Internship Programs at Skyfire
Skyfire is an exciting venture-backed innovator in mobile web browsing. The Skyfire browser is the only mobile browser to deliver both the speed and media-rich experience similar to the PC browser. You can access and interact with any web site built with any web technology – Flash, Ajax, QuickTime, and Java – an industry first.
If you have a deep passion for technology and a native curiosity to solve problems, check out our Internship programs. We're looking for the best and brightest people with a passion for technology that changes people’s lives. Come work with cutting edge technologies and bring an exceptional product to market. In the process, you’ll learn a lot, have some fun, and better yet – get paid.
At Skyfire, Interns work on real projects to get firsthand experience in developing and marketing a mobile browser that exceeds consumers’ expectations. You’ll contribute directly to our engineering, product and marketing milestones and successes. It’s a fantastic opportunity to see how a leading edge tech company works to deliver great consumer products. We have both technical and non-technical internship tracks.
Marketing and Business Development Internships
Our non-technical internship program encompasses marketing, product management, business development and customer relationship management functions. The range of programs you could be involved in and driving include: create customer acquisition programs, investigate and dig deep into distribution models, create web applications, research product features, and prototype user behavior – all while learning creative techniques of a startup business environment.
Technical Internships
In the technical track, areas of possible opportunities include front end web development, Mozilla/Firefox customization, server-side development and mobile software development on Windows Mobile, Symbian and J2ME operating systems. The candidate will contribute to the design, development and testing of select subsystems within our service infrastructure, participate in architectural discussions and work in a fast paced collaborative environment with the development team. This is an excellent opportunity to learn modern software development processes and nuances of a high availability fault tolerant software service architecture.
The specific skills and requirements for the technical internship tracks are:
- Web focus: Experience in one or more of front-end web technologies including AJAX, Ruby on Rails, php, CSS, DHTML and JavaScript. Interest is developing dynamic web-based applications including mashups using popular web APIs.
- Browser focus: Experience in Mozilla technologies, including but not limited to plugins and extension development. Experience in Mozilla framework, good understanding of Mozilla rendering and windowing architecture is a big plus. Must have C++ and/or JavaScript programming experience.
- Application focus: Knowledge and experience in developing rich client applications on Windows development platform using C++, .NET or Java environment using J2EE, and Java application frameworks. Specific experience and interest in developing applications for mobile phones is a big plus for opportunities to work on the mobile software modules.
- Server focus: Knowledge of networking fundamentals, multi-threaded programming and Windows systems internals. Specific interest in server debugging, optimizing and developing fault tolerant architectures.
Internships are a minimum of 12 weeks, giving the Intern enough time to complete a significant assignment and learn something new and marketable. All internships are at our Mountain View, CA headquarters, right on Castro Street with easy access to CalTrain and light rail. We offer competitive internship salaries and other fun benefits including parties and company events, recreational facilities, free food and drinks.
How to apply
Send your resume and a cover letter that highlights the internship track of your choice to jobs@skyfire.com. Be sure to have the subject of the email say “Internship”. If your background and qualifications match, we will shortly contact )ou and arrange for interviews with our teams.
Proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer
Skyfire is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to providing equal opportunities to all applicants and employees regardless of race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, age, gender, disability, medical condition, or status as a disabled or Vietnam-era veteran.