10 days ago
Seattle, WA, USAIntern
Responsibilities
- Own a scoped security engineering project through problem understanding, solution design, implementation, testing, documentation, and preparation for team use.
- Develop tools and automation to identify security weaknesses, investigate findings, and prioritize risks.
- Conduct security research and analyze results to distinguish actionable findings from false positives.
- Use and validate AI-assisted coding and research tools, potentially building AI-assisted security capabilities or investigating risks in AI-enabled systems.
- Collaborate with security and software engineers through design discussions, code reviews, and feedback.
- Demonstrate the completed solution, explain its results and limitations, and prepare it for others to maintain.
Requirements
- Commit to a 12-week, full-time, 40-hour-per-week program during Summer 2027.
- Be enrolled full-time in a bachelor’s or master’s degree program, return to the program after the internship, and graduate by August 2028.
- Have strong programming skills, including the ability to write, debug, and test code.
- Have a basic understanding of web applications, systems, and foundational security concepts.
- Have familiarity with AI and large language models through coursework, personal projects, research, or previous work.
- Be able to investigate problems, evaluate information, and communicate findings clearly.
- Demonstrate interest in security through coursework, personal projects, capture-the-flag challenges, research, or previous experience.
- Preferred qualifications include experience with Burp Suite, OWASP ZAP, Semgrep, Snyk, Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, Go, Git, APIs, automated testing, LLM APIs, coding assistants, CTFs, security research, open-source contributions, PortSwigger Web Security Academy, picoCTF, Hack The Box, CompTIA Security+, or ISC2 Certified in Cybersecurity (CC).
- Optional work samples may include publicly shareable bug reports, security write-ups, or CTF walkthroughs that demonstrate investigation, validation, and impact analysis.
Benefits
- 12-week full-time Summer 2027 internship.
- Located in Atlassian’s Seattle or San Francisco hubs; candidates must be able to work from one of those hubs.
- Hands-on technical training, professional growth opportunities, dedicated mentorship, and social connections.
- Potential eligibility for benefits, bonuses, commissions, and equity.
- The role is not eligible for F1 or J1 students and is not available for any work sponsorship.
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About Atlassian
Atlassian powers the collaboration that helps teams accomplish what would otherwise be impossible alone. From space missions and motor racing to bugs in code and IT requests, no task is too large or too small with the right team, the right tools, and the right practices. Over 300,000 global companies and 80% of the Fortune 500 rely on Atlassian’s software, like Jira, Confluence, Loom, and Trello, to help their teams work better together and deliver quality results on time. With our 300,000+ customers and team of 10,000+ Atlassians, we are building the next generation of team collaboration and productivity software. We believe the power of teams has the potential to change the world — one that is more open, authentic, and inclusive.