Senior Software Engineer, MediaWiki Content Platform Team
Wikimedia · Remote
About this role
**Senior Software Engineer, MediaWiki Content Platform Team** **Summary** The Wikimedia Foundation is seeking a software engineer to join the Content Platform team, working on wikitext (Wikipedia's markup language). You'll design improvements to Wikipedia's infrastructure, write PHP and JavaScript for hundreds of languages, create and maintain APIs, and work in a fully-remote environment with occasional travel. **Key Responsibilities** • Design and deliver improvements to wikitext processing infrastructure • Collaborate with engineers, product managers, designers, and community members • Write PHP and JavaScript supporting multiple world languages • Create and maintain internet APIs with server scripting languages • Instrument components for monitoring and performance • Leverage caching and persistence technologies **Required Experience** • 5+ years professional software engineering experience • Experience with parsers, interpreters, language runtimes, or compilers • Proven ability to own complex technical projects end-to-end • Experience designing reliable, performant software components • Strong engineering practices (testing, security, code review) • Cross-team collaboration and mentoring experience **Preferred Qualifications** • HTML5 spec and DOM manipulation knowledge • Node.js expertise • Wikipedia/MediaWiki/content management system experience • Open source contribution history • CS/STEM degree or equivalent **About Wikimedia Foundation** Non-profit organization operating Wikipedia and Wikimedia projects. Remote-first with 40+ countries represented. Competitive salary (US: $116,633–$181,243), comprehensive benefits, and commitment to diversity and inclusion. **Timezone Preference:** GMT-4 to GMT+2 **Hiring Locations:** US (33 states), Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Germany, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Italy, Kenya, Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands, Poland, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, UK
Listing freshness
CronJobs last confirmed this listing 10h ago. If its source stops confirming the opening for seven days, this page is removed from active inventory.