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Senior Site Reliability Engineer
Summary...
The Wikimedia Foundation is looking for a Senior Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) to join our team, reporting to the Engineering Manager of the Data Platforms SRE team. As an SRE on the Data Engineering team, you will be responsible for building, maintaining and operating the shared data infrastructure that empowers the use of data at the Foundation as well as the Wikimedia Movement. You will be part of
Senior Site Reliability Engineer
Summary...
The Wikimedia Foundation is looking for a Senior Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) to join our team, reporting to the Engineering Manager of the Data Platforms SRE team. As an SRE on the Data Engineering team, you will be responsible for building, maintaining and operating the shared data infrastructure that empowers the use of data at the Foundation as well as the Wikimedia Movement. You will be part of a larger community of SREs where you'll have plenty of space and opportunities to learn and get familiar with our tech. For more details about our stack see: https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Data_Engineering
We are a fully remote, internationally distributed team. We see each other in person 1-2 times a year during one of our off-sites (the last few have been in places like Copenhagen, Majorca and New York) or Wikimania, the annual international conference for the Wiki community.
You are responsible for:
• Deployment, configuration and maintenance of the distributed data systems that comprise our data platform. Our stack includes Hadoop, Kafka, Spark, Cassandra, Presto, Druid, Airflow, Superset, DataHub, Turnilo
• Monitoring of systems and services, optimization of performance and resource utilization
• Cookbook/runbook implementation for common maintenance actions
• Development and maintenance of data platform infrastructure running on Kubernetes as well as Ceph storage, virtual machines and bare metal servers.
• Automation and streamlining of tasks as well as identifying process gaps
Skills and Experience:
• 5+ of years experience in an SRE/Operations/DevOps role as part of a team
• Experience supporting high availability distributed production systems
• Comfortable with configuration management and orchestration tools (Puppet, Ansible, Chef, SaltStack, etc.), and modern observability infrastructure (monitoring, metrics and logging)
• Comfortable with shell and scripting languages such as Python, Go, Bash, Ruby
• Good understanding of Linux/Unix fundamentals and debugging skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• BS or MS degree, preferably in Computer Science, or equivalent work experience
Qualities that are important to us:
• Commitment to the mission of the organization and our values
• Commitment to our guiding principles
• Commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion
• Cross-cultural sensitivity and awareness
• Collaborative working experience
Additionally, we'd love it if you have:
• Experience working with Big Data
• Experience with Hadoop, Yarn, Spark and Kafka
• Experience implementing containerized applications (Docker, Kubernetes)
• Experience with package management for operating systems (Debian, etc)
• We are avid supporters (and users) of open source software; history of contributing to Open Source projects is valued
• Prior participation in the Wikimedia movement
About the Wikimedia Foundation
The Wikimedia Foundation is the nonprofit organization that operates Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia free knowledge projects. Our vision is a world in which every single human can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. We believe that everyone has the potential to contribute something to our shared knowledge, and that everyone should be able to access that knowledge freely. We host Wikipedia and the Wikimedia projects, build software experiences for reading, contributing, and sharing Wikimedia content, support the volunteer communities and partners who make Wikimedia possible, and advocate for policies that enable Wikimedia and free knowledge to thrive.
The Wikimedia Foundation is a charitable, not-for-profit organization that relies on donations. We receive donations from millions of individuals around the world, with an average donation of about $15. We also receive donations through institutional grants and gifts. The Wikimedia Foundation is a United States 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization with offices in San Francisco, California, USA.
As an equal opportunity employer, the Wikimedia Foundation values having a diverse workforce and continuously strives to maintain an inclusive and equitable workplace. We encourage people with a diverse range of backgrounds to apply. We do not discriminate against any person based upon their race, traits historically associated with race, religion, color, national origin, sex, pregnancy or related medical conditions, parental status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, genetic information, or any other legally protected characteristics.
The Wikimedia Foundation is a remote-first organization with staff members including contractors based in more than 50 countries. Salaries at the Wikimedia Foundation are set in a way that is competitive, equitable, and consistent with our values and culture. The anticipated annual pay range of this position for applicants based within the United States is US$ 101,161 to US$ 157,200 with multiple individualized factors, including cost of living in the location, being the determinants of the offered pay. For applicants located outside of the US, the pay range will be adjusted to the country of hire. We neither ask for nor take into consideration the salary history of applicants. The compensation for a successful applicant will be based on their skills, experience and location.
All applicants can reach out to their recruiter to understand more about the specific pay range for their location during the interview process.
If you are a qualified applicant requiring assistance or an accommodation to complete any step of the application process due to a disability, you may contact us at recruiting@wikimedia.org or +1 (415) 839-6885.
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Summary...
The Wikimedia Foundation is looking for a Senior Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) to join our team, reporting to the Engineering Manager of the Data Platforms SRE team. As an SRE on the Data Engineering team, you will be responsible for building, maintaining and operating the shared data infrastructure that empowers the use of data at the Foundation as well as the Wikimedia Movement. You will be part of a larger community of SREs where you'll have plenty of space and opportunities to learn and get familiar with our tech. For more details about our stack see: https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Data_Engineering
We are a fully remote, internationally distributed team. We see each other in person 1-2 times a year during one of our off-sites (the last few have been in places like Copenhagen, Majorca and New York) or Wikimania, the annual international conference for the Wiki community.
You are responsible for:
• Deployment, configuration and maintenance of the distributed data systems that comprise our data platform. Our stack includes Hadoop, Kafka, Spark, Cassandra, Presto, Druid, Airflow, Superset, DataHub, Turnilo
• Monitoring of systems and services, optimization of performance and resource utilization
• Cookbook/runbook implementation for common maintenance actions
• Development and maintenance of data platform infrastructure running on Kubernetes as well as Ceph storage, virtual machines and bare metal servers.
• Automation and streamlining of tasks as well as identifying process gaps
Skills and Experience:
• 5+ of years experience in an SRE/Operations/DevOps role as part of a team
• Experience supporting high availability distributed production systems
• Comfortable with configuration management and orchestration tools (Puppet, Ansible, Chef, SaltStack, etc.), and modern observability infrastructure (monitoring, metrics and logging)
• Comfortable with shell and scripting languages such as Python, Go, Bash, Ruby
• Good understanding of Linux/Unix fundamentals and debugging skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• BS or MS degree, preferably in Computer Science, or equivalent work experience
Qualities that are important to us:
• Commitment to the mission of the organization and our values
• Commitment to our guiding principles
• Commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion
• Cross-cultural sensitivity and awareness
• Collaborative working experience
Additionally, we'd love it if you have:
• Experience working with Big Data
• Experience with Hadoop, Yarn, Spark and Kafka
• Experience implementing containerized applications (Docker, Kubernetes)
• Experience with package management for operating systems (Debian, etc)
• We are avid supporters (and users) of open source software; history of contributing to Open Source projects is valued
• Prior participation in the Wikimedia movement
About the Wikimedia Foundation
The Wikimedia Foundation is the nonprofit organization that operates Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia free knowledge projects. Our vision is a world in which every single human can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. We believe that everyone has the potential to contribute something to our shared knowledge, and that everyone should be able to access that knowledge freely. We host Wikipedia and the Wikimedia projects, build software experiences for reading, contributing, and sharing Wikimedia content, support the volunteer communities and partners who make Wikimedia possible, and advocate for policies that enable Wikimedia and free knowledge to thrive.
