Top Internships in Santa Cruz, CA

Supports AI engineering initiatives at Vantor, contributing to spatial intelligence solutions and helping develop technologies that enable customers to understand current and future conditions. The posting provides limited role-specific responsibilities but emphasizes problem-solving, innovation, collaboration, and mission-focused work. Applicants must qualify as a U.S. Person under applicable export control and ITAR requirements.

Software Engineer Interns will build scalable applications, tools, and high-quality software while learning system design and architectural best practices. They will use AI responsibly to support engineering work, validate outputs, collaborate with stakeholders and teammates, and solve complex business problems. The internship is paid, lasts at least 12 weeks, and is based in Netflix’s Los Gatos or Los Angeles offices during summer 2027.

Develop and test embedded C firmware for power conversion products. Responsibilities include writing firmware, creating unit and hardware-in-the-loop tests, automating test execution, performing hardware bring-up, debugging with lab tools, improving build and development tooling, documenting work, and participating in code reviews alongside firmware and hardware engineers.

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.

Supports experimental and certification flight testing for CTOL/VTOL fly-by-wire aircraft. Responsibilities include flight test planning, readiness reviews, ground control station operations, simulator evaluation and development, test data analysis, post-flight reporting, documentation, and preparation of operating manuals. The intern collaborates across technical disciplines, follows FAA and company procedures, supports safe operations, and may participate in test support or ground-control crew functions.

Supports corporate IT operations through help desk ticket triage, hardware setup, account provisioning, onboarding and offboarding, network troubleshooting, endpoint management, AV support, inventory tracking, documentation, and cloud infrastructure tasks. The intern assists with LAN, WAN, Wi-Fi, VPN, switches, firewalls, MDM tools, AWS, and Azure under senior staff guidance while communicating with users and collaborating through Jira and team communication platforms.

Develop and improve gameplay systems in C++, including character controls, abilities, enemy behaviors, interactive objects, platform features, trophies, and visual effects. Investigate and fix bugs while collaborating with experienced gameplay programmers. The internship provides mentorship and hands-on experience with game development workflows and technical problem-solving.

Paid, remote 10-week internship supporting software feature development, testing, debugging, code reviews, documentation, API work, deployment pipelines, and sprint activities. Interns collaborate with Engineering, Product, and Design teams while gaining exposure to frontend, backend, cloud infrastructure, DevOps, and platform engineering. The program runs June 7 through August 13, 2027, requires full-time U.S. work authorization and residency, and includes a two-day in-person experience at Amplify headquarters in Brooklyn.

Supports end-to-end supply chain operations, including demand planning, procurement, inventory management, vendor management, fulfillment, and logistics. The intern analyzes operational data, identifies inefficiencies and cost-saving opportunities, tracks supply chain metrics, assists with purchase orders and supplier onboarding, and develops process documentation, reports, and dashboards. This is a paid, remote 10-week internship with a two-day in-person experience at Amplify headquarters in Brooklyn.

Supports the design, development, delivery, and administration of training and enablement programs for internal teams, educators, and district administrators. Responsibilities include creating e-learning modules and learning assets, managing LMS content and learner data, identifying training needs, tracking effectiveness metrics, supporting product demonstrations, and contributing to cross-functional enablement initiatives. This is a full-time, paid, remote 10-week internship with a two-day in-person experience at Amplify headquarters in Brooklyn.

Supports Amplify’s end-to-end sales process through prospecting, lead generation, account research, outreach, qualification, CRM management, pipeline reporting, and deal progression. The intern will help identify education-sector opportunities, prepare sales materials and demonstrations, collaborate with Marketing, Product, and Customer Experience teams, participate in customer calls, and track sales metrics. This is a paid, remote, full-time 10-week internship with a two-day in-person experience at Amplify’s Brooklyn headquarters.

Supports the development, testing, and evaluation of AI/ML models for educational products. Responsibilities include data collection and cleaning, feature engineering, model validation, analyzing outputs, identifying optimization opportunities, documenting findings, preparing technical reports, and collaborating with Data Science, Engineering, and Product teams. The intern also explores applications in personalized learning, content recommendations, adaptive learning, NLP, generative AI, and responsible AI.

