People Team Intern - HR Operations & AI Innovation (Summer 2026)

At Cloudflare, we are on a mission to help build a better Internet. Today the company runs one of the world’s largest networks that powers millions of websites and other Internet properties for customers ranging from individual bloggers to SMBs to Fortune 500 companies. Cloudflare protects and accelerates any Internet application online without adding hardware, installing software, or changing a line of code.

We realize people do not fit into neat boxes. We are looking for curious and empathetic individuals who are committed to developing themselves and learning new skills, and we are ready to help you do that. We cannot complete our mission without building a diverse and inclusive team. We hire the best people based on an evaluation of their potential and support them throughout their time at Cloudflare.

About the Role and People Team

We are looking for a highly organized, tech-savvy People Team Intern who is passionate about the intersection of Human Resources and Artificial Intelligence. You will be embedded in one of these global HR functions to drive project efficiency and help us pioneer the use of AI in the workplace:

• People Operations: Manages the administrative and operational aspects of the employee lifecycle, ensuring smooth HR processes and employee support.
• People Operations Advisory: Partners with People Ops team to ensure our policies are aligned with local employment laws and turn them into operationalised workflows, design resources to support managers and employees.
• Talent Acquisition: Partners with managers to source, attract, and recruit top talent to fill open positions.
• Talent Growth & Enablement: Designs and delivers programs and resources to develop and retain critical talent, foster professional growth, and amplify career advancement.
• Benefits: Designs, manages, and administers employee benefits programs to attract and retain talent, ensure regulatory compliance, and support employee well-being while optimizing company costs.

What You’ll Do

• Project Management & Execution: Support end-to-end project lifecycles for People Team initiatives. You will keep timelines on track, manage stakeholders, and ensure no detail is overlooked.
• Process Optimization: Identify manual HR workflows and leverage AI solutions to automate and improve them.
• Data-Driven Insights: Analyze people data to identify trends in hiring, retention, and employee engagement.
• Knowledge Management: Maintain and audit our internal documentation and knowledge base, ensuring that employees have access to the most accurate, up-to-date information.
• Internal AI Advocacy: Become a power user and internal champion for our proprietary tools helping the team leverage these platforms for smarter decision-making.

Desirable Skills, Knowledge, and Experience

• Currently pursuing a Bachelors degree (open to all majors) or relevant HR program.
• Exceptional Organization: You are the person who has a spreadsheet for everything.
• Detailed-Oriented Mindset: You catch the data integrity issues others miss and care deeply about the "small things" that impact employee experience.
• AI Fluency: You are familiar with AI tools and how they can be applied to improve business processes and improve team efficiencies.
• Data Literacy: You are comfortable analyzing data and understand how to use it to tell a story or solve a problem.
• Adaptability: You thrive in a fast-paced environment and are comfortable pivoting between different teams and priorities.
• Communication: Strong written and verbal skills, with the ability to explain complex processes simply.
• Ability to commit to a minimum 12 week summer internship.
• In office 3-5 days a week in London office.

Bonus Points

• Experience managing internal Wikis (e.g., Confluence, Notion).
• Familiarity with HR compliance, processes, program administration, and tools.
• A background in Project Management (PMO) or Business Operations.

Cloudflare is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunity for all people and place great value in both diversity and inclusiveness.