The Wikimedia Foundation is a charitable, not-for-profit organization that relies on donations. We receive donations from millions of individuals around the world, with an average donation of about $15. We also receive donations through institutional grants and gifts. The Wikimedia Foundation is a United States 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization with offices in San Francisco, California, USA.
As an equal opportunity employer, the Wikimedia Foundation values having a diverse workforce and continuously strives to maintain an inclusive and equitable workplace. We encourage people with a diverse range of backgrounds to apply. We do not discriminate against any person based upon their race, traits historically associated with race, religion, color, national origin, sex, pregnancy or related medical conditions, parental status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, genetic information, or any other legally protected characteristics.
The Wikimedia Foundation is a remote-first organization with staff members including contractors based in more than 50 countries. Salaries at the Wikimedia Foundation are set in a way that is competitive, equitable, and consistent with our values and culture. The anticipated annual pay range of this position for applicants based within the United States is US$ 101,161 to US$ 157,200 with multiple individualized factors, including cost of living in the location, being the determinants of the offered pay. For applicants located outside of the US, the pay range will be adjusted to the country of hire. We neither ask for nor take into consideration the salary history of applicants. The compensation for a successful applicant will be based on their skills, experience and location.
All applicants can reach out to their recruiter to understand more about the specific pay range for their location during the interview process.
If you are a qualified applicant requiring assistance or an accommodation to complete any step of the application process due to a disability, you may contact us at recruiting@wikimedia.org or +1 (415) 839-6885.
More information
U.S. Benefits & Perks
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Applicant Privacy Policy
News from across the Wikimedia movement
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Wikimedia 2030
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This is Wikimedia Foundation
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Summary
The Wikimedia Foundation is seeking a Senior Site Reliability Engineer (Databases). Our objective is to make the sum of all human knowledge available to everyone, and we persist most of this knowledge in MariaDB. Our project sites are some of the most highly trafficked on the internet, with more page views per engineer than any other site...
As a Senior Site Reliability Engineer for databases at the Wikimedia Foundation, you will be part
Summary
The Wikimedia Foundation is seeking a Senior Site Reliability Engineer (Databases). Our objective is to make the sum of all human knowledge available to everyone, and we persist most of this knowledge in MariaDB. Our project sites are some of the most highly trafficked on the internet, with more page views per engineer than any other site...
As a Senior Site Reliability Engineer for databases at the Wikimedia Foundation, you will be part of a small, focused team of skilled and experienced engineers. In this role, you will be responsible for ensuring the health of our database systems - including their availability and performance. Your responsibilities will include troubleshooting issues, benchmarking and testing new MariaDB and MySQL builds, planning for disaster recovery, and enhancing and maintaining backups.
The work we do is crucial and is used by hundreds of millions of people. This is a unique opportunity to have a huge impact.
Responsibilities:
• Implementation, maintenance and troubleshooting of relational database systems in production and staging environments
• Database performance tuning, high availability, replication, backups, and general optimization
• Supporting the development and deployment of new services and systems
• Handling configuration management, (Debian) package maintenance, patching and building, working with upstream on bug identification and resolution
• Improving observability (alerting, metrics, monitoring) of database infrastructure
• Multi-datacenter design, capacity and infrastructure planning
• Taking part in incident response, diagnosis and follow-up on system outages or alerts across Wikimedia’s production infrastructure
• Sharing ourvalues and work in accordance with them
Skills and Experience:
• 5+ years experience in an DBA/SRE/Operations/DevOps role as part of a team.
• Experience with Open Source configuration management and orchestration tools (Puppet, Ansible, Chef, SaltStack, etc.), as well as modern observability infrastructure (Prometheus, Grafana, Graphite, Logstash/Kibana, Icinga/Nagios, etc.)
• Solid knowledge of relational database concepts and working experience with storage systems and architectures.
• Advanced level of experience with MariaDB or MySQL database administration and replication topologies at scale.
• Proficiency in SQL.
• Decent programming/scripting skills.
• Experience with high traffic and highly available website architectures and operations.
• Advanced knowledge of Linux and IO/data storage concepts, internals and troubleshooting.
• Experience with managing remotely both bare-metal servers and virtualized environments.
• Strong English language skills.
• Ability to work independently in a fast paced environment, as an effective part of a globally distributed team, including ticket tracking systems and asynchronous communication tools.
• B.S. or M.S. in Computer Science or equivalent work experience.
Additionally, we’d love it if you have:
• Experience with LAMP stack technologies (PHP/HHVM, memcached/Redis) - MediaWiki experience is a definite plus.
• Experience with advanced distributed storage and database systems (Swift, Ceph, Cassandra, etc.) or graph databases (Titan, Blazegraph, etc.) is a big plus.
• Experience in architecture, design, and implementation of persistent data storage & query infrastructure.
• Strong track record of open source contributions is a major plus.
About the Wikimedia Foundation
The Wikimedia Foundation is the nonprofit organization that operates Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia free knowledge projects. Our vision is a world in which every single human can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. We believe that everyone has the potential to contribute something to our shared knowledge, and that everyone should be able to access that knowledge freely. We host Wikipedia and the Wikimedia projects, build software experiences for reading, contributing, and sharing Wikimedia content, support the volunteer communities and partners who make Wikimedia possible, and advocate for policies that enable Wikimedia and free knowledge to thrive.
The Wikimedia Foundation is a charitable, not-for-profit organization that relies on donations. We receive donations from millions of individuals around the world, with an average donation of about $15. We also receive donations through institutional grants and gifts. The Wikimedia Foundation is a United States 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization with offices in San Francisco, California, USA.
As an equal opportunity employer, the Wikimedia Foundation values having a diverse workforce and continuously strives to maintain an inclusive and equitable workplace. We encourage people with a diverse range of backgrounds to apply. We do not discriminate against any person based upon their race, traits historically associated with race, religion, color, national origin, sex, pregnancy or related medical conditions, parental status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, genetic information, or any other legally protected characteristics.
