Internal Audit 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, TX
About the role
As an intern on the Internal Audit (IA) team, you will be a part of a data-driven team that will work with the Internal Audit team as well as Business and Technology partners to perform analysis with the dual purpose of (1) executing an independent assessment of a target area following Internal Audit’s methodology and (2) delivering insights to the business on potential improvements that leverage AI/ML and may include data analytics, automation, dashboarding, and process improvements.
What you'll do
- Operating under the supervision of an Internal Audit Leader, the intern will execute through the full lifecycle of an audit project applying a data-driven approach that will include planning, risk assessment, fieldwork, code development, data analysis, visualization and reporting.
- While the project will be performed in accordance with department and professional standards, opportunities to challenge our process and propose new audit and analytics approach will be expected.
- Help design testing procedures relevant to risk and test objectives applying a data-driven approach.
- Gain an understanding of the target area of your project including operations, systems, data and risk.
- Prepare audit workpapers and reports with direct supervision.
- Build relationships with key stakeholders and business owners to understand pain points and opportunities to enhance existing program, processes and controls.
- Be assigned a mentor to guide you through the internship and help with career goals.
- Present your project to the entire company at the end of the internship.
- Get direct access to our executives and leadership team, including our co-founders.
Examples of desirable skills, knowledge and experience
- Currently pursuing a degree or program in Accounting, Finance, Business, Engineering, Computer Science, Data Analytics, or related field
- Expected graduation date between: 12/2026 - 12/2027
- Coding skills desired (Python, R, SQL, Tableau, Power BI)
- Critical thinking decision making/problem solving skills
- Curious mindset & initiative
- Effective communicator, ability to build relations & manage expectations
- Time management skills and ability to plan and prioritize effectively
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel/Google Sheets required
- Ability to work effectively in a team environment
- Ability to commit to a minimum 12 week summer internship.
- In office 3-5 days a week in Austin, TX.
What Makes Cloudflare Special?
We’re not just a highly ambitious, large-scale technology company. We’re a highly ambitious, large-scale technology company with a soul. Fundamental to our mission to help build a better Internet is protecting the free and open Internet.
Project Galileo: Since 2014, we've equipped more than 2,400 journalism and civil society organizations in 111 countries with powerful tools to defend themselves against attacks that would otherwise censor their work, technology already used by Cloudflare’s enterprise customers--at no cost.
Athenian Project: In 2017, we created the Athenian Project to ensure that state and local governments have the highest level of protection and reliability for free, so that their constituents have access to election information and voter registration. Since the project, we've provided services to more than 425 local government election websites in 33 states.
1.1.1.1: We released 1.1.1.1 to help fix the foundation of the Internet by building a faster, more secure and privacy-centric public DNS resolver. This is available publicly for everyone to use - it is the first consumer-focused service Cloudflare has ever released. Here’s the deal - we don’t store client IP addresses never, ever. We will continue to abide by our privacy commitment and ensure that no user data is sold to advertisers or used to target consumers.
Sound like something you’d like to be a part of? We’d love to hear from you!
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