Remote
Remote
Senior
Full Time
28 days ago
💰$116,633 - $181,243
remotebackendplatform engineeringdistributed systemsWikidataopen sourcemission-driven
Requirements
- •5+ years of experience as a backend or platform engineer working on distributed systems or data platforms
- •Deep understanding of database and/or knowledge graph representation technologies and standards
- •Proficiency in Java, C++, or other systems languages
- •Experience building and operating production-grade services with SLOs
- •Familiarity with modern observability tools (metrics, logging, tracing)
- •Experience in data processing systems such as graph databases, search indexes, or data processing pipelines
- •Ability to work collaboratively across disciplines and communicate clearly across technical and non-technical audiences
- •A commitment to learning, resilience, and contributing to a mission-driven engineering culture
What You'll Do
- •Design, build, and maintain backend systems and APIs that power Wikidata’s query infrastructure
- •Improve reliability, observability, and automation of the Wikidata Query Service and data pipelines
- •Integrate Wikidata Platform services with other systems and data sources across Wikimedia
- •Collaborate with SRE, data engineers, and product teams to ensure stability and scalability under growing usage
- •Monitor production systems, respond to operational incidents, and proactively identify and resolve bottlenecks
- •Support platform migrations and system upgrades (e.g., triple stores, streaming ingestion)
- •Contribute to deployment automation, CI/CD workflows, and service instrumentation
- •Participate in code reviews, design discussions, and technical planning
- •Document systems and share knowledge with team members and Wikimedia’s broader technical community
Nice to Have
- •Experience working with knowledge graphs or RDF/SPARQL
- •Familiarity with streaming data systems (e.g., Kafka, Flink)
- •Comfort with CI/CD pipelines and containerization tools (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes)
- •Experience in open source or open knowledge communities
- •Familiarity with Wikimedia technologies, Wikidata, or MediaWiki
Benefits
- •Competitive and equitable salary based on skills, experience, and location
- •Remote-first work environment
- •Inclusive and equitable workplace
- •Opportunity to contribute to a mission-driven engineering culture
About Wikimedia
Wikimedia Foundation encourages the development and distribution of free educational content with projects such as Wikipedia.
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