As a Software Engineer Intern, you will collaborate with engineers, contribute ideas to product improvement, and develop innovative solutions using cutting-edge technology.
Software Engineering Intern
About the Program
Our placement interns are our future engineers and are treated as valued members of the team from day one. In addition to a competitive salary, benefits, and generous holiday allowance, you will have frequent 1:1 meetings with your manager and a dedicated team mentor throughout your placement. The program also provides full access to internal training resources (Udemy, Pluralsight) and opportunities for intimate conversations with key business leaders. You'll build a global network with other interns and continuously refine your career goals with guidance from our emerging talent team. Although Rapid7 has a hybrid working model, we highly recommend interns work from the office frequently to support their development and networking.
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:
The skills and qualities you'll bring include:
*Qualified candidates should be currently studying Software Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related discipline, displaying a strong academic record & eligible for a 12-month placement opportunity between Jun 2026 - May 2027. You must be resident of Northern Ireland, and have the legal right to work in the UK.
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
At Rapid7, we are on a mission to create a secure digital world for our customers, our industry, and our communities. We do this by embracing tenacity, passion, and collaboration to challenge what's possible and drive extraordinary impact.
Here, we're building a dynamic workplace where everyone can have the career experience of a lifetime. We challenge ourselves to grow to our full potential. We learn from our missteps and celebrate our victories. We come to work every day to push boundaries in cybersecurity and keep our 11,000+ global customers ahead of whatever's next.
Join us and bring your unique experiences and perspectives to tackle some of the world's biggest security challenges.
About the Program
Our placement interns are our future engineers and are treated as valued members of the team from day one. In addition to a competitive salary, benefits, and generous holiday allowance, you will have frequent 1:1 meetings with your manager and a dedicated team mentor throughout your placement. The program also provides full access to internal training resources (Udemy, Pluralsight) and opportunities for intimate conversations with key business leaders. You'll build a global network with other interns and continuously refine your career goals with guidance from our emerging talent team. Although Rapid7 has a hybrid working model, we highly recommend interns work from the office frequently to support their development and networking.
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
The skills and qualities you'll bring include:
- Knowledge of core computer science and software engineering concepts
- Understanding of SDLC including code review, testing, and planning processes
- Ability to write code, and solve basic problems
- Experience with object-oriented languages, GitHub and relational/non-relational databases is beneficial, but not essential
- Ability to articulate messages in an understandable manner, demonstrates active listening skills, shows curiosity and asks questions
- Proven track record of collaborating effectively with teammates and partners across an organization
- Able to take direction and manage prioritisation of work, and have a dynamic sense of ownership and responsibility for the quality of the software you create
*Qualified candidates should be currently studying Software Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related discipline, displaying a strong academic record & eligible for a 12-month placement opportunity between Jun 2026 - May 2027. You must be resident of Northern Ireland, and have the legal right to work in the UK.
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
At Rapid7, we are on a mission to create a secure digital world for our customers, our industry, and our communities. We do this by embracing tenacity, passion, and collaboration to challenge what's possible and drive extraordinary impact.
Here, we're building a dynamic workplace where everyone can have the career experience of a lifetime. We challenge ourselves to grow to our full potential. We learn from our missteps and celebrate our victories. We come to work every day to push boundaries in cybersecurity and keep our 11,000+ global customers ahead of whatever's next.
Join us and bring your unique experiences and perspectives to tackle some of the world's biggest security challenges.
Top Skills
Git
Non-Relational Databases
Object-Oriented Languages
Relational Databases
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