Remote
Remote
Mid Level
Full Time
about 6 hours ago
💰$92,267 - $144,201
remotefull-timesoftware engineeropen sourceweb developmentbackendfrontendmid-level
Requirements
- •Bachelor's degree or equivalent professional web application experience of at least 2 years
- •Experience with backend languages like PHP or Python and/or frontend languages particularly with Javascript frameworks
- •Ability to deliver testable, user-friendly features in a collaborative team environment
- •Experience building responsive or mobile-first web experiences
- •Experience converting design mockups into functional components
- •Experience building features with observability and testing in mind
- •Experience incorporating performance and accessibility into features
- •Experience writing well-documented and readable code
What You'll Do
- •Supports delivery of initiatives by breaking down complex features into tasks, anticipating risks, and resolving blockers
- •Builds moderately complex features and components with minimal support and suggests architectural improvements
- •Takes ownership of bug fixes and production problems and communicates impact and resolution
- •Designs and improves features with observability and testing as core considerations
- •Instruments features for deeper analysis by Product Analysts
- •Contributes to healthier testing and software quality practices
- •Supports team alignment through clarifying questions and coordination with cross-functional partners
- •Facilitates team ceremonies
- •Contributes meaningfully to planning and helps scope work
- •Identifies risks across multiple sprints and adapts as priorities shift
- •Participates in code reviews, design discussions, and technical planning
- •Shares knowledge proactively and helps improve team development workflows
- •Contributes to onboarding, documentation, and hiring efforts at the team level
Nice to Have
- •Experience working in fully remote, internationally distributed teams or organizations
- •Experience working with large, legacy codebases
- •History of open source contributions
- •Prior experience with MediaWiki or Wikimedia projects
- •Familiarity with Wikipedia, wikitext, markdown editing or content management systems like MediaWiki, Drupal, WordPress
- •Some experience with data science, machine learning, and/or AI (e.g., prompt engineering, Jupyter notebooks)
- •For App Growth: Experience launching and maintaining mobile applications, cross platform app frameworks, or building webview-wrapped experiences in native mobile apps
- •For App Growth: Experience building mobile games or other interactive experiences
- •For Moderator Tools: Experience with at least one Python framework such as Django or Tornado
Benefits
- •Competitive and equitable salary adjusted by location
- •Remote-first work environment
- •Inclusive and equitable workplace
- •Opportunities for continuous learning and collaboration
About Wikimedia
Wikimedia Foundation encourages the development and distribution of free educational content with projects such as Wikipedia.
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