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AI Security Engineer Co-Op Intern, Winter 2027

Brain Co.· Engineering
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Hybrid (San Francisco Bay Area)Full-timePosted 1w ago

About the role

Co-op position focused on embedding security tooling and controls within Brain Co.'s AI-native platform and production pipelines. Combines security with platform engineering to secure CI/CD, cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes, containers, and IaC for production systems.

Responsibilities

  • Help build and improve security controls in CI/CD pipelines, including static analysis, secrets scanning, dependency checks, and automated policy enforcement.
  • Contribute to developer-facing security tooling, such as linting rules, reusable workflows, automation, and guardrails.
  • Help secure Kubernetes and containerized workloads, including access controls, image security, workload configuration, and deployment policies.
  • Contribute to security baselines in Terraform and Infrastructure-as-Code, including IAM, networking, encryption, and secure defaults.
  • Work with cloud infrastructure across AWS, GCP, or Azure to identify misconfigurations and improve security visibility.
  • Help automate the detection and remediation of common security issues.
  • Participate in threat modeling, code reviews, and architecture discussions alongside experienced security and platform engineers.
  • Work with engineers to understand security findings and turn them into practical, actionable fixes.
  • Help improve documentation and tooling so security controls are easy for developers to understand and adopt.

Qualifications

  • Are a current undergraduate student, specifically a junior or senior
  • pursuing a degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Cybersecurity, or a related technical field.
  • Have strong software engineering fundamentals through coursework, internships, research, or personal projects.
  • Have experience programming in Python, Go, Java, C++, Bash, or a similar language.
  • Have exposure to or a strong interest in application security, platform security, cloud security, or infrastructure security.
  • Are familiar with or excited to learn technologies such as Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, GitHub Actions, and AWS/GCP/Azure.
  • Have an interest in how software moves from code to production, including CI/CD, containers, cloud infrastructure, and deployment workflows.
  • Enjoy thinking about how systems can fail, where trust boundaries exist, and how security controls can prevent problems without slowing engineers down.
  • Are curious, proactive, and excited to learn quickly in a fast-paced engineering environment.
  • Enjoy taking ownership of technical problems while learning from experienced engineers.

Skills

Required:CI/CD securityDeveloper-facing security toolingKubernetes and container securityTerraform / Infrastructure-as-CodeCloud platforms
Nice to have:Threat modeling & architecture discussionsDocumentation & developer tooling

Benefits

  • Competitive co-op compensation
  • Hands-on mentorship from experienced security and infrastructure engineers
  • Opportunity to work on real production systems used globally
  • Potential return-offer consideration for future internships or full-time roles
  • Daily lunches if onsite
Last updated Oct 15, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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