Openings at Wikimedia Foundation
The Wikimedia Foundation is the nonprofit that hosts Wikipedia and our other free knowledge projects. We want to make it easier for everyone to share what they know. To do this, we keep Wikipedia and Wikimedia sites fast, reliable, and available to all. We protect the values and policies that allow free knowledge to thrive. We build new features and tools...
Senior Software Engineer - Performance
You are responsible for:
Sharing our values and working in accordance with them
Understand, propose and pursue success metrics
Being impact driven and able to align with the Foundation's priorities
Work together with management to define high-level timelines, solve blockers and avoid delays
Being open and able to ask for help from your teammates and learn from your own and other's mistakes
Mentoring and supporting other engineers in the Foundation
Being able to change your opinion and compromise when presented with new evidence or product input.
Is able to propose solutions considering a complex array of inputs and needs
Skills and Experience:
Ability to give and receive feedback in a constructive and honest manner.
Familiarity with observability tools (such as Prometheus, or Logstash)
Basic knowledge about main performance metrics and tests
Ability to communicate well across different teams, roles, and contexts
5+ years of development experience in at least one language - PHP, python, Nodejs
Bachelor's degree in a related field or the equivalent in work related experience
Qualities that are important to us:
Track record of open source contributions is highly appreciated
Familiarity with core distributed systems concepts
Familiarity with monitoring synthetic measurements (WebPageTest, WebPageReplay, Browsertime) and Real User Monitoring (direct collection, stored in Prometheus/Graphite)
Familiarity with our backend stack: PHP, MariaDB, Varnish
Senior Software Engineer - Structured Data
You are responsible for:
Improving the Wikipedia product experience
Iterating on new products and features through collaboration with designers and product managers
Writing multilingual and accessible JavaScript, CSS, and PHP
Creating and maintaining internet APIs with server scripting languages
Instrumenting components to monitor feature and quality characteristics
Leveraging caching and persistence technologies
Skills and Experience:
5+ years related professional experience in functional programming or OOP
Experience building user-friendly features and software components with good performance
Focused software engineering: you enjoy writing unit and integration tests, proactively addressing security and code review feedback, and thoughtfully balancing architectural tradeoffs
Qualities that are important to us:
A desire to make meaningful contributions to knowledge equity, free culture, and open access
An emphasis on communicating clearly in both synchronous and asynchronous channels
Additionally, we'd love it if you have:
Fluency in one or more regional languages in Africa, Asia, or Latin America
Experience developing for markets in Africa, Asia, or Latin America
Practical skills with Vue.js or React
Project work in data science, machine learning, AI (especially on natural language)
A history of open source contribution
Bachelor's, master's, or doctorate degree in computer science, management information systems, or STEM field (or equivalent certification)
Familiarity with Wikipedia / wikitext / markdown editing or content management systems (e.g., MediaWiki, Drupal, WordPress). We grow and care for MediaWiki and Wikimedia specific services. MediaWiki is an open source, PHP, MySQL, and JavaScript web application that powers Wikipedia and other Wikimedia Foundation websites. It has been incrementally developed for over 15 years to become a richly featured wiki engine and the basis for hundreds of extensions and skins, and has a vibrant volunteer community. Our services utilize a number of technologies.
Technical Community Program Manager
As the Technical Community Program Manager we'd like you to do these things:
Support and help grow a vibrant and global community of technical contributors jointly with your team and others in the Wikimedia movement
Collaborate with the Hackathon Event Coordinator and provide project management for parts of the Wikimedia Hackathon and other onsite or virtual technical events, including planning and facilitating collaborative program designs, coordinating with other teams and the large volunteer technical community
Support or co-create initiatives to foster discussion, knowledge-sharing, technical community building and outreach for both enabling the existing technical community as well as reaching new and underserved communities
Foster a welcoming and inclusive environment for new and experienced technical contributors from all backgrounds and timezones
Talk with volunteers and teams across the Wikimedia movement to obtain an in-depth understanding of needs and requirements of technical contributors
Be present in our technical spaces, and communicate widely and frequently with a wide audience of technical volunteers and staff via mailing list, IRC, wikis, and other venues
Share our values, respect our code of conduct, adhere to our team norms, and work in accordance with all three
Skills and Experience:
Qualities that are important to us:
Strong interpersonal skills, with a track record of modeling collaborative initiatives
Demonstrated experience in project management for virtual and in-person technical events
Excellent verbal and written communication and presentation skills
Ability to understand and talk about technical areas and software engineering
Good analytical and problem-solving skills
Creative and highly motivated to serve diverse, multilingual and international communities
Willing and ability to travel several times a year for in-person events, once it is safe to do so
Additionally, we'd love it if you have:
Experience working with geographically distributed teams
Experience participating in open source, open data or online volunteer communities
Experience in video or other media production
Experience working with MediaWiki, or other wiki software
Experience or basic understanding with one or more programming languages, such as: Python, Javascript, Node.js, PHP
Ability to read and write multiple (human) languages
Method of Application
Use the link(s) below to apply on company website.
Senior Software Engineer - Performance
Senior Software Engineer - Structured Data
Technical Community Program Manager
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The Wikimedia Foundation is the nonprofit that hosts Wikipedia and our other free knowledge projects. We want to make it easier for everyone to share what they know. To do this, we keep Wikipedia and Wikimedia sites fast, reliable, and available to all. We protect the values and policies that allow free knowledge to thrive. We build new features and tools...
