Returnship Program

Have you taken extended time away from your career in support of family or personal obligations? At Ookla, we know that career pauses are sometimes the best way for us to support our family, loved ones, and ourselves. After a professional break, it can feel daunting or difficult to imagine returning to your daily professional life. If this fits your experience and you are interested in this position, we are open to taking on a Returnship candidate for this role.

Our Returnship is a 16-week paid returnship hosted by Ziff Davis (Ookla’s Parent Company). Candidates who have taken a professional career hiatus for at least two years will be eligible to apply to this program, subject to other standard hiring conditions and practices by Ookla. Upon completion of the 16-week program, all candidates will be evaluated for conversion to a full-time position!

The Team

Ookla, the company behind Speedtest and Downdetector, is a team of passionate individuals who have turned clever ideas into unique products and a thriving business. Globally, millions of tests are performed every day across the Speedtest ecosystem on the web, desktop and mobile apps, embedded in routers and deployed in thousands of servers. With all that usage comes countless ways to dissect and analyze our data, and plenty of exciting opportunities to optimize our monetization strategy. It also gives us the ability to help make the internet better, faster and more accessible for everyone. If you crave the chance to do your best work in a flexible work environment where we value individuality and fun as much as we value talent, we want to hear from you.

Program Eligibility

You are eligible for this program if you have been out of the workforce for at least 2 years, subject to other standard hiring conditions and practices by ZD and Ookla.

Some Examples:

• Staying home to raise your family
• Taking needed time off to provide personal care for a loved one
• Layoff
• Wish to return to work after retirement
• Necessary sabbatical from the workforce for personal reasons

Requirements

• There needs to be an active role on our careers page that you have previously had professional experience in prior to taking an extended time away from your career

Benefits

Ookla provides the best hardware, software, and tools available for you to do your work.

Other Returnship Program Information

Upon successful completion of the returnship program candidates may receive, but are not guaranteed to receive, an offer for full-time employment. In addition to successfully completing a returnship, any offer of full time employment is also contingent upon the business needs of the company. The terms of this program are subject to change. Visit [our Built In Seattle page].

If you’re passionate about joining the work we’re doing, we welcome your application and encourage applicants with both traditional and non-traditional experience that makes them an excellent candidate for the role. We strongly believe diversity of all kinds makes us better. We are an equal opportunity employer actively working to build an inclusive workforce at all levels of the company. [Read our latest diversity report from our parent company here.]

We want to ensure candidates have everything they need throughout our application and hiring process. If you have any individual needs related to disability or accessibility, we encourage you to contact <recruiting@ookla.com> and let us know how we can best accommodate you.

Location: This position may be performed anywhere in the United States except within New York City.