Automation Engineer Intern (Summer 2026)

About Us At Cloudflare, we are on a mission to help build a better Internet. Today the company runs one of the world’s largest networks that powers millions of websites and other Internet properties for customers ranging from individual bloggers to SMBs to Fortune 500 companies. Cloudflare protects and accelerates any Internet application online without adding hardware, installing software, or changing a line of code. Internet properties powered by Cloudflare all have web traffic routed through its intelligent global network, which gets smarter with every request. As a result, they see significant improvement in performance and a decrease in spam and other attacks. Cloudflare was named to Entrepreneur Magazine’s Top Company Cultures list and ranked among the World’s Most Innovative Companies by Fast Company. At Cloudflare, we’re not looking for people who wait for a polished roadmap; we’re looking for the builders who see the cracks in the Internet that everyone else has simply learned to live with. We value candidates who have the instinct to spot a "normalized" problem and the AI-native curiosity to create a solution using the latest tools. Our culture is built on iteration, leveraging AI to ship faster today to make it better tomorrow, while ensuring that every improvement, no matter how small, is shared across the team to lift everyone up. If you’re the type of person who values curiosity over bureaucracy, and that AI is a partner in solving tough problems to keep the Internet moving forward, you’ll fit right in. Available Location: Austin People Innovation Lab — Cloudflare People Team Reports to: Lead, AI Transformation Strategic Initiatives (People Places) About the Role Join the People Innovation Lab to build and deploy smart tools for the People organization. This role sits within the people in places function under the lead for AI transformation and strategic initiatives. This role is focused on helping us to automate the processes that bog people down and moving us towards an agentic future. Key focus: Identify and eliminate manual workflows across the People team. Build diverse automation solutions (Google Workspace, Workers, background jobs, multi-step agents). Utilize AI coding tools (e.g., OpenCode) and build autonomous agents. Strong fundamentals and fast execution are key. What You'll Build Do Build: Workflow automations (Google Workspace, APIs, third-party platforms). Event-driven automations using Cloudflare Workers. AI-powered tools (LLM APIs like Gemini, Workers AI) for reasoning (summarization, routing). Reusable components and early-stage, stateful, autonomous agents. Clean documentation. Do: Audit workflows for high-value automation. Build and ship automations in JavaScript/TypeScript (Google Workspace, Workers). Integrate AI/LLM APIs; use AI-assisted development (OpenCode). Explore and apply Cloudflare's full automation stack (Workers, Durable Objects, AI Gateway, Vectorize). Participate in agile ceremonies and present work. Requirements Minimum: Pursuing/equivalent experience in Computer Science or related field. Proficient in JavaScript or Python; writes clean code. Experience with REST APIs and structured data. Independent problem-solving. Fluent with AI tools. Preferred: Experience building automations (Zapier, Make, n8n, Apps Script, custom code). Prior LLM/AI API integration experience. Familiarity with event-driven/serverless architecture. Exposure to agent frameworks/multi-step AI workflows. What We Provide Platform onboarding and hands-on AI-assisted development experience. Dedicated manager, feedback, and real production automations. Portfolio artifact (production automations, agent-building track record). The Team's Vision The team is building AI agents for the People organization that can reason, act, and coordinate without constant human input. You will contribute to this foundation and gain firsthand experience. What Makes Cloudflare Special? W ... (truncated, view full listing at source)