Senior Software Engineer - Performance
You are responsible for:
Sharing our values and working in accordance with them
Understand, propose and pursue success metrics
Being impact driven and able to align with the Foundation's priorities
Work together with management to define high-level timelines, solve blockers and avoid delays
Being open and able to ask for help from your teammates and learn from your own and other's mistakes
Mentoring and supporting other engineers in the Foundation
Being able to change your opinion and compromise when presented with new evidence or product input.
Is able to propose solutions considering a complex array of inputs and needs
Skills and Experience:
Ability to give and receive feedback in a constructive and honest manner.
Familiarity with observability tools (such as Prometheus, or Logstash)
Basic knowledge about main performance metrics and tests
Ability to communicate well across different teams, roles, and contexts
5+ years of development experience in at least one language - PHP, python, Nodejs
Bachelor's degree in a related field or the equivalent in work related experience
Qualities that are important to us:
Track record of open source contributions is highly appreciated
Familiarity with core distributed systems concepts
Familiarity with monitoring synthetic measurements (WebPageTest, WebPageReplay, Browsertime) and Real User Monitoring (direct collection, stored in Prometheus/Graphite)
Familiarity with our backend stack: PHP, MariaDB, Varnish
Senior Software Engineer - Structured Data
You are responsible for:
Improving the Wikipedia product experience
Iterating on new products and features through collaboration with designers and product managers
Writing multilingual and accessible JavaScript, CSS, and PHP
Creating and maintaining internet APIs with server scripting languages
Instrumenting components to monitor feature and quality characteristics
Leveraging caching and persistence technologies
Skills and Experience:
5+ years related professional experience in functional programming or OOP
Experience building user-friendly features and software components with good performance
Focused software engineering: you enjoy writing unit and integration tests, proactively addressing security and code review feedback, and thoughtfully balancing architectural tradeoffs
Qualities that are important to us:
A desire to make meaningful contributions to knowledge equity, free culture, and open access
An emphasis on communicating clearly in both synchronous and asynchronous channels
Additionally, we'd love it if you have:
Fluency in one or more regional languages in Africa, Asia, or Latin America
Experience developing for markets in Africa, Asia, or Latin America
Practical skills with Vue.js or React
Project work in data science, machine learning, AI (especially on natural language)
A history of open source contribution
Bachelor's, master's, or doctorate degree in computer science, management information systems, or STEM field (or equivalent certification)
Familiarity with Wikipedia / wikitext / markdown editing or content management systems (e.g., MediaWiki, Drupal, WordPress). We grow and care for MediaWiki and Wikimedia specific services. MediaWiki is an open source, PHP, MySQL, and JavaScript web application that powers Wikipedia and other Wikimedia Foundation websites. It has been incrementally developed for over 15 years to become a richly featured wiki engine and the basis for hundreds of extensions and skins, and has a vibrant volunteer community. Our services utilize a number of technologies.
Technical Community Program Manager
As the Technical Community Program Manager we'd like you to do these things:
Support and help grow a vibrant and global community of technical contributors jointly with your team and others in the Wikimedia movement
Collaborate with the Hackathon Event Coordinator and provide project management for parts of the Wikimedia Hackathon and other onsite or virtual technical events, including planning and facilitating collaborative program designs, coordinating with other teams and the large volunteer technical community
Support or co-create initiatives to foster discussion, knowledge-sharing, technical community building and outreach for both enabling the existing technical community as well as reaching new and underserved communities
Foster a welcoming and inclusive environment for new and experienced technical contributors from all backgrounds and timezones
Talk with volunteers and teams across the Wikimedia movement to obtain an in-depth understanding of needs and requirements of technical contributors
Be present in our technical spaces, and communicate widely and frequently with a wide audience of technical volunteers and staff via mailing list, IRC, wikis, and other venues
Share our values, respect our code of conduct, adhere to our team norms, and work in accordance with all three
Skills and Experience:
Qualities that are important to us:
Strong interpersonal skills, with a track record of modeling collaborative initiatives
Demonstrated experience in project management for virtual and in-person technical events
Excellent verbal and written communication and presentation skills
Ability to understand and talk about technical areas and software engineering
Good analytical and problem-solving skills
Creative and highly motivated to serve diverse, multilingual and international communities
Willing and ability to travel several times a year for in-person events, once it is safe to do so
Additionally, we'd love it if you have:
Experience working with geographically distributed teams
Experience participating in open source, open data or online volunteer communities
Experience in video or other media production
Experience working with MediaWiki, or other wiki software
Experience or basic understanding with one or more programming languages, such as: Python, Javascript, Node.js, PHP
Ability to read and write multiple (human) languages
Method of Application
Use the link(s) below to apply on company website.
Senior Software Engineer - Performance
Senior Software Engineer - Structured Data
Technical Community Program Manager
Job Info
Job Category:
Several Jobs in one Advert jobs in Kenya
Job Type:
Full-time
Deadline of this Job: 09 September 2022
Duty Station: Several
Posted:
26-08-2022
No of Jobs:
1
Start Publishing:
26-08-2022
Stop Publishing (Put date of 2030):
26-08-2065
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