Supports IT service delivery through help desk ticket management, troubleshooting hardware, software, and network issues, device provisioning, software deployment, account administration, onboarding and offboarding, documentation, asset tracking, and process improvement. The intern collaborates with IT, Engineering, Security, and Operations teams while gaining exposure to systems administration, cloud services, cybersecurity, and IT operations in a remote summer program.

Supports corporate strategy initiatives through market landscape analysis, business research, investment case development, strategic planning, and synthesis of market trends. The intern collaborates with cross-functional teams to identify partners and acquisition targets, evaluate growth opportunities, and communicate insights. This is a paid, remote 10-week internship with a required two-day in-person experience at Amplify headquarters in Brooklyn.

Supports customer and user research by gathering and synthesizing feedback, identifying needs and pain points, assisting with surveys and usability testing, documenting insights, and informing product and service improvements. The intern contributes to customer-facing resources, journey maps, presentations, and internal communications while collaborating with cross-functional teams in an EdTech environment.

Supports dataset collection, cleaning, analysis, visualization, reporting, A/B testing, and performance tracking for education products. The intern will identify trends in student, educator, and product usage data, build dashboards, document analytical frameworks, and communicate insights to technical and non-technical teams. This is a paid, remote 10-week internship with a two-day in-person experience at Amplify headquarters in Brooklyn.

Supports the product lifecycle for web and mobile education products, including user research, requirements gathering, roadmap prioritization, sprint ceremonies, product documentation, competitive analysis, and post-launch performance analysis. Partners with Engineering, Design, Analytics, and Customer Experience teams to define requirements, track metrics, synthesize feedback, and improve experiences for K-12 educators, students, and families.

Supports integrated marketing campaigns across digital, email, social, content, and event channels. Conducts audience, market, and competitive research; assists with content creation, campaign analytics, A/B testing, segmentation, and performance reporting. Partners with Sales, Product, Customer Experience, and Creative teams on go-to-market priorities and product launches. This is a paid, remote 10-week internship with a two-day in-person experience at Amplify headquarters in Brooklyn.

Supports the end-to-end product design process for educational web and mobile products, including wireframing, prototyping, user testing, research, design systems, accessibility, and final design delivery. Collaborates with Product, Engineering, and Research teams while building code-based prototypes and organizing design feedback and assets. This paid, remote 10-week internship includes mentorship and a two-day in-person experience at Amplify headquarters.

Supports People Team operations across talent acquisition, onboarding, HR systems, documentation, employee communications, process improvement, and workforce analytics. The intern will coordinate recruiting activities, maintain HR resources and data, contribute to engagement initiatives, and collaborate with HR, Talent Acquisition, and business teams. This is a paid, remote 10-week internship with a two-day in-person experience at Amplify headquarters in Brooklyn.

MBA Strategy Intern supporting market and product growth through research, quantitative analysis, business cases, market modeling, pricing analysis, and strategic recommendations. The role also involves leading cross-functional projects, developing growth initiatives, and solving complex business problems across products and markets.

Assist in developing and maintaining cross-platform Flutter apps for Android and iOS, implement UI/UX with Flutter widgets, integrate Firebase and REST APIs, debug and optimize performance, and collaborate with the team while staying current with Flutter/Dart technologies.

Work on real-world web applications across frontend and backend. Use modern frontend frameworks (React/Angular/Vue) and backend tech (Node.js, Python, Java, PHP). Integrate RESTful APIs with databases (MongoDB, PostgreSQL, MySQL), debug, test, optimize performance, and collaborate with designers and product teams while gaining hands-on mentorship.

Supports Akamai’s Corporate Sustainability team through GHG accounting, data collection, emissions and energy analysis, process tracking, workflow improvements, and stakeholder communication. The intern collaborates with internal teams, vendors, partners, and auditors to advance sustainability initiatives and identify efficiency opportunities. The 12-week program requires full-time availability and provides training, mentorship, networking, and project experience.