. Responsibilities include identifying and mitigating threats using AI and collaborating with teams to enhance cybersecurity measures.

Manage day-to-day operations for two YouTube podcast channels: review 3–4 edited videos weekly, curate IG/TikTok clips, maintain podcast/YouTube schedule, write podcast ads, create mash-up episodes, and support PR/marketing projects and freelance editing coordination.

This intern role in Federal Security Operations focuses on cybersecurity, project tracking, and maintaining relationships with customer stakeholders in a mission-driven environment.

This internship role focuses on SRE skills, requiring collaboration and problem-solving in dynamic environments for Zscaler's Zero Trust Exchange team.

Graduate research interns will own end-to-end projects to build customer world models and proactive intelligence: developing representation learning, foundation model, RL/agentic methods, evaluation frameworks, and shipping research into production to improve customer decision-making.

Graduate research interns will own end-to-end projects developing customer world models and proactive intelligence. Work spans representation learning, foundation models, reinforcement learning, agentic decision systems, and evaluation. Tasks include designing methods, running experiments, publishing findings, and potentially shipping models into production to impact customer-facing products.

As a Detection Engineer Intern, you will analyze telemetry, research coverage opportunities, improve workflows, and communicate threat findings effectively.

As a Front-End Developer Intern, you will design and build web applications, collaborate with teams, participate in code reviews, and maintain code quality.

Support Account Managers with client and broker relationship management, prepare client-facing documents and meeting materials, use AI tools to research and draft communications, maintain client records, and assist with follow-up and account deliverables during a 1012 week internship.

Remote unpaid video-editing internship: edit and assemble raw footage into polished content, add transitions, color correction, sound design, graphics and captions, adapt assets for social platforms, manage multiple projects, iterate on stakeholder feedback, and organize media libraries while collaborating with marketing and creative teams.

Support marketing analytics by analyzing digital channel performance, building and maintaining KPI dashboards, ensuring data accuracy, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to turn insights into actionable recommendations.

Remote, unpaid 6-month UI/UX internship (20 hrs/week) supporting the Marketing team: create wireframes, prototypes, high-fidelity designs, conduct user research and usability testing, maintain design systems, collaborate cross-functionally, iterate based on feedback, and support product strategy while meeting deadlines.

Hands-on R&D internship supporting solar panel experiments at First Solar's California Technology Center. Work with engineers and technicians on inkjet printing and spray coating of uniform thin films, collect and analyze experimental data, use MS Excel, collaborate with team, and present project results to leadership. Internship runs 3-5 months during the fall term.

Remote unpaid 20-hr/week graphic design internship supporting marketing: create social, presentation, web, and multimedia assets; maintain brand consistency; iterate on designs; collaborate with teams; learn design and digital marketing best practices.

Entry-level AI communications intern working on routine, supervised tasks. Learns company policies, supports AI/LLM work, communicates technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders, and assists cross-functional projects. Prefers candidates pursuing CS/Data Science/related degrees with Python/JavaScript and LLM/API experience.

Support development, organization, and improvement of youth-focused curriculum by drafting objectives, activities, facilitator guidance, and student resources; maintain digital course materials and SharePoint hub; assist with professional development content and cross-team initiatives to ensure accessible, youth-centered learning experiences.

Remote, commission-based marketing internship supporting influencer outreach, affiliate onboarding, lead generation via social media, event promotion, partner research, campaign execution, tracking outreach, and follow-ups. Performance-driven earnings tied to individual and team results.

Six-month engineering internship building production backend services and AI pipelines. Design SQL schemas (PostgreSQL), implement SaaS integrations (REST APIs, webhooks), work with embeddings, transformer models and vector databases, build end-to-end data processing pipelines, and contribute to code reviews and architecture discussions.

Support HR initiatives across talent development, HR operations, compensation, benefits, recruiting coordination, HR analytics, and employee engagement. Conduct research, generate HR reports, develop resource materials, assist program implementation, and contribute to special projects under the supervision of HR leadership.

Support corporate functions by designing, building, and deploying AI tools and bots. Integrate LLMs and APIs, analyze data, build dashboards, document workflows, and collaborate cross-functionally to prototype and implement AI-driven automations that improve efficiency and reporting.

Support HRIS by designing and implementing reports and dashboards, running and analyzing HR/payroll data, resolving HCM technical issues, creating documentation and integration guides, and recommending process improvements to optimize HR integrations and user experience.

Support digital marketing and community efforts in MENA: gather and manage data for content and campaigns, handle community queries on Telegram/Discord, use campaign portals (Task On, Galaxy, Zealy), conduct data research, assist lead generation, monitor campaign metrics, and follow the content plan to improve engagement and ROI.