2026 Technical Program Management Intern

We’re not just building better tech. We’re rewriting how data moves and what the world can do with it. With Confluent, data doesn’t sit still. Our platform puts information in motion, streaming in near real-time so companies can react faster, build smarter, and deliver experiences as dynamic as the world around them.

It takes a certain kind of person to join this team. Those who ask hard questions, give honest feedback, and show up for each other. No egos, no solo acts. Just smart, curious humans pushing toward something bigger, together.

One Confluent. One Team. One Data Streaming Platform.

About the Role:

As a Technical Program Management Intern in the engineering organization you will play a critical role in fulfilling the engineering vision to build, deliver, and operate highly scalable streaming infrastructure and the surrounding product ecosystem. You should be comfortable and experienced in driving and delivering highly complex projects on time leveraging data/AI based tooling and decision making. These projects will span across multiple teams, functions and geographies.

Tech in Texas! Austin is a Confluent early career engineering hub. Your internship will be a hybrid working model that introduces you to Confluent's culture and enables faster learning, onboarding, and coaching.

• At the time of your start date, you will be required to be located in the location on your offer letter.

• You and your fellow interns will have access to office space to collaborate in person for a required three days a week.

• This internship requires a working, reliable internet connection and a quiet, dedicated workspace. You will be required to work from your Austin-based home location two times per week.

• A $5,000 USD pre-taxed lump sum payment for a housing stipend at the start of your internship.

• A travel reimbursement (if required) for round-trip airline flights (to and from the location of your internship to your home location) or driving mileage reimbursement.

• If you receive a return offer at the end of the internship, you will be based in Austin, Texas.

What You Will Do:

• Work with stakeholders to drive cross cutting and/or critical initiatives for the company.

• Drive process and tooling improvements

• Ensure that we are able to deliver projects on time.

• Proactively identify and resolve roadblocks/challenges affecting projects.

• Train and help other leaders to become better in program management.

• Scale the engineering groups in terms of their operations and programs with tooling and process improvements

• Make technical decisions to keep projects running on time.

• Work with Engineering, Product and Security leadership to streamline and drive our projects on a predictable schedule

• Run cross-functional meetings and drive decision making around schedule adjustments, bug triage and internal and external partner/customer delivery.

• Act as a communications liaison between technical and non-technical colleagues

• Lead technical design and architecture discussions across cross-functional teams

What You Will Bring:

• Pursuing a Bachelor’s or Master’s in Computer Science, Math, Business Management, or a related technical field with a graduation date between December 2026- August 2027.

• Smart, humble, and empathetic

• Have a strong sense of teamwork and put team’s and company’s interests first

• Familiar with data analysis and AI tooling, SQL, automation skills

• Driven and excited about the challenges of a fast-paced, innovative software startup environment and GSD!

Ready to build what's next? Let’s get in motion.

Come As You Are

Belonging isn’t a perk here. It’s the baseline. We work across time zones and backgrounds, knowing the best ideas come from different perspectives. And we make space for everyone to lead, grow, and challenge what’s possible.

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