The Wikimedia Foundation is a remote-first organization with staff members including contractors based in more than 50 countries. Salaries at the Wikimedia Foundation are set in a way that is competitive, equitable, and consistent with our values and culture. The anticipated annual pay range of this position for applicants based within the United States is US$ 101,161 to US$ 157,200 with multiple individualized factors, including cost of living in the location, being the determinants of the offered pay. For applicants located outside of the US, the pay range will be adjusted to the country of hire. We neither ask for nor take into consideration the salary history of applicants. The compensation for a successful applicant will be based on their skills, experience and location.
All applicants can reach out to their recruiter to understand more about the specific pay range for their location during the interview process.
If you are a qualified applicant requiring assistance or an accommodation to complete any step of the application process due to a disability, you may contact us at recruiting@wikimedia.org or (415) 839-6885.
More information
U.S. Benefits & Perks
Wikimedia Foundation
Applicant Privacy Policy
News from across the Wikimedia movement
Blog
Wikimedia 2030
Our Commitment to Equity
This is Wikimedia Foundation
Facts Matter
Our Projects
Our Tech Stack Show more details...
The Wikimedia Foundation is seeking a Senior Site Reliability Engineer (Databases). Our objective is to make the sum of all human knowledge available to everyone, and we persist most of this knowledge in MariaDB. Our project sites are some of the most highly trafficked on the internet, with more page views per engineer than any other site...
As a Senior Site Reliability Engineer for databases at the Wikimedia Foundation, you will be part of a small, focused team of skilled and experienced engineers. In this role, you will be responsible for ensuring the health of our database systems - including their availability and performance. Your responsibilities will include troubleshooting issues, benchmarking and testing new MariaDB and MySQL builds, planning for disaster recovery, and enhancing and maintaining backups.
The work we do is crucial and is used by hundreds of millions of people. This is a unique opportunity to have a huge impact.
Responsibilities:
• Implementation, maintenance and troubleshooting of relational database systems in production and staging environments
• Database performance tuning, high availability, replication, backups, and general optimization
• Supporting the development and deployment of new services and systems
• Handling configuration management, (Debian) package maintenance, patching and building, working with upstream on bug identification and resolution
• Improving observability (alerting, metrics, monitoring) of database infrastructure
• Multi-datacenter design, capacity and infrastructure planning
• Taking part in incident response, diagnosis and follow-up on system outages or alerts across Wikimedia’s production infrastructure
• Sharing ourvalues and work in accordance with them
Skills and Experience:
• 5+ years experience in an DBA/SRE/Operations/DevOps role as part of a team.
• Experience with Open Source configuration management and orchestration tools (Puppet, Ansible, Chef, SaltStack, etc.), as well as modern observability infrastructure (Prometheus, Grafana, Graphite, Logstash/Kibana, Icinga/Nagios, etc.)
• Solid knowledge of relational database concepts and working experience with storage systems and architectures.
• Advanced level of experience with MariaDB or MySQL database administration and replication topologies at scale.
• Proficiency in SQL.
• Decent programming/scripting skills.
• Experience with high traffic and highly available website architectures and operations.
• Advanced knowledge of Linux and IO/data storage concepts, internals and troubleshooting.
• Experience with managing remotely both bare-metal servers and virtualized environments.
• Strong English language skills.
• Ability to work independently in a fast paced environment, as an effective part of a globally distributed team, including ticket tracking systems and asynchronous communication tools.
• B.S. or M.S. in Computer Science or equivalent work experience.
Additionally, we’d love it if you have:
• Experience with LAMP stack technologies (PHP/HHVM, memcached/Redis) - MediaWiki experience is a definite plus.
• Experience with advanced distributed storage and database systems (Swift, Ceph, Cassandra, etc.) or graph databases (Titan, Blazegraph, etc.) is a big plus.
• Experience in architecture, design, and implementation of persistent data storage & query infrastructure.
• Strong track record of open source contributions is a major plus.
About the Wikimedia Foundation
The Wikimedia Foundation is the nonprofit organization that operates Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia free knowledge projects. Our vision is a world in which every single human can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. We believe that everyone has the potential to contribute something to our shared knowledge, and that everyone should be able to access that knowledge freely. We host Wikipedia and the Wikimedia projects, build software experiences for reading, contributing, and sharing Wikimedia content, support the volunteer communities and partners who make Wikimedia possible, and advocate for policies that enable Wikimedia and free knowledge to thrive.
The Wikimedia Foundation is a charitable, not-for-profit organization that relies on donations. We receive donations from millions of individuals around the world, with an average donation of about $15. We also receive donations through institutional grants and gifts. The Wikimedia Foundation is a United States 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization with offices in San Francisco, California, USA.
As an equal opportunity employer, the Wikimedia Foundation values having a diverse workforce and continuously strives to maintain an inclusive and equitable workplace. We encourage people with a diverse range of backgrounds to apply. We do not discriminate against any person based upon their race, traits historically associated with race, religion, color, national origin, sex, pregnancy or related medical conditions, parental status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, genetic information, or any other legally protected characteristics.
The Wikimedia Foundation is a remote-first organization with staff members including contractors based in more than 50 countries. Salaries at the Wikimedia Foundation are set in a way that is competitive, equitable, and consistent with our values and culture. The anticipated annual pay range of this position for applicants based within the United States is US$ 101,161 to US$ 157,200 with multiple individualized factors, including cost of living in the location, being the determinants of the offered pay. For applicants located outside of the US, the pay range will be adjusted to the country of hire. We neither ask for nor take into consideration the salary history of applicants. The compensation for a successful applicant will be based on their skills, experience and location.
All applicants can reach out to their recruiter to understand more about the specific pay range for their location during the interview process.
If you are a qualified applicant requiring assistance or an accommodation to complete any step of the application process due to a disability, you may contact us at recruiting@wikimedia.org or (415) 839-6885.
More information
U.S. Benefits & Perks
Wikimedia Foundation
Applicant Privacy Policy
News from across the Wikimedia movement
Blog
Wikimedia 2030
Our Commitment to Equity
This is Wikimedia Foundation
Facts Matter
Our Projects
Our Tech Stack Show more details...
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About the Wikimedia Endowment
The Wikimedia Endowment was launched in 2016 in order to support Wikimedia projects in perpetuity. It represents a collective belief in what the Wikimedia projects have accomplished and what they have yet to achieve. As a fund that is invested for growth, it creates a solid financial foundation for the future and ensures long-term security...
In 2021, the Wikimedia Endowment reached its initial $100 million fundraising
About the Wikimedia Endowment
The Wikimedia Endowment was launched in 2016 in order to support Wikimedia projects in perpetuity. It represents a collective belief in what the Wikimedia projects have accomplished and what they have yet to achieve. As a fund that is invested for growth, it creates a solid financial foundation for the future and ensures long-term security...
In 2021, the Wikimedia Endowment reached its initial $100 million fundraising goal and was incorporated as an independent legal entity. The Wikimedia Endowment’s application for 501(c)3 non-profit status is currently before the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).
