Who Are We?

We are a team that brought you Norton, Avast, LifeLock, Avira, AVG, ReputationDefender, and CCleaner, dedicated to providing cybersecurity, privacy, and identity protection to over 500 million users in 150 countries. At Gen, we offer flexible working options, generous time off, and competitive benefits in a diverse and inclusive environment where every team member is valued and celebrated. If you are smart, fearless, and dedicated, join us to power Digital Freedom and help consumers take control of their digital lives.

This is a summer internship position starting on 1st of July going until the 30th of September.

Mission and Goals

Our team of eight engineers specializes in high-performance microservices deployed primarily in Kubernetes, written primarily in Rust and Python, with a strong focus on anti-scam and anti-phishing features. We build scalable, efficient, and robust services to detect and mitigate online threats.

Objectives:

As a Summer Intern, you will:

• Work alongside experienced engineers on real-world cybersecurity challenges.
• Gain hands-on experience with microservices, databases, and cloud infrastructure that is processing thousands of requests per second.
• Contribute to the development, testing, deployment and monitoring of features in our stack.
• Learn and apply Kubernetes, Git, Unix tools, and scripting.
• Explore new technologies and performance optimizations with mentorship from the team.
  
  
  

Competencies:

Must-Have skills

• Programming fundamentals in any language (Rust, Python, C++, Java, etc.).
• Basic knowledge of Kubernetes and containerized environments.
• Understanding of databases (SQL / NoSQL).
• Experience with Git, Unix, and command-line tools.
• Ability to learn quickly and adapt to new challenges.
  
  
  

Nice-to-Have Skills

• Advanced knowledge of Rust or Python.
• Experience with cloud computing and Kubernetes.
• Familiarity with high-performance and distributed systems.
  
  
  

Gen is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive and accessible environment for all employees. All employment decisions are based on merit, experience, and business needs, without regard to race, color, national origin, age, religion, sex, pregnancy (including childbirth or related medical conditions), genetic information, disability (physical or mental), medical condition, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression, military or veteran status, or any other consideration made unlawful by federal, state, or local law. Gen strictly prohibits unlawful discrimination based on such protected characteristics and seeks to recruit the most talented candidates from diverse cultures and backgrounds.

We also consider employment-qualified individuals with arrest and conviction records. In addition, we will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. Learn more about pay transparency.

Gen complies with all anti-discrimination laws.

To conform to U.S. export control regulations, applicant should be eligible for any required authorizations from the U.S. Government.