Technical Writer Intern, Splunk
Summer 2025
Base Pay: $30 per hour
Office located in Boulder, CO
Data security & observability platform
Be an early applicant
Data security & observability platform
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
Base Pay: $30 per hour
Office located in Boulder, CO
1001+ employees
Company mission
To allow clients to focus on the business outcomes that data can deliver by helping organisations use their data to answer questions, take actions, and achieve business objectives
Role
Who you are
- Do you have a passion for creating helpful information about enterprise software? Do you want to work with an Information Experience team that contributes to product documentation and also the entire user experience? Spend your summer with us at Splunk!
- Splunk is looking for a highly motivated and technically curious college student to join our team
- Actively pursuing a Bachelor’s or Master’s in Technical Writing, Communications, Journalism, Computer Science or a related technical field, and a strong record of academic achievement
- At least one semester/quarter remaining to complete after the internship
- Available to work 40 hours a week for 12 weeks
Desirable
- A creative approach to problem solving and content creation. Tell us what we can do better for our customers and help us deliver on it!
- An investigative mindset that likes to explore independently and also interact with peers and experts in order to learn new things
What the job involves
- Past interns have worked on projects such as writing software documentation for real customers, designing new types of information, and contributing to UI design and text. Our goal is to support your growth and development and empower you to complete meaningful work
- Every intern also has the opportunity to experience Splunk's dynamic software engineering environment. Working to support internal and external customer information needs, you will collaborate with cross-functional teams, receive mentorship, and gain insight into our product development process
- Partner closely with writers, content designers, software developers, UX designers, and product managers to update existing technical content and create new materials based on customer requests and internal requirements
- Work in an Agile software development environment that uses industry-standard tools to manage and coordinate work
- Gain hands-on experience creating and publishing informational content for docs.splunk.com, dev.splunk.com, or other Splunk sites
- Use your curiosity and fresh perspective as a new Splunk software user to offer suggestions for improving Splunk documentation
- Work with expert writers, editors, and doc team managers to learn what information design and technical writing looks like in the real world: part software development, part user experience design, part investigative journalism
Application process
- Please include a cover letter that helps us understand what makes you excited about Information Experience and what you're motivated to accomplish!
Our take
Splunk was founded to produce software for searching and analysing machine-generated data for clients. The platform provides live data insights and is an attractive option due to its flexibility, scalability and ability to process real time data.
The company has evolved significantly since being founded, implementing developments in augmented reality, machine learning and mobile technology. Further, the company's transition to the cloud has allowed it to provide new offerings, and proved its ability to move with market trends.
Acquired by Cisco in 2024, Splunk now benefits from Cisco's user protection, breach protection and threat intelligence capabilities. The company will continue to deliver its security products, and also has plans to enhance its portfolio moving forwards.
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Insights
Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
3% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Sep 2007
$25m
SERIES C
Jan 2006
$10m
SERIES B
Total funding: $40m
Company benefits
- Paid parental leave
- Work from home opportunities
- Health Care and Insurance
- Paid Time Off
- Education reimbursement
- Electric car charging stations
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Stocked kitchens
- Gym discounts/onsite fitness centers
- Pet insurance discount
- Student loan resources
- Cool workspace with collaborative environments
- 529 College Savings Plan
Company values
- Innovative: Splunk values people committed to improving the future
- Fun: Splunk believes in fostering a positive atmosphere and celebrating its successes
- Disruptive: Splunk is always looking for ways to be more efficient and better
- Open: Splunk values honesty and inclusivity, with an open-door policy
- Passionate: Passion for its customers and products is what drives Splunk to keep improving
Company HQ
South Beach, San Francisco, CA
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Leadership
Gary Steele
(EVP & GM of Splunk at Cisco, not founder)Was CEO and President of Splunk before it became a Cisco company. Previously CEO at Proofpoint and Portera, VP at Sybase, and Market Development Manager at Sun Microsystems.
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Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Splunk
- Our diversity, equity and inclusion strategy is built on three key pillars: growing a diverse workforce, nurturing our culture of inclusion in the workplace, and driving positive change in the marketplace for Splunkers, customers and partners
- We are committed to recruit, retain and develop high-performing, innovative and engaged Splunkers with diverse backgrounds and experiences. We created the DEI at Splunk Council (DISCO) to set and track progress on diversity, equity and inclusion across all functions and geographies
- We have also implemented processes, tools and education to try to prevent unconscious bias across our hiring and talent recruitment processes. It has also given us a company-wide vernacular to label bias where we see it
- We know that Splunkers are made up of a million different data points. And we’re committed to cultivating a culture of inclusion and making Splunk a place where everyone can thrive
- Our Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) provide community for underrepresented groups and allies, offering support, mentoring and networking opportunities. We now have nine employee-led ERGs, including Pride, Womxn +, Veterans, Somos (Latinx), Black Employees and Mentors (BEAMs), Disabled=*True, Pilipinx, Natives, and Neurodiversity
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