Google Software Engineering / Site Reliability Engineering Intern, 2026 

Google Software Engineering / Site Reliability Engineering Intern, 2026 

Location: UK, Switzerland, Germany, France, Poland

About the Internship

We offer a range of internships in either Software Engineering or Site-Reliability Engineering across EMEA. Durations and start dates will vary according to project and location. Our recruitment team will determine where you fit best based on your resume.

As a Software Engineering or Site Reliability Intern, you‘ll work on a specific project critical to Google’s needs. You will design, test, deploy, and maintain software solutions as you, and the business, grow and evolve during your internship.

We drive reliability and performance across a massive scale. You will work on software development projects to keep important business generating systems up and running, from code-level troubleshooting of traffic anomalies to maintenance of services; from monitoring and alerts to building automation infrastructure.

Qualifications:

Job responsibilities;

Research, conceive and develop software applications to extend and improve on Google's product offering.
Contribute to a wide variety of projects using natural language processing, artificial intelligence, data compression, machine learning, and search technologies.
Collaborate on scalability issues involving access to data and information.
Utilise exposure to large-scale production software
Minimum qualifications:

Currently enrolled in a Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science or a related technical field in the EMEA region and in your penultimate year of education, returning to your degree program (Bachelors, Masters or other) after the internship.
Experience working with data structures or algorithms during coursework/projects, research, internships, or practical experience in school or work (e.g., open-source coding).
Coding experience in one of the following programming languages: Python, C, C++, Java, JavaScript.
Preferred qualifications:

Ability to complete a 13-17 week full-time internship in the internship location between May - October 2026.
Relevant practical or internship experience (e.g., research assistant, teaching assistant, personal projects, etc) with programming in either: C++, Java, Python, or Go.
Interest and ability to learn other coding languages as needed.
Relevant practical or internship experience with one or more of the following: web application development, Unix/Linux, mobile application development, distributed and parallel systems, machine learning, information retrieval, natural language processing, networking, developing large software systems, or security software development.
If you have any extenuating circumstances or require further information about the programme, please contact EmployAbility on info@employ-ability.org.uk

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Minimum qualifications:

Currently enrolled in a Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science or a related technical field in the EMEA region and in your penultimate year of education, returning to your degree program (Bachelors, Masters or other) after the internship.
Experience working with data structures or algorithms during coursework/projects, research, internships, or practical experience in school or work (e.g., open-source coding).
Coding experience in one of the following programming languages: Python, C, C++, Java, JavaScript.
Preferred qualifications:

Ability to complete a 13-17 week full-time internship in the internship location between May - October 2026.
Relevant practical or internship experience (e.g., research assistant, teaching assistant, personal projects, etc) with programming in either: C++, Java, Python, or Go.
Interest and ability to learn other coding languages as needed.
Relevant practical or internship experience with one or more of the following: web application development, Unix/Linux, mobile application development, distributed and parallel systems, machine learning, information retrieval, natural language processing, networking, developing large software systems, or security software development.

Job responsibilities;

Research, conceive and develop software applications to extend and improve on Google's product offering.
Contribute to a wide variety of projects using natural language processing, artificial intelligence, data compression, machine learning, and search technologies.
Collaborate on scalability issues involving access to data and information.
Utilise exposure to large-scale production software