Top Remote Internships in Santa Cruz, CA

Support data collection, cleaning, and preliminary analysis. Write and run SQL queries, use statistical tools and Python, produce visualizations, document methods, troubleshoot analytics tools, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver actionable insights.

Support artist growth by creating and managing fan/edit pages, sourcing and editing short-form viral content, posting daily, monitoring engagement and trends, and helping grow organic fan communities across TikTok, Instagram, Twitter/X, and YouTube Shorts.

Work alongside project managers and engineers on industrial construction projects. Assist with blueprint interpretation, estimating, scheduling, project controls, safety and quality audits, productivity analytics, procurement, change orders, progress tracking, and process improvement during a minimum 12-week, full-time internship.

Six-month paid remote communications internship supporting Keeper's Communications and Social Media teams. Tasks include updating the media page, creating social content, planning and executing announcements, writing PR and internal communications, reporting performance data, scheduling content, and general administrative support. Mentored by the Communications Director; designed for students or early-career candidates.

Support the Supply Chain Contract Review Team by reviewing supplier contracts, amendments, SOWs, and legal documents; track contract status and approvals; maintain records; perform research, reporting, and data analysis; prepare correspondence and presentations; support audits and process-improvement projects while handling confidential information.

Collaborate with the founding team to design, prototype, and scale backend and infrastructure for an agentic AI assistant. Implement orchestration logic, API integrations, and LLM-driven workflows; build diagnostics, tests, and monitoring; improve agent reasoning and execution pipelines; participate in product and architecture discussions; document bugs and stabilize the platform for launch-readiness.

Entry-level cybersecurity compliance internship providing hands-on exposure to audits, CMMC compliance reporting, risk and security assessments, GRC artifact management (POA&M, SSP), policy and awareness program development, incident response, and managing GRC toolkits. Interns participate in customer meetings, industry activities, and author technical articles while receiving mentorship and on-the-job training.

Support enablement content publishing, tagging, audits, and QA in Seismic; manage Jira workflows and onboarding support; create/update internal docs and FAQs; troubleshoot enablement tools; partner cross-functionally on brand-refresh and onboarding projects; use AI tools to automate and improve enablement workflows.

Support audit and advisory teams by transforming and cleaning client data, organizing and testing journal entries, identifying process improvements, documenting steps, and assisting with technology-enabled audit tasks and firmwide service requests.

Provide supervised clinical and case management support for youth experiencing or at-risk of homelessness. Conduct intakes, assessments, referrals, documentation in Civicore/HMIS, co-facilitate groups, deliver 1:1 therapy under supervision, run front desk rotation, and participate in trainings and team meetings while receiving field instruction and clinical supervision.

Assist Community Managers with outreach strategies, lead generation, and onboarding professionals while optimizing conversion rates and campaign performance.

Assist the Reedsy Learning team with community management, outreach to influencers, engaging with students, and promoting courses and events.

Assist authors and publishing professionals by offering support, reviewing projects, optimizing user engagement, maintaining FAQs, and suggesting product improvements.

As a Content Marketing Intern, you will assist in executing Reedsy's content strategy, focusing on SEO, content creation, and promotion to acquire leads.

As a Data Science Intern, you'll learn to translate business challenges into statistical problems, analyze large datasets, build machine learning models, and communicate insights effectively.

Manage transformation and deployment of cybersecurity applications into Kubernetes-based environments. Coordinate between Application Development and Platform teams to remove blockers, track timelines, align product and delivery roadmaps, and communicate technical progress. Serve as Mission Manager for assigned delivery efforts, foster team mentorship and growth, and support adoption of engineering best practices to deliver scalable mission value.

As a Growth Team SkillBridge Intern, you'll assist with market research, lead generation, proposal management, client engagement, and support sales efforts.

Work with the data team to design, build, and maintain scalable ETL pipelines and data models using Microsoft Fabric, dbt, PySpark, and SQL. Integrate and validate data across layers, optimize performance in Azure, follow GitHub CI/CD workflows, and document data governance while collaborating with cross-functional stakeholders.

12-16 week internship implementing and optimizing GPU/accelerator kernels and custom operators, profiling and improving LLM inference and runtime performance, building benchmarks, fixing regressions, and shipping code to production or open-source AI infra projects.

Support the Field Team Network with administrative tasks: email communications, partner outreach, meeting notes, document organization, process review and improvement, time studies and quality review of calls, plus project work aligned with intern skills and growth.

Support a tax team by preparing work papers and tax returns, researching complex tax issues, applying tax law and IRS guidance, and communicating findings to seniors and managers. Participate in training, intern events, and projects while pursuing CPA education requirements. Maintain accuracy, professional standards, and support paperless, sustainable workplace practices.

This internship under the SkillBridge Program involves supporting threat intelligence, technical analysis, and intelligence editing, focusing on cybersecurity and associated risks.

10-week internship building rapid prototypes that use LLMs and OCR to auto-populate report drafts. Work with real templates and data, pair-program, run user interviews with report authors, present prototypes and recommendations to stakeholders.

Build and enhance full-stack web applications and APIs using React/TypeScript and Python. Work with PostgreSQL, DynamoDB, AWS, event-driven architectures, CI/CD, and AI-assisted development tools to prototype and improve AI-native engineering workflows.