Wikimedia Foundation
## Senior Software Engineer, Wikimedia Enterprise
**About Wikimedia Foundation**
The Wikimedia Foundation is the non-profit organization behind Wikipedia and its sister projects. Our mission is to empower and engage people around the world to collect and share knowledge freely. We believe in the power of knowledge and the potential for everyone to contribute to its growth.
We host Wikipedia, build software for reading, contributing, and sharing knowledge, support volunteer communities and partners, and advocate for policies that enable free knowledge to thrive. We are a remote-first organization with staff members based in over 40 countries.
**Job Overview**
We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join our team and contribute to the development and execution of the long-term engineering strategy for Wikimedia Enterprise. This is a remote position.
**Responsibilities**
* Develop and implement the engineering strategy for Wikimedia Enterprise in collaboration with the product team.
* Maintain and improve the reliability of high-volume commercial data feeds for Wikipedia content.
* Support new code and feature deployments.
* Troubleshoot, debug, and follow-up on emerging issues in the application stack and surrounding infrastructure.
* Assist in the architectural design of new services and scale them for optimal performance.
* Respond to incidents, diagnose system outages, and follow-up on production infrastructure alerts.
* Advocate for Wikimedia Foundation values and ensure all work is aligned with them.
* Monitor system performance and make data-driven decisions.
* Write and maintain comprehensive documentation.
* Stay updated on emerging technologies and best practices to continuously improve technology.
* Identify and implement automation opportunities to increase efficiency.
**Qualifications**
* Extensive experience supporting complex web applications running on cloud platforms like Amazon Web Services.
* Experience working with Kafka or similar distributed event processing systems.
* Strong proficiency with Nodejs and Go applications.
* Familiarity with configuration management and orchestration tools (ECS, Kubernetes), and modern observability infrastructure (monitoring, metrics, and logging).
* Aptitude for automating tasks and streamlining workflows.
* Comfortable with shell and scripting languages used in an SRE/Operations engineering context (e.g. Python, Go, Bash, Ruby, etc.).
* Deep understanding of Linux/Unix fundamentals and strong debugging skills.
* Excellent English communication skills and ability to work effectively as part of a globally distributed team.
* B.S. or M.S. in Computer Science or equivalent work experience.
**Bonus Points**
* Track record of open source contributions.
* Experience with non-cloud hosted infrastructure.
* Remote work experience with a highly distributed team.
* Fluency in languages other than English.
**Location**
This position is remote. We are currently hiring in the following countries:
Australia, Austria, Bangladesh, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Ghana, Greece, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Kenya, Mexico, Netherlands, Nigeria, Peru, Poland, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States of America and Uruguay.
**Compensation**
Salaries are set competitively and equitably, aligned with our values and culture. The anticipated annual pay range for U.S.-based applicants is US$109,047 to US$169,455. For applicants located outside of the US, the pay range will be adjusted to the country of hire. We do not consider salary history during the hiring process. Compensation for a successful applicant will be based on their skills, experience, and location.
**To Apply**
Please submit your resume and cover letter through the Wikimedia Foundation website.
**We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. The Wikimedia Foundation is an equal opportunity employer.**
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