ENGINEERING INTERN – CYBERSECURITY & SECURITY ENGINEERING

About the program EduRankAI is inviting applications for the position of Security Engineering Intern to join our Security Engineering team. This fulltime internship is designed for individuals who are passionate about cybersecurity, application security, secure software development, threat modelling, vulnerability assessment, responsible disclosure, and protecting modern AI powered platforms. As a Security Engineering Intern, you will work directly under the guidance of the Principal Security Engineer while contributing to real world security initiatives across EduRankAI's engineering ecosystem. Your responsibilities will include developing threat models for live product features, performing security focused code reviews on production pull requests, identifying and validating security vulnerabilities, assisting with responsible disclosure and bug bounty triage, writing scripts to automate security tasks, implementing code fixes for identified security issues, documenting security findings and remediation strategies, collaborating with software engineers to improve application security, authoring a comprehensive security writeup at the end of the internship, and contributing to strengthening the organization's overall security posture. Applicants should possess strong analytical thinking, problem solving ability, secure coding knowledge, excellent written communication, attention to detail, collaboration skills, ethical responsibility, and the ability to work effectively in a fast paced engineering environment. Familiarity with OWASP Top 10, secure software development practices, penetration testing, Python, Go, Git, Linux, web application security, vulnerability assessment, responsible disclosure, Capture The Flag CTF competitions, threat modelling, and security automation will be considered an advantage. Prior experience with responsible disclosure or participation in CTF competitions is highly desirable. Comprehensive mentorship, structured guidance, and continuous learning support will be provided throughout the internship. The internship is Remote for a duration of three months and requires a commitment of eight hours per day, six days per week. Successful interns will gain practical experience in application security, secure code review, threat modelling, vulnerability management, security engineering, responsible disclosure, DevSecOps practices, technical documentation, and collaborative security operations while contributing directly to protecting EduRankAI's technology ecosystem. Applications under EduRankAI's Talent Accessibility Initiative are completely free. This is an unpaid internship designed to provide meaningful industry exposure, structured mentorship, real world security engineering experience, portfolio development, and outstanding performers may be considered for advanced security projects, internship extensions, preplacement interviews, or fulltime opportunities based on performance and organizational requirements. Perks Certificate of Completion Letter of Recommendation for exceptional performers Mentorship from the Principal Security Engineer and Senior Security Professionals Hands-on experience with live security engineering projects Opportunity to contribute to real-world application security and threat modelling initiatives Professional portfolio development Exposure to secure software development, vulnerability management, DevSecOps, responsible disclosure, and security engineering Performance-based Pre-Placement Interview opportunity Cross-functional collaboration with engineering, infrastructure, research, and platform teams Who can apply? Only those candidates can apply who: are from Any and specialisation from Any are available for duration of 3 Months have relevant skills and interests Terms of Engagement This is a full-time Remote internship requiring a commitment of 8 hours per day, 6 days per week for a duration of three months. Interns will contribute to live security engineering initiatives under structured mentorship while maintaining professionalism, confidentiality, secure coding standards, documentation quality, technical excellence, and adherence to project timelines. Participants will perform threat modelling, conduct secure code reviews, assist with bug bounty triage, implement security fixes, document security findings, and collaborate with software engineering teams to strengthen the security of EduRankAI's technology platforms. Successful completion of the internship will be evaluated based on technical competency, security knowledge, analytical ability, communication, ownership, collaboration, professionalism, consistency, and overall contribution throughout the internship. Number of openings 10