Open Jobs Intern, Technology, AI Platform Infrastructure

Sephora • San Francisco, CA

1d • Remote

About The Position

Sephora’s 10-week internship offers early-career professionals hands-on learning, professional networking, and work on projects that directly impact the business. The program includes weekly virtual workshops, networking opportunities, and career panels. This internship runs from June 14 to August 20, 2027, and is remote, with a schedule of 36 hours per week, Monday through Friday, Pacific time. The July 6–9 summer shutdown is optional for interns.

As part of the Cloud, Infrastructure & Platform Engineering team, the intern will help build the foundations that make AI and agentic solutions reliable, secure, observable, scalable, and easy to adopt. Working with platform engineers and other stakeholders, the intern will turn AI platform concepts into tested infrastructure patterns, automation, operational documentation, and measurable demonstrations. The role is intended for a student graduating in 2027 or 2028 who permanently resides and works in the United States and can align their schedule with 9 a.m.–5 p.m. Pacific time. Candidates must be open to relocating to the San Francisco Bay Area after graduation for consideration for full-time hybrid positions.

Requirements

• Currently pursuing a Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Systems, Data Science, Applied Mathematics, or a related technical field.
• Foundational programming or scripting experience in Python, Java, Go, JavaScript/TypeScript, Bash, or a comparable language.
• Basic understanding of Linux, networking, APIs, Git, cloud computing, containers, or CI/CD concepts through coursework, projects, or prior experience.
• Ability to break down problems, learn unfamiliar technology, document work clearly, and communicate with technical and non-technical audiences.
• Interest in AI infrastructure, platform engineering, cloud engineering, DevOps, SRE, developer experience, or distributed systems.
• Graduating in 2027 or 2028 with an undergraduate or graduate degree.
• Work schedule must align with 9 a.m.–5 p.m. Pacific time.
• Must permanently reside and work in the United States.
• Must be open to relocating to the San Francisco Bay Area upon graduation for consideration for full-time hybrid positions.
• Available from June 14 through August 20, 2027.

Nice To Haves

• Exposure to one or more cloud platforms, infrastructure-as-code or CI/CD tools, containers, observability concepts, secure software development, or AI/ML platform technologies.

Responsibilities

• Learn the existing AI platform architecture, infrastructure standards, security expectations, and engineering workflows.
• Partner with cloud, platform, DevOps, SRE, and AI engineering stakeholders to define a problem and measurable acceptance criteria.
• Build and test a focused, production-minded infrastructure or automation proof of concept in a controlled non-production environment.
• Use infrastructure-as-code, version control, code review, automated testing, and secure configuration practices.
• Instrument the solution with meaningful logs, metrics, traces, or dashboards to measure health, reliability, usage, performance, or cost behavior.
• Evaluate reliability, scalability, operational cost, supportability, failure handling, and recovery tradeoffs.
• Document findings through setup guidance, runbooks, architecture diagrams, test evidence, and a handoff package.
• Present project outcomes, evidence, lessons learned, and recommended next steps at the internship culmination.
• Demonstrate Sephora values: Passion, Innovation, Expertise, Balance, Respect, Teamwork, and Initiative.

Benefits

• Inclusive and engaging internship experience with weekly virtual workshops, networking opportunities, and career panels.
• Hands-on learning and opportunities to work on projects that directly impact the business.
• Career development opportunities designed to challenge, stretch, and develop skills.
• Collaboration with teammates focused on innovation and advancing the industry.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Intern