Accounting Intern, Zipline
Fall 2025
$32 - 36 / hour
Relocation support
3-5 days a week in office
Transforming the way goods move
Job no longer available
Transforming the way goods move
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$32 - 36 / hour
Relocation support
3-5 days a week in office
1001+ employees
Company mission
To build the world's first logistics system that serves all people equally.
Role
Who you are
- You’re pursuing a degree in Accounting
- You’re organized, detail-oriented, and not afraid of spreadsheets
- You’re comfortable working with numbers and eager to apply what you’ve learned in school to real-world work
- Familiarity with Excel or Google Sheets (bonus if you’ve used formulas or pivot tables!)
- Passion for Zipline’s mission and a curiosity about accounting in a global tech startup
- You ask good questions and enjoy problem-solving
- You’re reliable, resourceful, and motivated to learn by doing
- You care about Zipline’s mission and want to understand how finance can support global operations at scale
What the job involves
- Zipline is looking for a driven and detail-oriented Accounting Intern to join our Finance & Accounting team for Fall 2025
- You’ll work on critical accounting tasks that help keep Zipline’s global operations running smoothly and efficiently
- This is a hands-on internship where you’ll learn the building blocks of corporate accounting in a fast-paced, mission-driven environment
- You’ll support the team with financial operations, assist with month-end close, and help ensure our systems and records stay sharp and audit-ready
- This internship is perfect for someone who wants to explore what it’s like to be an in-house accountant at a global, high-growth tech company—and who’s excited to dig into the details of autonomous drone delivery!
- Assist in core accounting processes including preparing journal entries, reconciling accounts, and maintaining accurate records
- Support the monthly and quarterly financial close by compiling data, running reports, and preparing schedules
- Learn how Zipline’s finance systems work, and support data entry, analysis, and cleanup projects
- Partner with our country operations and manufacturing teams to support fixed asset accounting activities, including asset tracking, capitalization, and reconciliation
- Collaborate with the broader Finance, Procurement, and Operations teams to track transactions and streamline processes
- Learn about international accounting operations and get exposure to Zipline’s global footprint
Our take
Zipline is reinventing how the world moves goods - one flight at a time. What started as a bold idea to deliver life-saving medical supplies by drones has grown into the world's first logistics network designed to serve everyone, everywhere. From rushing blood and vaccines to remote clinics, to dropping off everyday essential for Walmart customers, Ziplines's autonomous drones are proving that fast, reliable delivery doesn't have to be limited by roads or geography.
Zipline has an edge over potential future competitors as the company has thousands of hours and over 35 million miles of flight to prove the system is safe and effective. It’s also one of the first companies to receive a full commercial operating certificate, putting Zipline in a strong position to continuously branch out to other markets.
The unicorn company operates globally and has signed its first government contract with Rwanda to provide up to 2 million drone deliveries by 2029. Beyond government partnerships, Zipline has its sight set on everyday consumers, preparing to launch commercial deliveries straight to individuals houses. With its Walmart collaboration expanding and even Chipotle orders taking to the skies in Texas, Zipline isn't just redefining delivery - it's aiming to reach every corner of commerce, with a future that looks as bright as its ambitions.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
34% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 12 rounds)
Mar 2026
$200m
SERIES H
Jan 2026
$600m
SERIES H
Total funding: $2.1bn
Company HQ
South San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Keller Rinaudo Cliffton
(Co-Founder & CEO)Having studied Economics and Biotechnology at Harvard, they worked for almost 11 months as a self-employed rock climber. They combined their academic and practical experience to co-found Zipline in July 2011.
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