Remote
Remote
Senior
Full Time
5 days ago
💰$13,082 - $175,725
remoteseniorsoftware engineerbackendopen sourcemediawikifull-time
Requirements
- •Commitment to the Foundation's Mission and Values
- •Extensive experience in backend software engineering
- •Familiarity with platform or infrastructure products serving engineering teams
- •Experience with databases and event streams including schema design, query optimization, and efficient data access patterns
- •Deep understanding of software architecture, testing methodologies, and system design
- •Strong experience in observability practices: metrics, logging, monitoring, alerting
- •Familiarity with incident response, root cause analysis, and follow-up processes
- •Experience working with CI/CD pipelines and automated test infrastructure
What You'll Do
- •Designing, improving, and maintaining key parts of the MediaWiki stack
- •Driving technical quality and operational excellence by defining and reinforcing standards in testing, observability, and system reliability
- •Creating proofs of concept, writing design documents, and breaking down complex projects into actionable tasks to support less experienced team members
- •Developing and improving shared capabilities such as authentication, caching, rate limiting
- •Championing key product metrics by focusing on measurable outcomes
- •Leading by example in code review, decision-making, and team culture
- •Improving and automating processes for identifying, tracking, and resolving production issues
- •Collaborating with the Product team and the community to ensure technical solutions align with strategy and needs
- •Coaching and mentoring teammates to support continuous growth and confidence in technical and interpersonal skills
Nice to Have
- •Experience developing frameworks for reuse, extensibility, stability, and backward compatibility
- •Proficiency in PHP and JavaScript
- •Familiarity with identity management including OAuth
- •Experience with Kubernetes ecosystem including Envoy
- •Experience with Prometheus and Grafana
- •Experience defining and working with SLAs/SLOs or other production reliability frameworks
- •Prior experience with MediaWiki or Wikimedia projects
- •Contributions to open-source software
- •Experience working in a fully remote, distributed team
Benefits
- •Competitive and equitable salary based on skills, experience, and location
- •Remote-first work environment
- •Inclusive and equitable workplace culture
About Wikimedia
Wikimedia Foundation encourages the development and distribution of free educational content with projects such as Wikipedia.
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