Technical Program Manager Intern (Summer 2026)
at Cloudflare
In-Office
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(s): London, UK
About the TPgM team and internship role
The Technical Program Manager (TPgM) intern will contribute to fast-paced, cross-functional projects, helping to define scope, track progress, and communicate updates to stakeholders. They will collaborate closely with Engineering, Product, Customer Support Engineer, Security, Special Projects, ETI, and Design teams to ensure projects are delivered efficiently and on time. This role provides exposure to the entire product lifecycle and technical operations at Cloudflare. We are looking for a highly organized, proactive, and effective communicator who is eager to learn how to manage complex technical programs. The ideal candidate has a strong analytical mindset and a genuine passion for technology and process improvement. We are looking for interns who are adept at communicating, hungry to learn, and proficient in forms of automation tooling, including utilizing AI.
Role Responsibilities
- Work with a mentor TPgM who will guide them throughout the internship and advise their projects.
- Be tasked with a wide range of projects and teams to work with, either for process improvements, small projects/tasks, and creating efficiencies in getting things done.
- Learn to communicate effectively, manage stakeholder expectations, and shadow projects with a wide pool of experienced TPgMs from different backgrounds and expertise.
- Learn how products and initiatives are delivered effectively in a fast paced every changing environment.
- Become proficient in tools and methodologies to start your career as a TPgM.
You can check out our internship blogs to learn more about our program and hear directly from our past interns.
Role Requirements
Must-Have Skills
- Currently pursuing a Bachelors or Masters program in MIS, Data Analytics, Engineering, Business with deep level of technical curiosity, or relevant experience
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Willingness to learn, iterate, and take feedback well
- Can read the room
- Curiosity of our technical stack and be able to understand/learn how to work with multiple functions (development, design, product, operations,etc)
- Ability to commit to a minimum 12 week summer internship
- In office 3-5 days a week
Nice-to-Have Skills
- Ability to grok knowledge/data into presentations, summaries, status reports, narratives
- Software development experience
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.
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