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Staff Software Engineer, Infrastructure

The Wikimedia Foundation is a nonprofit that operates Wikipedia and sister projects worldwide. They are seeking a Staff Software Engineer, Infrastructure to work on large-scale infrastructure and MediaWiki improvements in a remote-first, collaborative environment, focusing on sustainable, high-quality systems that enable product teams and protect free access to information.

Skills

  • 8+ years of related professional experience
  • Experience building and maintaining large-scale applications and services
  • Proficiency in PHP and JavaScript
  • Strong experience with relational databases (SQL)
  • Experience driving cross-team initiatives and delivering product impact
  • Familiarity with system profiling, optimization, and observability tooling

Responsibilities

  • Build new infrastructure capabilities into MediaWiki and related services
  • Profile, refactor, and optimize infrastructure to enable new tooling and faster feature development
  • Maintain and evolve pieces of infrastructure software with a focus on long-term sustainability
  • Write resilient, maintainable systems and high-quality code
  • Implement and improve observability to maintain system stability and quality
  • Drive cross-team objectives and collaborate closely with product and engineering teams to maximize user impact

Education

  • Bachelor's, master's, or doctorate in computer science, MIS, or a STEM field, or equivalent certification/experience

Benefits

  • Competitive, equitable salary with ranges adjusted by location
  • Remote-first work with global hiring and local EOR for many countries
  • Comprehensive benefits for U.S. employees (see U.S. Benefits & Perks)
  • Inclusive, mission-driven nonprofit culture focused on free knowledge
  • Opportunities to contribute to open source and high-impact public projects
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The Wikimedia Foundation is the nonprofit organization that operates Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia free knowledge projects, among the world's most popular websites. Established in 2003, Wikimedia is headquartered in San Francisco, California, ...

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DATE POSTED
August 26, 2025
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