The Wikimedia Endowment is led by Lisa Seitz-Gruwell, President, and a Board of Directors. As the Endowment reaches this next phase in its maturation, the President and Board seek to add new board members who can contribute to the ongoing growth of the fund and the distribution of future grants.
About Wikimedia
The Wikimedia Foundation is a nonprofit organization that provides the essential infrastructure for free knowledge globally. It operates the world's most collaborative projects (including Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons & various other projects that are part of the multilingual, free-content Wikimedia family).
Today more than 500,000 volunteer editors contribute to Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects every month. They have written, edited, and patrolled 55 million Wikipedia articles in over 300 languages. The Wikimedia Foundation works in tandem with a vast affiliate network of 140+ chapters, thematic organizations, and user groups. In a given month more than 1.5 billion unique devices access free educational resources from across the globe.
Wikipedia, the worldʼs largest free online encyclopedia, celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2021. It has been called “the Last Best Place on the Internet”. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Wikipedia saw record-breaking increases in daily traffic with a growing community of medical professionals contributing knowledge about COVID-19 to the platform. Over 50 million monthly edits in 188 languages in the open are keeping humanity informed with vital, verifiable information.
The Wikimedia Endowment Board
The Wikimedia Endowment Board consists of between 7-15 members, including:
• 1 Community Founder Director (Jimmy Wales)
• 2-3 Community Directors
• 4-11 At-Large Directors
The Board strives to represent a diversity of geographies, backgrounds, races/ethnicities, gender identities, points of view, and interests. At-Large Directors must have prior fundraising or financial expertise and a passion for free knowledge. Community Directors bring deep knowledge of the Wikimedia movement and must have previously served as a director of the Wikimedia Foundation Board.
At this time, the Board is actively seeking candidates for At-Large Director seats.
The Wikimedia Endowment board’s role
The Wikimedia Endowment Board of Directors serves as an essential source of guidance and support for the Wikimedia Endowment. Its primary responsibilities are to provide effective governance, help grow the Endowment fund through a combination of major gift fundraising efforts and prudent financial investments, and make grantmaking decisions that best fulfill the Endowment’s mission of protecting the long-term future of Wikimedia projects.
Specific responsibilities include:
• Ensure fiduciary and strategic oversight of the Wikimedia Endowment
• Provide and identify funding for the Wikimedia Endowment
• Work closely with the Wikimedia Endowment President, Director of Endowment, and key Wikimedia Foundation staff to identify, cultivate, solicit, and steward donors for the Wikimedia Endowment
• Set and uphold the Wikimedia Endowment’s investment and spending policies
• Identify and approve annual endowment distributions to provide financial support to Wikimedia projects that are mission-aligned
• Identify and suggest possible nominees to the Board
The Wikimedia Endowment Board is separate from the Wikimedia Foundation Board and does not have a role in shaping or approving the strategies and work plans of the Wikimedia Foundation.
A Director’s commitment to serve
Directors serve for three-year terms that can be renewed twice, for a maximum tenure of nine years. The Board convenes twice per year, with the option for Directors to attend in-person (when possible) or virtually. Meetings are typically a half-day, with other optional activities planned around the required meetings. Whether in-person or online, meetings require coordination with Directors across the world and across time zones.
All Board members are expected to participate in some capacity with the Endowment’s fundraising efforts and to serve on one of three standing committees: Finance; Governance; or Grantmaking and Community. Committees meet at least twice per year; the Finance Committee may meet as often as monthly. Committee meetings are virtual.
Directors must be willing to devote sufficient time to completing the work of the Board.This includes participating in Board and Committee meetings, donor events, and other activities to support the Wikimedia Endowment. The overall time commitment is roughly 20-40 hours per year (not including travel).
Board positions are unpaid Show more details...
The Wikimedia Endowment was launched in 2016 in order to support Wikimedia projects in perpetuity. It represents a collective belief in what the Wikimedia projects have accomplished and what they have yet to achieve. As a fund that is invested for growth, it creates a solid financial foundation for the future and ensures long-term security...
In 2021, the Wikimedia Endowment reached its initial $100 million fundraising goal and was incorporated as an independent legal entity. The Wikimedia Endowment’s application for 501(c)3 non-profit status is currently before the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).
The Wikimedia Endowment is led by Lisa Seitz-Gruwell, President, and a Board of Directors. As the Endowment reaches this next phase in its maturation, the President and Board seek to add new board members who can contribute to the ongoing growth of the fund and the distribution of future grants.
About Wikimedia
The Wikimedia Foundation is a nonprofit organization that provides the essential infrastructure for free knowledge globally. It operates the world's most collaborative projects (including Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons & various other projects that are part of the multilingual, free-content Wikimedia family).
Today more than 500,000 volunteer editors contribute to Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects every month. They have written, edited, and patrolled 55 million Wikipedia articles in over 300 languages. The Wikimedia Foundation works in tandem with a vast affiliate network of 140+ chapters, thematic organizations, and user groups. In a given month more than 1.5 billion unique devices access free educational resources from across the globe.
Wikipedia, the worldʼs largest free online encyclopedia, celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2021. It has been called “the Last Best Place on the Internet”. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Wikipedia saw record-breaking increases in daily traffic with a growing community of medical professionals contributing knowledge about COVID-19 to the platform. Over 50 million monthly edits in 188 languages in the open are keeping humanity informed with vital, verifiable information.
The Wikimedia Endowment Board
The Wikimedia Endowment Board consists of between 7-15 members, including:
• 1 Community Founder Director (Jimmy Wales)
• 2-3 Community Directors
• 4-11 At-Large Directors
The Board strives to represent a diversity of geographies, backgrounds, races/ethnicities, gender identities, points of view, and interests. At-Large Directors must have prior fundraising or financial expertise and a passion for free knowledge. Community Directors bring deep knowledge of the Wikimedia movement and must have previously served as a director of the Wikimedia Foundation Board.
At this time, the Board is actively seeking candidates for At-Large Director seats.
The Wikimedia Endowment board’s role
The Wikimedia Endowment Board of Directors serves as an essential source of guidance and support for the Wikimedia Endowment. Its primary responsibilities are to provide effective governance, help grow the Endowment fund through a combination of major gift fundraising efforts and prudent financial investments, and make grantmaking decisions that best fulfill the Endowment’s mission of protecting the long-term future of Wikimedia projects.
Specific responsibilities include:
• Ensure fiduciary and strategic oversight of the Wikimedia Endowment
• Provide and identify funding for the Wikimedia Endowment
• Work closely with the Wikimedia Endowment President, Director of Endowment, and key Wikimedia Foundation staff to identify, cultivate, solicit, and steward donors for the Wikimedia Endowment
• Set and uphold the Wikimedia Endowment’s investment and spending policies
• Identify and approve annual endowment distributions to provide financial support to Wikimedia projects that are mission-aligned
• Identify and suggest possible nominees to the Board
The Wikimedia Endowment Board is separate from the Wikimedia Foundation Board and does not have a role in shaping or approving the strategies and work plans of the Wikimedia Foundation.
