Software Engineering Intern

About Us:

Gen is a global company dedicated to powering Digital Freedom through its trusted consumer brands including Norton, Avast, LifeLock, MoneyLion and more. Our combined heritage is rooted in financial empowerment and cyber safety for the first digital generations, and today we deliver award-winning cybersecurity, online privacy, identity protection and financial wellness solutions to nearly 500 million users in more than 150 countries.

Together, we share a collective passion and vision to protect consumers and help them grow, manage and secure their digital and financial lives. We’re always looking for smart, fearless and high-impact talent who see AI as a teammate – leveraging it to move faster and deliver meaningful results.

When you’re part of Gen, you’ll have the flexibility, tools and support to do your best work and grow your career – from flexible working options and time off to competitive pay, benefits and well-being programs.

At Gen, we are scrappy and relentlessly customer driven. We create room for healthy debate, experimentation and continuous learning, and we seek out people with different experiences, identities and ideas to join our team. You’ll work with people who back each other, respect each other and understand that our differences are a competitive advantage.

If this sounds like you, we’d love you to be part of Gen.

About The Role:

This is a summer internship position running from June 15th to September 15th.

You will join a team of eight engineers focused on building high-performance, scalable microservices that detect and mitigate online threats, with a strong emphasis on anti-scam and anti-phishing solutions.

Our services are primarily deployed in Kubernetes and written in Rust and Python, processing thousands of requests per second. As an intern, you will gain hands-on experience working on real-world cybersecurity challenges and contribute to real production systems.

During the internship, you will:

• Collaborate with experienced engineers on the design and development of microservices

• Contribute to feature development, testing, deployment, and monitoring

• Work with modern technologies including Kubernetes, cloud infrastructure, and databases

• Use tools such as Git, Unix, and scripting environments in your daily work

• Explore performance optimizations and new technologies with guidance from your team

About You:

• You have a solid foundation in programming (e.g. Rust, Python, C++, Java or similar)

• You are familiar with basic concepts of Kubernetes and containerized environments

• You understand fundamentals of databases (SQL and/or NoSQL)

• You have experience working with Git, Unix, and command-line tools

• You are eager to learn, proactive, and able to adapt quickly to new challenges

Nice to have:

• Advanced knowledge of Rust or Python

• Experience with cloud platforms and Kubernetes

• Interest in high-performance or distributed systems

What’s Next:

The interview process consists of one stage. You’ll meet the hiring manager, Honza, in our Prague office.