Internship Program

Our internships are 10–12-week programs designed to give students a meaningful, real-world work experience that complements their academic learnings and introduces them to tech philanthropy. After completing the program, interns are able to see the impact their work had in accelerating the progress of building a more inclusive, just future for everyone!

Priscilla Chan, CZI Co-founder and Co-CEO, kicks off an intern developmental series by chatting about her career journey. | Photograph by CZI.

Our interns making the shape of a heart with their hands at the summer intern welcome mixer. | Photograph by CZI.

CZI Interns

Tackle Some of the Toughest Challenges — Throughout the summer, you will be working on projects strategically aligned with and impactful to our mission. From advancing our investment portfolio to working on platforms that help researchers to creating content that highlights CZI’s work, your work will have an impact at CZI.

Mentorship Opportunities — You will be working on smaller teams that provide direct and daily access to your manager and mentors.

Employee Resource Groups — We have a variety of employee resource groups, including Sprouts — our early career ERG — to allow you to build community among other CZIers.

Company Socials — At CZI, we love to find creative ways to stay connected as a team, cohort, and organization. We have hosted paint nights, cooking classes, game nights, company picnics, and more!

Volunteer Activities — At CZI, one of our values is to live the mission. You will experience this by participating in giving back to our community and the grantees we partner with.

Professional Development — We provide access to on-demand learning, where you can further your professional development.

Our Hiring Process

illustration on the path to becoming an intern

Application

Depending on our intern hiring, we begin accepting applications for our summer internship positions in the fall or winter. Once you have applied, a member of the Recruiting Team will be in touch.

Assessment

Assessments will vary depending on the internship you applied for but may consist of an interview with the hiring manager, case study, portfolio review, or coding assessment.

Interview

Once we confirm your availability, you will be scheduled for either a morning or afternoon interviewing session.

Offer

Upon completion of our interviews, you will get a call from the Recruiting Team to discuss the outcome of your interviews.

Internship

Our summer internships are 10–12 weeks long and take place at our HQ in Redwood City, California. For interns who may need travel or housing accommodations to join us onsite, CZI offers relocation assistance and housing stipend benefits to support your transition to the Bay Area.

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“The internship program was an incubator for my career. I had a wealth of resources, mentorships, and opportunities that instilled within me the confidence I needed to continue to thrive professionally.”

Ellaine Chou

Data Scientist, Science

“By working on a project from end-to-end, learning from leaders across the organization, and gaining exposure to tools that they may not have had access to before, our interns at CZI gain experience that accelerate the start of their careers. It’s always exciting to see everything that previous CZI interns learn and are able to accomplish during their internship.”