About the Program

Our placement interns are our future engineers. From day one, our interns are treated as valued members of their team. As part of our Placement Program, you’ll have the opportunity to have intimate conversations with key business leaders, receive guidance and support from our mentorship program and build a global network with other interns. You’ll also receive support from our emerging talent team as you continuously refine and reflect on your broader career goals through your time in this program.

About the Role

Rapid7 is seeking curious, resourceful, and motivated software engineering placement interns to support our product teams. As a software engineering intern, you will have the opportunity to work with cutting edge technology to develop solutions to some of our customer’s most challenging problems. 

In this role, you will:

• Apply your skills and education to a real-world work environment 

• Collaborate with a team of engineers on a variety of current projects

• Contribute your ideas on how to continuously improve our products & solutions

• Build, deploy and maintain high quality code for customer-facing projects

• Deliver innovative product features to the Rapid7 production system 

Successful candidates will be: 

• Currently studying Software Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering or a related discipline, displaying a strong academic record & eligible for a placement opportunity between June - August 2024.

• Passionate about software development, and able to learn quickly

• A team player with excellent written and verbal English communication skills

• Self-motivated and accountable; able to take direction and manage prioritisation of work

• Results-oriented and collaborative; able to work independently as well as part of a team

• A dynamic sense of ownership and responsibility for the quality of the software you create

• Experience with object-oriented languages, GitHub and relational/non-relational databases is beneficial, but not essential

We know that the best ideas and solutions come from multi-dimensional teams. Teams reflecting a variety of backgrounds and professional experiences. If you are excited about this role and feel your experience can make an impact, please don’t be shy - apply today.

About Rapid7

Rapid7 (NASDAQ: RPD) helps organizations across the globe protect what matters most so innovation can thrive in an increasingly connected world. Our comprehensive technology, services, and community-focused research simplify the complex for security teams, helping them reduce vulnerabilities, monitor for malicious behavior, be in 10 places at once, and shut down attacks. We’re on a mission to make security solutions easier to use and access so we can bring safety and resilience to more people.

With more than 10,000 customers across 140+ countries, Rapid7 is a leader in cybersecurity that has earned numerous industry accolades and recognition for our technology and culture.