A Director’s commitment to serve
Directors serve for three-year terms that can be renewed twice, for a maximum tenure of nine years. The Board convenes twice per year, with the option for Directors to attend in-person (when possible) or virtually. Meetings are typically a half-day, with other optional activities planned around the required meetings. Whether in-person or online, meetings require coordination with Directors across the world and across time zones.
All Board members are expected to participate in some capacity with the Endowment’s fundraising efforts and to serve on one of three standing committees: Finance; Governance; or Grantmaking and Community. Committees meet at least twice per year; the Finance Committee may meet as often as monthly. Committee meetings are virtual.
Directors must be willing to devote sufficient time to completing the work of the Board.This includes participating in Board and Committee meetings, donor events, and other activities to support the Wikimedia Endowment. The overall time commitment is roughly 20-40 hours per year (not including travel).
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DIRECTOR OF PRODUCT MANAGEMENT
Summary...
The Wikimedia Foundation is looking for an experienced and collaborative Director of Product Management to support and drive our work on Abstract Wikipedia, a project that aims to let more people share more knowledge in more languages. This position includes product and engineering management responsibilities.
This role is responsible for realizing the vision to develop software that allows the creation
DIRECTOR OF PRODUCT MANAGEMENT
Summary...
The Wikimedia Foundation is looking for an experienced and collaborative Director of Product Management to support and drive our work on Abstract Wikipedia, a project that aims to let more people share more knowledge in more languages. This position includes product and engineering management responsibilities.
This role is responsible for realizing the vision to develop software that allows the creation of “abstract content” which is represented in a language-independent format and is directly editable by communities. Through this work, the intended outcome is that many Wikipedias can access and enrich their own locally controlled content. In this way, communities can with much less effort provide more comprehensive, current and more vetted content to readers than what most local Wikipedias are able to provide today.
The Wikimedia Foundation values diversity and recognizes that employees from a broad range of perspectives is essential to creating a knowledge source that benefits everyone. We are committed to inclusion, diversifying tech, and advocating for diversity in our employees, their experiences, and the people we serve.
Our teams build products that enable our communities to achieve our Vision: a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge.
This role supports product managers, engineering managers, works directly with distinguished and principal engineers, and collaborates with research and design, and across many teams to set strategic direction. This is an opportunity to ‘do good’ while having a high level of impact at a large-scale media property.
You will be responsible for:
• Supporting the team to produce roadmaps and milestones, while iterating toward a product vision and product direction Abstract Wikipedia, pulling together disparate projects to form a cohesive vision and program, working closely with engineering and architecture teams across the Foundation.
• Ensuring the Abstract Wikipedia team delivers incremental but clear value to our end users.
• Participating in writing grant reports to grantors who fund Abstract Wikipedia projects at WMF
• Aligning with product, technology, analytics and research teams on use cases for Abstract Wikipedia
• Managing and mentoring product managers, an engineering manager and engineers working on Abstract Wikipedia
• Defining and tracking key performance metrics for product initiatives and connecting these metrics to overall Foundation goals
• Managing communications for your area among the product teams and the broader cross-functional organization to ensure stakeholder alignment
Requirements
• Bachelor’s degree in a related field, or the equivalent in relevant work experience
• Minimum of 5 years of work experience in Product Management
• Experience with global developer ecosystems and platforms and managing the risks and opportunities associated with them
• Experience with open source development methodologies and open source community
• Robust analytical, problem-solving, and conceptual skills with the ability to deliver on detail as well as strategy
• Good written and verbal communication skills and the ability to interact effectively and develop effective working relationships with all levels of management, staff and communities, including non-technical staff
• Capable of managing a diverse range of responsibilities in a dynamic and results-oriented environment. Must be comfortable with evolving requirements and priorities.
Qualities that are important to us:
• Experience developing at scale developer ecosystems including structured content, knowledge graphs and taxonomies
• Alignment with our mission and values
• Resilience—we work on new and interesting problems in public and collaborative ways
• Working together for outcomes, and being willing to change course
• Sharing a culture of constructive criticism and respect
Additionally, we would love it if you have:
• Experience editing Wikipedia or with the Wikipedia, Wikidata, or Wikimedia Commons communities or other collaborative enterprises
• Familiarity with MediaWiki
About the Wikimedia Foundation
The Wikimedia Foundation is the nonprofit organization that operates Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia free knowledge projects. Our vision is a world in which every single human can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. We believe that everyone has the potential to contribute something to our shared knowledge, and that everyone should be able to access that knowledge freely. We host Wikipedia and the Wikimedia projects, build software experiences for reading, contributing, and sharing Wikimedia content, support the volunteer communities and partners who make Wikimedia possible, and advocate for policies that enable Wikimedia and free knowledge to thrive.
The Wikimedia Foundation is a charitable, not-for-profit organization that relies on donations. We receive donations from millions of individuals around the world, with an average donation of about $15. We also receive donations through institutional grants and gifts. The Wikimedia Foundation is a United States 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization with offices in San Francisco, California, USA.
As an equal opportunity employer, the Wikimedia Foundation values having a diverse workforce and continuously strives to maintain an inclusive and equitable workplace. We encourage people with a diverse range of backgrounds to apply. We do not discriminate against any person based upon their race, traits historically associated with race, religion, color, national origin, sex, pregnancy or related medical conditions, parental status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, genetic information, or any other legally protected characteristics.
The Wikimedia Foundation is a remote-first organization with staff members including contractors based in more than 50 countries. Salaries at the Wikimedia Foundation are set in a way that is competitive, equitable, and consistent with our values and culture. The anticipated annual pay range of this position for applicants based within the United States is US$159,246 to US$242,989 with multiple individualized factors, including cost of living in the location, being the determinants of the offered pay. For applicants located outside of the US, the pay range will be adjusted to the country of hire. We neither ask for nor take into consideration the salary history of applicants. The compensation for a successful applicant will be based on their skills, experience and location.
All applicants can reach out to their recruiter to understand more about the specific pay range for their location during the interview process.
If you are a qualified applicant requiring assistance or an accommodation to complete any step of the application process due to a disability, you may contact us at recruiting@wikimedia.org or +1 (415) 839-6885.
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Summary...
The Wikimedia Foundation is looking for an experienced and collaborative Director of Product Management to support and drive our work on Abstract Wikipedia, a project that aims to let more people share more knowledge in more languages. This position includes product and engineering management responsibilities.
This role is responsible for realizing the vision to develop software that allows the creation of “abstract content” which is represented in a language-independent format and is directly editable by communities. Through this work, the intended outcome is that many Wikipedias can access and enrich their own locally controlled content. In this way, communities can with much less effort provide more comprehensive, current and more vetted content to readers than what most local Wikipedias are able to provide today.
