Cloudflare

Performance and security services for the internet
Last updated:
January 3, 2026
Company details
HQ
San Francisco, CA
HEADCOUNT
3000-9999
ORG TYPE
Corporate
SECTOR
Technology & Digital
About the company
Cloudflare provides a “connectivity cloud” that helps organisations make websites, apps, and networks faster and safer. The company is best known for products across CDN and performance, DDoS protection, web and API security, Zero Trust and SASE, and edge developer tooling such as Workers. Cloudflare serves everyone from individual developers and small businesses to large enterprises and the public sector. Cloudflare runs a large global network that routes and secures Internet traffic at scale.
Locations and presence
Cloudflare operates with a hybrid, distributed and in-office model across the Americas, Europe, and Asia, and the company uses “hub” offices for many teams. For the 2026 internship cohort, Cloudflare has listed hub locations including Austin, New York City, San Francisco, Bengaluru, Lisbon, and London, with interns expected in-office multiple days per week.
Palpable Score
75.3
/ 100
Cloudflare is unusually accessible for early-career candidates because the company runs a broad internship program and has publicly set a very large 2026 intern hiring goal, with clear detail on duration, locations, and pay for interns. The main scoring limit is inconsistent hiring transparency across roles: Cloudflare says interns won’t be given “test projects,” but candidate reports and some roles still involve take-home style assessments and multi-stage processes without consistent expectations.
Pillar 1: Early-career access

Score

17.3
/ 20
  • The company publishes a dedicated Early Talent page and actively recruits interns into real product teams, explicitly positioning internships as shipping work rather than shadowing.
  • Cloudflare has publicly set a goal to hire 1,111 interns in 2026 and has described cohorts, a 12-week standard duration, and specific hub-office locations where interns will be placed.
  • The company’s early-talent listings span multiple functions (not only engineering), including roles like product and university recruiting support, which broadens entry points beyond a single track.

Pillar 2: Hiring fairness and transparency

Score

13.0
/ 20
  • The company states that interns are not given “test projects,” and frames assessment around doing real work on teams rather than artificial tasks.
  • Cloudflare has shared at least one concrete expectation for intern hiring timelines, stating the internship interview process typically takes around 3–4 weeks.
  • The company receives mixed candidate signals on process consistency, with interview reports describing multi-stage loops and, for some roles, take-home exercises that can feel heavier or less predictable than early-career candidates expect.

Pillar 3: Learning and support

Score

17.0
/ 20
  • The company says interns are paired with a dedicated mentor and are embedded in active teams from day one, with an expectation of leaving with a concrete deliverable.
  • Cloudflare describes structured internship touchpoints beyond project work, including access to executives (Q&A), chances to present work to the company, and professional development workshops.
  • The company has historically described formal intern support mechanisms such as buddy-style programs and networking events designed to help interns meet peers and leaders, rather than leaving learning to individual managers.

Pillar 4: Pay fairness and stability

Score

14.7
/ 20
  • The company explicitly states that interns are paid, with pay described as competitive and broadly comparable to a prorated entry-level salary, plus temporary relocation support via stipends when needed.
  • Cloudflare lists a benefits package that includes items early-career hires tend to value for stability, such as paid parental leave and “take-what-you-need” vacation alongside broader employee benefits.
  • The company does not consistently publish clear salary ranges on publicly visible role pages across regions, which makes it hard for early-career candidates to judge pay fairness before investing time in interviews.

Pillar 5: Early-career outcomes

Score

13.3
/ 20
  • The company links internships to longer-term careers by framing the program as “the foundation for a career,” and Cloudflare has publicly pointed to interns from earlier cohorts becoming some of the company’s “most promising” young employees.
  • Cloudflare has publicly discussed intern-to-full-time pathways in company programming, but Cloudflare does not publish hard outcome numbers like return-offer rates, promotion timelines, or early-career retention.
  • The company highlights external recognition aimed at younger professionals, but broad awards and marketing claims cannot replace measurable progression data for early-career hires.

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