Sales Technical Intern - Summer 2027 (Reading, GBR)

As a global leader in cybersecurity, CrowdStrike protects the people, processes and technologies that drive modern organizations. Since 2011, our mission hasn’t changed — we’re here to stop breaches, and we’ve redefined modern security with the world’s most advanced AI-native platform. We work on large scale distributed systems, processing almost 3 trillion events per day and this traffic is growing daily. Our customers span all industries, and they count on CrowdStrike to keep their businesses running, their communities safe and their lives moving forward. We're proud to work for a mission-driven company leveraging AI to transform the way we work. CrowdStrikers drive their careers through flexibility and autonomy while also being expected to contribute to a culture of responsible AI adoption, experimentation, and innovation. We use an AI-first mindset as a force multiplier to proactively and continuously accelerate execution, build expertise, uncover insights, and solve complex problems. We’re always looking to add talented CrowdStrikers to the team who have limitless passion, a relentless focus on innovation and a fanatical commitment to our customers, our community and each other. Our University Recruiting program is dedicated to attracting and cultivating the future leaders of this industry. This program offers paid positions for students and recent grads, designed to provide exposure to work that makes an impact while being supported through a structured experience with seasoned professionals. Ready to join a mission that matters? The future of cybersecurity starts with you.

About the Role

Our Sales Tech Internship is dedicated to elevating the next generation of talent in our fight against adversaries with a structured curriculum, certifications, and an engaging environment. As a Sales Technical Intern, you will master CrowdStrike product knowledge, technical requirements, gain experience on how to present a complex solution to a wide variety of audiences, and develop the fundamental skills needed for a successful Sales

Engineer career. You will spend eight weeks in our competitive and immersive program gaining hands-on experience while working side by side with top industry professionals with the opportunity to extend to our part-time semester-long internship based on your successful completion of the summer program.

Sales Engineering, also referred to as “technical sales” or “presales engineering” is a specialty profession which requires a skill set of both soft skills (people skills) and technology skills.

Location: Reading, UK (Hybrid: Tuesday & Wednesday in-office / Monday, Thursday & Friday WFH)

Start & End Dates: June 2nd - July 23rd, 2027

What You'll Do: (not limited to)

Develop and apply workplace knowledge, building toward a specialization in Technical Sales.

Learn global sales policies and procedures, corporate workplace ethics, and organizational behavior skills.

Execute hardware and software performance testing, benchmarking, and tuning.

Engage sales and engineering leaders, and cross-functional teams with ad-hoc projects.

Optimize and implement technical sales tools and resources.

Gather and apply technical knowledge to complete day-to-day activities.

Work within technical sales operations: metrics, KPIs, workflows, sales activities, and tools.

Complete and pass at least one of the three main certifications required of all CrowdStrike Sales Engineers

Develop and deliver technical demonstrations and collateral for internal CrowdStrike needs,customers, and partners.