The Wikimedia Foundation values diversity and recognizes that employees from a broad range of perspectives is essential to creating a knowledge source that benefits everyone. We are committed to inclusion, diversifying tech, and advocating for diversity in our employees, their experiences, and the people we serve.
Our teams build products that enable our communities to achieve our Vision: a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge.
This role supports product managers, engineering managers, works directly with distinguished and principal engineers, and collaborates with research and design, and across many teams to set strategic direction. This is an opportunity to ‘do good’ while having a high level of impact at a large-scale media property.
You will be responsible for:
• Supporting the team to produce roadmaps and milestones, while iterating toward a product vision and product direction Abstract Wikipedia, pulling together disparate projects to form a cohesive vision and program, working closely with engineering and architecture teams across the Foundation.
• Ensuring the Abstract Wikipedia team delivers incremental but clear value to our end users.
• Participating in writing grant reports to grantors who fund Abstract Wikipedia projects at WMF
• Aligning with product, technology, analytics and research teams on use cases for Abstract Wikipedia
• Managing and mentoring product managers, an engineering manager and engineers working on Abstract Wikipedia
• Defining and tracking key performance metrics for product initiatives and connecting these metrics to overall Foundation goals
• Managing communications for your area among the product teams and the broader cross-functional organization to ensure stakeholder alignment
Requirements
• Bachelor’s degree in a related field, or the equivalent in relevant work experience
• Minimum of 5 years of work experience in Product Management
• Experience with global developer ecosystems and platforms and managing the risks and opportunities associated with them
• Experience with open source development methodologies and open source community
• Robust analytical, problem-solving, and conceptual skills with the ability to deliver on detail as well as strategy
• Good written and verbal communication skills and the ability to interact effectively and develop effective working relationships with all levels of management, staff and communities, including non-technical staff
• Capable of managing a diverse range of responsibilities in a dynamic and results-oriented environment. Must be comfortable with evolving requirements and priorities.
Qualities that are important to us:
• Experience developing at scale developer ecosystems including structured content, knowledge graphs and taxonomies
• Alignment with our mission and values
• Resilience—we work on new and interesting problems in public and collaborative ways
• Working together for outcomes, and being willing to change course
• Sharing a culture of constructive criticism and respect
Additionally, we would love it if you have:
• Experience editing Wikipedia or with the Wikipedia, Wikidata, or Wikimedia Commons communities or other collaborative enterprises
• Familiarity with MediaWiki
About the Wikimedia Foundation
The Wikimedia Foundation is the nonprofit organization that operates Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia free knowledge projects. Our vision is a world in which every single human can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. We believe that everyone has the potential to contribute something to our shared knowledge, and that everyone should be able to access that knowledge freely. We host Wikipedia and the Wikimedia projects, build software experiences for reading, contributing, and sharing Wikimedia content, support the volunteer communities and partners who make Wikimedia possible, and advocate for policies that enable Wikimedia and free knowledge to thrive.
The Wikimedia Foundation is a charitable, not-for-profit organization that relies on donations. We receive donations from millions of individuals around the world, with an average donation of about $15. We also receive donations through institutional grants and gifts. The Wikimedia Foundation is a United States 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization with offices in San Francisco, California, USA.
As an equal opportunity employer, the Wikimedia Foundation values having a diverse workforce and continuously strives to maintain an inclusive and equitable workplace. We encourage people with a diverse range of backgrounds to apply. We do not discriminate against any person based upon their race, traits historically associated with race, religion, color, national origin, sex, pregnancy or related medical conditions, parental status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, genetic information, or any other legally protected characteristics.
The Wikimedia Foundation is a remote-first organization with staff members including contractors based in more than 50 countries. Salaries at the Wikimedia Foundation are set in a way that is competitive, equitable, and consistent with our values and culture. The anticipated annual pay range of this position for applicants based within the United States is US$159,246 to US$242,989 with multiple individualized factors, including cost of living in the location, being the determinants of the offered pay. For applicants located outside of the US, the pay range will be adjusted to the country of hire. We neither ask for nor take into consideration the salary history of applicants. The compensation for a successful applicant will be based on their skills, experience and location.
All applicants can reach out to their recruiter to understand more about the specific pay range for their location during the interview process.
If you are a qualified applicant requiring assistance or an accommodation to complete any step of the application process due to a disability, you may contact us at recruiting@wikimedia.org or +1 (415) 839-6885.
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via Morristown, NJ - Geebo
posted_at: 1 day agoschedule_type: Full-timesalary: 20–28 an hour
As the product manager with the Growth team, you will work with community members, researchers, engineers, and designers to drive the strategy for inspiring new people to start and continue editing Wikipedia. You will also be an important part of defining a broader strategy for our Product department. You are responsible for:
Developing and driving strategy for the conversion funnel of new... editors to Wikipedia. Becoming an expert in the goals and
As the product manager with the Growth team, you will work with community members, researchers, engineers, and designers to drive the strategy for inspiring new people to start and continue editing Wikipedia. You will also be an important part of defining a broader strategy for our Product department. You are responsible for:
Developing and driving strategy for the conversion funnel of new... editors to Wikipedia. Becoming an expert in the goals and challenges of new editors joining the Wikipedia community from different backgrounds, geographies, and experiences. Leading the product development process to discover, define, develop, and deliver the features in the new editor experience. Setting priorities for a cross-functional product team of a designer, engineering manager, software engineers, QA engineer, data analyst, and community relations specialist. Collaborating with volunteer community members around the world who participate in the Growth team's product development process. Collaborating with fellow product managers to define higher-level strategic priorities. Coordinating and collaborating across other departments, such as Marketing or Partnerships, that participate in the new editor experience. Releasing and iterating intentionally to provide incremental value and validate hypotheses. Using quantitative and qualitative methods to evaluate impact. Skills and
Experience:
3
years of experience managing user-facing web products Demonstrated success in growing a new user base or in launching new features Experience working with cross-functional teams Experience working in an agile or iterative software development environment Bachelor's degree or equivalent in relevant work experience Qualities that are important to us:
Commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion Strong listening skills Ability to clearly communicate plans and results to stakeholders and collaborators Ability to develop process and structure for an evolving team A desire to make meaningful contributions to knowledge equity, free culture, and open access Additionally, we'd love it if you have:
Experience with a two-sided platform or marketplace product Enthusiasm for users who love to create and contribute Experience building features for mobile devices Experience working with communities, volunteers, or open source projects. Experience with digital marketing tactics Experience with products backed by machine-learning Experience with fully remote, geographically distributed, and asynchronous teams Proficiency with data, reporting, analytics, or A/B testing Experience editing Wikipedia or contributing to other wiki projects Experience with users in emerging markets, such as the Middle East, Africa, South Asia, or Latin America Fluency in a language other than English About the Wikimedia Foundation The Wikimedia Foundation is the nonprofit organization that operates Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia free knowledge projects. Our vision is a world in which every single human can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. We believe that everyone has the potential to contribute something to our shared knowledge, and that everyone should be able to access that knowledge freely. We host Wikipedia and the Wikimedia projects, build software experiences for reading, contributing, and sharing Wikimedia content, support the volunteer communities and partners who make Wikimedia possible, and advocate for policies that enable Wikimedia and free knowledge to thrive. The Wikimedia Foundation is a charitable, not-for-profit organization that relies on donations. We receive donations from millions of individuals around the world, with an average donation of about $15. We also receive donations through institutional grants and gifts. The Wikimedia Foundation is a United States 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization with offices in San Francisco, California, USA.
