Open Jobs Intern, Technology, DevOps & Site Reliability Engineering (SRE)

Sephora • San Francisco, CA

2d • Hybrid

About The Position

Sephora Internships provide an inclusive and comprehensive experience that equips young professionals with the tools needed to align their passions with work. The 10-week internship program develops early career professionals by providing interns with hands-on learning, personal and professional networking opportunities, and the ability to work on projects that directly impact the business. An inclusive and engaging experience that develops technical and professional skills through weekly virtual workshops, networking opportunities, and career panels that provide exposure to Sephora's career growth opportunities. The DevOps, SRE & Platform Operations Intern will join a high-impact engineering team focused on improving system reliability, reducing operational toil, increasing automation, and strengthening engineering productivity. This internship provides hands-on experience in modern cloud infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, SRE practices, observability, operational analytics, platform engineering, and infrastructure automation. The intern will work closely with Infrastructure Engineering, Database Engineering, SRE, Platform Engineering, and DevEx teams on a project that delivers measurable operational improvements and business value.

Requirements

• Currently pursuing a Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, Information Systems, Information Technology, or a related technical discipline.
• Experience with at least one programming or scripting language such as Python, Java, Go, JavaScript, or Bash.
• Foundational understanding of Linux, networking, APIs, Git source control, and cloud computing concepts.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to learn unfamiliar technologies and translate a broad problem into a practical project plan.
• Clear written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to document technical work and explain outcomes to technical and leadership audiences.
• Graduating in 2027 or 2028 (undergraduate or graduate degree)
• Work schedule must align with 9-5PM, Pacific Standard Time
• Must permanently reside and work in the U.S.
• Must be open to relocating to the San Francisco Bay Area upon graduation for consideration for full-time hybrid positions
• Available from June 14 - August 20, 2027

Nice To Haves

• Exposure through coursework, projects, or internships to cloud platforms, containers, infrastructure automation, CI/CD, observability, platform engineering, reliability engineering, or distributed systems.
• Azure, Google Cloud Platform, or AWS
• Docker and Kubernetes
• Terraform and infrastructure automation
• GitHub Actions or Jenkins
• Splunk, Grafana, Prometheus, Dynatrace, or Datadog

Responsibilities

• Analyze operational workflows, infrastructure and platform metrics, and service health signals to identify automation and reliability improvement opportunities.
• Develop and test scripts, tools, dashboards, or workflows that reduce manual effort and improve operational visibility in a controlled environment.
• Contribute to monitoring, observability, infrastructure-as-code, CI/CD, database operations, or developer self-service initiatives based on the selected project scope.
• Document the solution through architecture guidance, operational processes, runbooks, test evidence, and a knowledge-transfer package that enables future use and extension.
• Present the business problem, technical approach, results, operational impact, lessons learned, and recommended next steps to engineering and leadership audiences.
• Demonstrate our Sephora values: Passion, Innovation, Expertise, Balance, Respect, Teamwork, and Initiative.

Benefits

• The target hourly pay for this position is $30.00 - $30.00.
• Caring Community . You’ll collaborate with teammates who are equally passionate about innovating and driving the industry forward – together, united in beauty.
• Fulfilling Path . Your career transformation starts here, with opportunities that will challenge, stretch and develop your skills.
• Meaningful Work . As you make an impact on beauty, you’ll feel and see the positive change (consumer, industry, and social) that your individual voice is a part of.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Intern