Join a team of passionate engineers, archivists, and designers working to save the first decade of the World Wide Web for generations to come.
We blend retro passion with cutting-edge technology, building a workplace where curiosity and creativity thrive.
Every line of code you write serves a greater purpose โ saving irreplaceable fragments of internet history from being lost forever.
We invest in your growth with $5K annual learning budgets, conference sponsorships, and mentorship from industry veterans.
Work from anywhere, on your schedule. We value output over hours and trust our team to deliver exceptional results.
Game rooms, 90s-themed Fridays, monthly hackathons, and a Slack channel dedicated to the best GeoCities sites ever made.
4-year vesting equity grants for every full-time employee. You're not just working here โ you're building something together.
Our archive reflects the diversity of the early web. We actively seek and celebrate different backgrounds, experiences, and viewpoints.
A small but mighty team of internet historians, engineers, and creative minds.
Former web pioneer who started archiving GeoCities pages in his dorm room in 1994.
Lead architect of our crawling infrastructure. Passionate about distributed systems and data integrity.
Bridging retro aesthetics with modern UX. Believes nostalgia is a powerful design tool.
Expert in vintage web protocols. Can identify a 1996 webpage from its MIME type alone.
Comprehensive benefits designed to support your wellbeing, growth, and happiness.
Top-of-market compensation with annual reviews and bonus structures.
Full medical, dental, and vision coverage for you and your dependents.
Take the time you need. Minimum 20 days encouraged, no max limit.
$2,000 setup budget for your dream workspace plus monthly internet reimbursement.
$5,000/year for courses, books, conferences, and certifications.
Gym memberships, meditation apps, and mental health days built in.
$200/month food stipend for office meals or food delivery at home.
16 weeks fully paid leave for all parents, regardless of circumstance.
4-year vesting equity for every team member. Everyone wins when we do.
Access to our collection of vintage consoles, arcade machines, and PC setups.
Quarterly in-person meetups in beautiful locations around the world.
Pets welcome in offices. Virtual pet Slack channel included.
Modern tools for modern preservation โ while honoring the past.
Explore our current openings and find where you fit best.
Design and build distributed web crawlers that can faithfully render and capture 90s-era websites. Experience with headless browsers and legacy protocols required.
Build the user-facing archive platform โ search, browsing, and comparison tools for exploring decades of web history.
Manage petabyte-scale storage, CDN infrastructure, and ensure 99.99% uptime for our global archive of historical web content.
Create intuitive interfaces for exploring decades of web history. Balance retro aesthetics with modern usability standards.
Develop rendering engines that replicate authentic 90s browser experiences. Deep knowledge of web design history essential.
Curate and verify archived content from the dawn of the web. Background in digital humanities or library science preferred.
Lead research initiatives on the cultural and technological evolution of the early web. Publish papers and lead public talks.
Dedicated role recovering, cataloging, and restoring personal homepages from the GeoCities archive. Part archaeologist, part detective.
Shape our remote-first culture from the ground up. Handle recruiting, onboarding, and team engagement for our distributed crew.
Create comprehensive documentation for our archive platform, API, and internal processes. Passion for clear communication essential.
Our process is designed to be respectful of your time and genuinely informative for both sides.
Submit your resume and a brief note about why you care about preserving internet history.
30-minute conversation with our recruiting team to discuss your background and the role.
A focused 60-minute session โ coding, design review, or archival challenge depending on the role.
Virtual coffee with 2-3 future teammates. We both assess cultural fit as much as skills.
Generous offer with room to negotiate. No lowball offers โ we compensate fairly from day one.
Working here feels like being part of a digital museum that's also a tech company. Every day I'm saving pieces of history while using cutting-edge tools to do it.
The retro-themed team events are genuinely fun, but what keeps me here is the mission. We're the only ones who can save this content before it vanishes.
The async-first remote setup is real. I've worked from Lisbon, Bali, and my home office. The team trusts me to deliver, and that freedom is priceless.
Whether you're an engineer, designer, archivist, or operations pro โ there's a place for you at 1990 Web Archive. Let's build something that lasts.