Salary Range:
$80K -- $100K
Minimum Qualification
Technical Product ManagementEstimated Salary: $20 to $28 per hour based on qualifications Show more details...
Developing and driving strategy for the conversion funnel of new... editors to Wikipedia. Becoming an expert in the goals and challenges of new editors joining the Wikipedia community from different backgrounds, geographies, and experiences. Leading the product development process to discover, define, develop, and deliver the features in the new editor experience. Setting priorities for a cross-functional product team of a designer, engineering manager, software engineers, QA engineer, data analyst, and community relations specialist. Collaborating with volunteer community members around the world who participate in the Growth team's product development process. Collaborating with fellow product managers to define higher-level strategic priorities. Coordinating and collaborating across other departments, such as Marketing or Partnerships, that participate in the new editor experience. Releasing and iterating intentionally to provide incremental value and validate hypotheses. Using quantitative and qualitative methods to evaluate impact. Skills and
Experience:
3
years of experience managing user-facing web products Demonstrated success in growing a new user base or in launching new features Experience working with cross-functional teams Experience working in an agile or iterative software development environment Bachelor's degree or equivalent in relevant work experience Qualities that are important to us:
Commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion Strong listening skills Ability to clearly communicate plans and results to stakeholders and collaborators Ability to develop process and structure for an evolving team A desire to make meaningful contributions to knowledge equity, free culture, and open access Additionally, we'd love it if you have:
Experience with a two-sided platform or marketplace product Enthusiasm for users who love to create and contribute Experience building features for mobile devices Experience working with communities, volunteers, or open source projects. Experience with digital marketing tactics Experience with products backed by machine-learning Experience with fully remote, geographically distributed, and asynchronous teams Proficiency with data, reporting, analytics, or A/B testing Experience editing Wikipedia or contributing to other wiki projects Experience with users in emerging markets, such as the Middle East, Africa, South Asia, or Latin America Fluency in a language other than English About the Wikimedia Foundation The Wikimedia Foundation is the nonprofit organization that operates Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia free knowledge projects. Our vision is a world in which every single human can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. We believe that everyone has the potential to contribute something to our shared knowledge, and that everyone should be able to access that knowledge freely. We host Wikipedia and the Wikimedia projects, build software experiences for reading, contributing, and sharing Wikimedia content, support the volunteer communities and partners who make Wikimedia possible, and advocate for policies that enable Wikimedia and free knowledge to thrive. The Wikimedia Foundation is a charitable, not-for-profit organization that relies on donations. We receive donations from millions of individuals around the world, with an average donation of about $15. We also receive donations through institutional grants and gifts. The Wikimedia Foundation is a United States 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization with offices in San Francisco, California, USA.
Salary Range:
$80K -- $100K
Minimum Qualification
Technical Product ManagementEstimated Salary: $20 to $28 per hour based on qualifications Show more details...
via Built In
posted_at: 9 days agoschedule_type: Full-timework_from_home: 1
Senior Site Reliability Engineer
Summary...
The Wikimedia Foundation is looking for a Senior Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) to join our team, reporting to the Director of Data Engineering. As an SRE on the Data Engineering team, you will be responsible for building, maintaining and operating the shared data infrastructure that empowers the use of data at the Foundation as well as the Wikimedia Movement. You will be part of a larger community of
Senior Site Reliability Engineer
Summary...
The Wikimedia Foundation is looking for a Senior Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) to join our team, reporting to the Director of Data Engineering. As an SRE on the Data Engineering team, you will be responsible for building, maintaining and operating the shared data infrastructure that empowers the use of data at the Foundation as well as the Wikimedia Movement. You will be part of a larger community of SREs where you'll have plenty of space and opportunities to learn and get familiar with our tech. For more details about our stack see: https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Data_Engineering
We are a fully remote, internationally distributed team. We see each other in person 1-2 times a year during one of our off-sites (the last few have been in places like Copenhagen, Majorca and New York) or Wikimania, the annual international conference for the Wiki community.
You are responsible for:
• Deployment, configuration and maintenance of the distributed data systems that comprise our data platform. Our stack includes Hadoop, Kafka, Spark, Cassandra, Presto, Druid, Airflow, Superset, DataHub, Turnilo
• Monitoring of systems and services, optimization of performance and resource utilization
• Cookbook/runbook implementation for common maintenance actions
• Development and maintenance of data platform infrastructure running on Kubernetes as well as Ceph storage, virtual machines and bare metal servers.
• Automation and streamlining of tasks as well as identifying process gaps
Skills and Experience:
• 5+ of years experience in an SRE/Operations/DevOps role as part of a team
• Experience supporting high availability distributed production systems
• Comfortable with configuration management and orchestration tools (Puppet, Ansible, Chef, SaltStack, etc.), and modern observability infrastructure (monitoring, metrics and logging)
• Comfortable with shell and scripting languages such as Python, Go, Bash, Ruby
• Good understanding of Linux/Unix fundamentals and debugging skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• BS or MS degree, preferably in Computer Science, or equivalent work experience
Qualities that are important to us:
• Commitment to the mission of the organization and our values
• Commitment to our guiding principles
• Commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion
• Cross-cultural sensitivity and awareness
• Collaborative working experience
Additionally, we’d love it if you have:
• Experience working with Big Data
• Experience with Hadoop, Yarn, Spark and Kafka
• Experience implementing containerized applications (Docker, Kubernetes)
• Experience with package management for operating systems (Debian, etc)
• We are avid supporters (and users) of open source software; history of contributing to Open Source projects is valued
• Prior participation in the Wikimedia movement
About the Wikimedia Foundation
The Wikimedia Foundation is the nonprofit organization that operates Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia free knowledge projects. Our vision is a world in which every single human can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. We believe that everyone has the potential to contribute something to our shared knowledge, and that everyone should be able to access that knowledge freely. We host Wikipedia and the Wikimedia projects, build software experiences for reading, contributing, and sharing Wikimedia content, support the volunteer communities and partners who make Wikimedia possible, and advocate for policies that enable Wikimedia and free knowledge to thrive.
