Senior Software Engineer, Wikidata Platform at Wikimedia Foundation | Remote (USA)

The Wikimedia Foundation is seeking a Remote Senior Software Engineer for their Wikidata Platform. This role involves backend engineering and operations ownership for high-scale systems.

About Wikimedia Foundation

The Wikimedia Foundation is the non-profit organization that operates Wikipedia and the other free knowledge projects.

Responsibilities

• Implement high-scale, production-grade services while ensuring performance, reliability, and maintainability.
• Combine backend engineering and operations ownership.
• Collaborate with product managers, designers, and other engineers to deliver features.
• Participate in on-call rotations and respond to incidents.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of our systems and processes.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional software development experience.
• Strong experience in backend engineering, particularly with large-scale systems.
• Proficiency in programming languages such as Python, Java, or C++.
• Experience with distributed systems and cloud technologies.
• Excellent problem-solving and debugging skills.

Official Company Website: https://wikimediafoundation.org/