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STUDENTS & NEW GRADUATES
Launch Your Career
Whether you’re pursuing an internship or your first full-time role, ExtraHop offers structured pathways to build a career. Join a team that invests in your talent!
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Overview
Work that Matters
Start solving real cybersecurity problems from day one. At ExtraHop, early-career engineers don’t just shadow, they ship code, investigate threats, and contribute to products protecting enterprises globally.
+75% of our interns receive full-time offers
+60% of our new grad hires are still with ExtraHop, some for more than 10+ years
Why Start Your Career at ExtraHop?
Real Impact, Real Fast | No coffee runs or busy work here. Our interns and new graduates work on actual product features, security research, and customer-facing tools. You’ll see your contributions in production systems used by enterprise customers.
Where we recruit
We have strong partnerships with top engineering programs and attend career fairs at: Rice University, Georgia Tech, University of Washington.
Don’t see your school?
We welcome referrals from all universities! If you know someone at ExtraHop, ask them to refer you to our talent team.
What to Expect
Our Recruiting Process
We want our interview process to be transparent and fair. Here's exactly what happens from the career fair to offer, so you know what to prepare for.
For Internships & Full-Time Roles
- Career Fair or Referral | Meet our team at Rice, Georgia Tech, or UW or get referred by someone you know. We’ll have a quick technical conversation with you to evaluate your skill level.
- Initial Technical Interview | Code review and problem-solving discussion with an ExtraHop engineer
- Technical + Behavioral Interview | Deeper technical conversation + team fit discussion
- Engineering Manager Review | Your interviewers present their feedback; hiring manager makes final decision
- Offer | Typically within a month of final interview, depending on timing of the campus career fair
- Both internships and full-time roles are located in Seattle, WA
- Our internships typically begin mid-May and continue for up to three months
- Start dates for full-time roles occur in August of the year following the campus recruiting event
What it Takes
Who Thrives Here
You don’t need to be an expert — you just need to be curious, driven, and ready to learn.
Technical Foundation
Pursuing or recently completed a degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Cybersecurity, or related field
Strong problem-solving skills and coding skills built on software engineering principles
Curiosity about how systems work and fail
What YOU’ll GAIN
Hands-On, Real-World Skills
Grow your influence, sharpen your expertise, and create a strong platform for continued career development.
Technical Skills
Production software development in a modern programming language
Hands-on experience with cloud infrastructure (AWS, Azure, GCP)
Network protocols and packet analysis
Security tools and frameworks
Distributed systems design
CI/CD and DevOps practices