Ambitious

Browsers haven't changed in 20 years but the way we use the Internet has changed dramatically. Sure, we're competing against the biggest names in tech - existing browser vendors Microsoft, Apple, Google, and Firefox. Some might have found this daunting, but to us it was exhilarating. That might make us geniuses, or it might make us crazy. We're not sure yet. But we know that this is an ambitious endeavor.

Hard-working

We like to do things right and we put a premium on getting stuff done. When it's crunch time, we work crazy hours, pull all nighters, have lunch and dinner in the office, grab a few hours sleep and are back at it. When it's not, you can find us kiteboarding, knitting, or playing Battlestar Galactica, the board game.

Caring

We offer all employees: competitive salaries and equity, a fully stocked kitchen, all-star equipment, mandatory vacations with company shutdowns the week of July 4th and the week between Christmas and New Year's Day, flexible vacation hours, your very own Rubik's cube, in-office yoga, billiards, ping-pong, and an office troubadour.

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Creative

We're proud that we've pioneered browser innovations like share, chat, and notifications that are starting to show up in other browsers. But we're not satisfied. There's more to do, and we've only scratched the surface of what we believe is possible. With mobile and tablets, advances in bandwidth and screen resolutions, and the rise of a new generation of visual interfaces, the time is right to push the limits even further. And that's what we've done, starting with the Rockmelt app. With Rockmelt for web, we're rethinking how we navigate and find the best of the web.

Fun

What happens when you get a bunch of ambitious, creative, hard-working people together in a startup and give them a mission? A lot of cool work gets done, and a lot of crazy stuff happens along the way. Most of the time we get along. Sometimes we don't. And we often have too much fun.

Are you ambitious, creative, and fun, with a passion for getting stuff done? We are always looking for more good people. Send us your resume.

Open Positions

Software Engineer Intern

Rockmelt brings the best of the internet to you in an infinite, image-rich stream of content personalized exactly how you want it. Do you want to be part of changing the way people browse the web? Are you interested in working in a fast-paced, start-up environment where you will make an immediate contribution? Rockmelt is seeking Software Engineering Interns to join our team for a 12-week summer internship. During the internship you will be working alongside our talented engineers while getting hands on experience building a product that will be used by millions of people. We have opportunities available in backend development, frontend web development, mobile development, and data analytics.
Responsibilities:

Write a lot of code: iterate quickly in response to feedback
Work with design to create great user experience and beautiful products
Work closely with design and product management to design awesome products
Rethink common solutions in order to improve the user experience

Preferred skills and experience:

Currently pursuing a BS, MS or PhD in computer science or a related technical field
High coding standards
At least one course in Object Oriented Design and familiarity with concepts of Object Oriented Programming
High levels of creativity and quick problem solving capabilities
Avid user of social media with a desire to learn more

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Client Architect

We are looking for an exceptionally talented, hands-on architect to lead the technical development of Rockmelt clients across platforms, devices, and the Web.

Design clients to enable efficient and rapid implementation of innovative and rapidly evolving UI designs
Work with cloud services architect to design efficient and high performance client-server architecture
Stay on top of industry and technical trends and make optimal technology choices
Design clients to maximize performance for users (speed) and minimize resource usage (cpu, memory, network)
Work with engineering management to select and create optimal development processes and tools
Work with founders and executives and other company leaders to define product features
Understand distribution, monetization, and user retention to design an architecture that maximizes all of them
Lead the client engineering team to develop winning products in a market dominated by much larger, better-funded technology companies

Successful candidates will have a Masters or Ph.D. in Computer Science or equivalent experience and excellent written and verbal communication skills. We believe successful architects are also master coders, so be prepared to write a lot of code.

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Product Manager

Rockmelt is looking for a talented Product Manager to help us change the world. Our team is talented and driven and full of fun. Our market is huge and proven. If we are successful, our product will change the way people use the Internet every day.

We are seeking a hot, up-and-coming product manager who is looking for the next great challenge in his or her career. We need someone who is super motivated, smart, technically astute, and knows how things work. The ideal candidate will be ready to roll up her/his sleeves, dive in, and do what's required to ship a great product.

This position has extreme importance and visibility in the company. It reports directly to our CEO and will work closely with the founders, engineering, design, QA and operations.

Responsibilities:

Product requirements definition, collection, and organization
Product design prioritization
Product launch planning and execution
Product distribution strategy and execution
Operational requirements definition
User feedback collection and analysis
Metrics and reporting requirements and analysis
Partnership strategy and discussions
Marketing plan strategy and execution
And anything else that needs doing

Preferred skills and experience:

B.S., M.S. in Computer Science or equivalent experience
At least 4 years experience in product managing consumer Internet products from inception to well past launch
Avid user of social networking services such as Facebook, Twitter, etc.
Basic understanding of HTML5, Javascript, how the Web and the Internet work

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Java Server Engineer

Rockmelt provides its users an ongoing stream of relevant content from sources like Facebook, Twitter, news, and blogs, then enables them to easily share with their friends and followers. Rockmelt’s Cloud Engineering team is at the heart of this vision to ensure users get a seamless browsing experience across multiple Rockmelt instances, leveraging the cloud to quickly and reliably get useful content and interact with their friends.

Rockmelt’s Cloud Engineering team is looking for a seasoned Java Server Engineer who not only brings a deep understanding of Java, but also looks to work on cutting edge cloud services to power our next generation web browser. Technologies include Jersey (REST), Guice, Jackson, Jetty, Cassandra, Hadoop MapReduce, ZooKeeper, AWS, Maven, and many more. Want to have ownership over your services end-to-end? This includes technical design, coding, documentation, complete testing, deployment, and even post-deployment monitoring, alerting, and ongoing support. Obsessed with operationalized code that's built to scale and tolerates faults and supporting millions of users? Love the idea of being able to deploy to production multiple times a week? Interested in directly improving how users browse and consume the web every day?

Intrigued, but wondering what specifically you could be working on? Here are some candidate product areas:

a smooth sign-in pathway for users (including OAuth integration with third-parties)
a first use experience that captivates new users
integration with popular social networks for our users (Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr)
virality for our growing user base (email sending subsystem, Facebook Open Graph)

Qualifications include:

Solid theoretical foundation such as data structures, computational algorithms, and operating systems
Hands-on core Java server architectural design and coding (preferably Java 6)
Proven high scalability projects involving cloud-based infrastructure design and implementation, distributed server side systems & applications
Performance tuning, quick debugging to resolve issues of distributed systems with high data loads, calculations, and concurrency
Strong networking and web technology domain expertise
Third party API integration experience a plus
AWS experience a plus

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Careers at Rockmelt

Ambitious

Hard-working

Caring

Creative

Fun

Are you ambitious, creative, and fun, with a passion for getting stuff done? We are always looking for more good people. Send us your resume.

Open Positions

Software Engineer Intern

Client Architect

Product Manager

Java Server Engineer

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