Intern, Technology, AI Platform Infrastructure

sephora.com • Remote, OR

2d • Remote

About The Position

Sephora’s 10-week internship program provides hands-on learning, personal and professional networking, and projects with direct business impact. The program includes weekly virtual workshops, networking opportunities, and career panels. The 2027 internship runs June 14 through August 20, with a 36-hour workweek, Monday through Friday, aligned to Pacific time. Interns may optionally take a summer shutdown from July 6 through July 9.

The AI Platform Infrastructure Intern will join the Cloud, Infrastructure & Platform Engineering team and contribute to foundations that make AI and agentic solutions reliable, secure, observable, scalable, and easy to adopt. Working with platform engineers and stakeholders across cloud, platform, DevOps, SRE, and AI engineering, the intern will develop tested infrastructure patterns, automation, operational documentation, and measurable demonstrations. The work will be carried out in a controlled non-production environment and will include documenting results and presenting the project at the end of the internship.

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.
• Must graduate in 2027 or 2028 with an undergraduate or graduate degree.
• Must align work schedule 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.
• Must be available 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 current 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 in the proof of concept.
• Instrument the solution with 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, supporting evidence, lessons learned, and recommended next steps at the internship culmination.
• Demonstrate Sephora’s values of Passion, Innovation, Expertise, Balance, Respect, Teamwork, and Initiative.

Benefits

• Weekly virtual workshops, networking opportunities, and career panels.
• Hands-on learning and opportunities to work on projects that directly impact the business.
• Hourly pay of $30.00.
• Opportunities to develop technical and professional skills and connect with teammates.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Intern
• Education Level: No Education Listed