Procurement Intern (JD)

at Cloudflare

Hybrid

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 Locations: Austin Texas or San Francisco

The Opportunity

Looking to transition from the classroom to the high-stakes world of legal contract review and negotiation? This role is dedicated to our Global Procurement Contracts Team, focusing on the legal framework that governs our most critical vendor relationships. You will gain direct experience in commercial contracting, risk mitigation, security and data privacy.

The Mission

You will lead a high-priority "Contract Health" initiative. Under the guidance of our Legal and Procurement teams, you will:

Audit top-tier vendors to ensure compliance with our latest MSA (Master Service Agreement), DPA (Data Processing Addendum), and DSA (Data Security Agreement).
Identify gaps in our governing agreements and launch formal workflows to remediate risk.
Participate in negotiation strategy sessions for new and renewing vendors.

The AI Innovation Project

Legal tech is evolving rapidly. You will explore how AI can accelerate the legal review process. This may include:

Using AI tools to perform "redline" comparisons across hundreds of legacy documents.
Developing a "Contract Playbook" within Gemini to help non-legal stakeholders understand standard vs. non-standard clauses.
Building an automated tracking dashboard for document execution status.

Key Responsibilities

Review complex legal documents for risk and compliance alignment.
Initiate outreach and manage communications with vendor legal teams.
Provide regular status updates to the Procurement and Legal leadership.
Final Capstone: Present a "State of the Contract Landscape" report to the Procurement team, highlighting risks mitigated and AI-driven efficiencies gained.

Qualifications

Currently enrolled in an accredited JD or LLM program (or equivalent graduate law program).
Strong interest in Commercial Law, Privacy, or Tech Transactions.
Exceptional attention to detail—you’re the person who finds the typo in the 40th footnote.
Ability to translate complex legal jargon into actionable business advice.

Suggestions for Your "Internal Manual"

To make this program "industry-leading," I recommend including these elements in the guide you give them on Day 1:

The "AI Sandbox" Policy: Explicitly state which company data they can and cannot feed into Gemini/OpenCode. Providing clear guardrails encourages them to experiment without fear.
The "Mentor-Buddy" System: Assign the Undergrads a "Buddy" (someone 1-2 years out of school) and the Law student a "Mentor" (a Senior Counsel or Procurement Lead).
Milestone Markers:

Week 1-2: Onboarding & Tool Training.
Week 4: AI Project Proposal Due.
Week 8: Project Prototype/Draft.
Week 11: Final Presentation Rehearsal.

Networking Credits: Encourage them to have "Coffee Chats" with three people outside their department (e.g., Marketing, Engineering, HR) to see how Procurement impacts the whole business.

Compensation:

Estimated hourly rate is $32/hr

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!

This position may require access to information protected under U.S. export control laws, including the U.S. Export Administration Regulations. Please note that any offer of employment may be conditioned on your authorization to receive software or technology controlled under these U.S. export laws without sponsorship for an export license.

Cloudflare is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunity for all people and place great value in both diversity and inclusiveness. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to their, or any other person's, perceived or actual race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, family care status, or any other basis protected by law. We are an AA/Veterans/Disabled Employer.

Cloudflare provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities. Please tell us if you require a reasonable accommodation to apply for a job. Examples of reasonable accommodations include, but are not limited to, changing the application process, providing documents in an alternate format, using a sign language interpreter, or using specialized equipment. If you require a reasonable accommodation to apply for a job, please contact us via e-mail at hr@cloudflare.com or via mail at 101 Townsend St. San Francisco, CA 94107.