The Wikimedia Foundation is a charitable, not-for-profit organization that relies on donations. We receive donations from millions of individuals around the world, with an average donation of about $15. We also receive donations through institutional grants and gifts. The Wikimedia Foundation is a United States 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization with offices in San Francisco, California, USA.
As an equal opportunity employer, the Wikimedia Foundation values having a diverse workforce and continuously strives to maintain an inclusive and equitable workplace. We encourage people with a diverse range of backgrounds to apply. We do not discriminate against any person based upon their race, traits historically associated with race, religion, color, national origin, sex, pregnancy or related medical conditions, parental status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, genetic information, or any other legally protected characteristics.
The Wikimedia Foundation is a remote-first organization with staff members including contractors based in more than 50 countries. Salaries at the Wikimedia Foundation are set in a way that is competitive, equitable, and consistent with our values and culture. The anticipated annual pay range of this position for applicants based within the United States is US$ 101,161 to US$ 157,200 with multiple individualized factors, including cost of living in the location, being the determinants of the offered pay. For applicants located outside of the US, the pay range will be adjusted to the country of hire. We neither ask for nor take into consideration the salary history of applicants. The compensation for a successful applicant will be based on their skills, experience and location.
All applicants can reach out to their recruiter to understand more about the specific pay range for their location during the interview process.
If you are a qualified applicant requiring assistance or an accommodation to complete any step of the application process due to a disability, you may contact us at recruiting@wikimedia.org or +1 (415) 839-6885.
More information
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Applicant Privacy Policy
News from across the Wikimedia movement
Blog
Wikimedia 2030
Our Commitment to Equity
This is Wikimedia Foundation
Facts Matter
Our Projects
Our Tech Stack Show more details...
Summary...
The Wikimedia Foundation is looking for a Senior Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) to join our team, reporting to the Director of Data Engineering. As an SRE on the Data Engineering team, you will be responsible for building, maintaining and operating the shared data infrastructure that empowers the use of data at the Foundation as well as the Wikimedia Movement. You will be part of a larger community of SREs where you'll have plenty of space and opportunities to learn and get familiar with our tech. For more details about our stack see: https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Data_Engineering
We are a fully remote, internationally distributed team. We see each other in person 1-2 times a year during one of our off-sites (the last few have been in places like Copenhagen, Majorca and New York) or Wikimania, the annual international conference for the Wiki community.
You are responsible for:
• Deployment, configuration and maintenance of the distributed data systems that comprise our data platform. Our stack includes Hadoop, Kafka, Spark, Cassandra, Presto, Druid, Airflow, Superset, DataHub, Turnilo
• Monitoring of systems and services, optimization of performance and resource utilization
• Cookbook/runbook implementation for common maintenance actions
• Development and maintenance of data platform infrastructure running on Kubernetes as well as Ceph storage, virtual machines and bare metal servers.
• Automation and streamlining of tasks as well as identifying process gaps
Skills and Experience:
• 5+ of years experience in an SRE/Operations/DevOps role as part of a team
• Experience supporting high availability distributed production systems
• Comfortable with configuration management and orchestration tools (Puppet, Ansible, Chef, SaltStack, etc.), and modern observability infrastructure (monitoring, metrics and logging)
• Comfortable with shell and scripting languages such as Python, Go, Bash, Ruby
• Good understanding of Linux/Unix fundamentals and debugging skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• BS or MS degree, preferably in Computer Science, or equivalent work experience
Qualities that are important to us:
• Commitment to the mission of the organization and our values
• Commitment to our guiding principles
• Commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion
• Cross-cultural sensitivity and awareness
• Collaborative working experience
Additionally, we’d love it if you have:
• Experience working with Big Data
• Experience with Hadoop, Yarn, Spark and Kafka
• Experience implementing containerized applications (Docker, Kubernetes)
• Experience with package management for operating systems (Debian, etc)
• We are avid supporters (and users) of open source software; history of contributing to Open Source projects is valued
• Prior participation in the Wikimedia movement
About the Wikimedia Foundation
The Wikimedia Foundation is the nonprofit organization that operates Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia free knowledge projects. Our vision is a world in which every single human can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. We believe that everyone has the potential to contribute something to our shared knowledge, and that everyone should be able to access that knowledge freely. We host Wikipedia and the Wikimedia projects, build software experiences for reading, contributing, and sharing Wikimedia content, support the volunteer communities and partners who make Wikimedia possible, and advocate for policies that enable Wikimedia and free knowledge to thrive.
The Wikimedia Foundation is a charitable, not-for-profit organization that relies on donations. We receive donations from millions of individuals around the world, with an average donation of about $15. We also receive donations through institutional grants and gifts. The Wikimedia Foundation is a United States 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization with offices in San Francisco, California, USA.
As an equal opportunity employer, the Wikimedia Foundation values having a diverse workforce and continuously strives to maintain an inclusive and equitable workplace. We encourage people with a diverse range of backgrounds to apply. We do not discriminate against any person based upon their race, traits historically associated with race, religion, color, national origin, sex, pregnancy or related medical conditions, parental status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, genetic information, or any other legally protected characteristics.
The Wikimedia Foundation is a remote-first organization with staff members including contractors based in more than 50 countries. Salaries at the Wikimedia Foundation are set in a way that is competitive, equitable, and consistent with our values and culture. The anticipated annual pay range of this position for applicants based within the United States is US$ 101,161 to US$ 157,200 with multiple individualized factors, including cost of living in the location, being the determinants of the offered pay. For applicants located outside of the US, the pay range will be adjusted to the country of hire. We neither ask for nor take into consideration the salary history of applicants. The compensation for a successful applicant will be based on their skills, experience and location.
All applicants can reach out to their recruiter to understand more about the specific pay range for their location during the interview process.
If you are a qualified applicant requiring assistance or an accommodation to complete any step of the application process due to a disability, you may contact us at recruiting@wikimedia.org or +1 (415) 839-6885.
More information
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via LinkedIn
posted_at: 27 days agoschedule_type: Full-timework_from_home: 1
Summary
The Wikimedia Foundation is seeking a Senior Site Reliability Engineer (Databases). Our objective is to make the sum of all human knowledge available to everyone, and we persist most of this knowledge in MariaDB. Our project sites are some of the most highly trafficked on the internet, with more page views per engineer than any other site...
As a Senior Site Reliability Engineer for databases at the Wikimedia Foundation, you will be part
Summary
The Wikimedia Foundation is seeking a Senior Site Reliability Engineer (Databases). Our objective is to make the sum of all human knowledge available to everyone, and we persist most of this knowledge in MariaDB. Our project sites are some of the most highly trafficked on the internet, with more page views per engineer than any other site...
As a Senior Site Reliability Engineer for databases at the Wikimedia Foundation, you will be part of a small, focused team of skilled and experienced engineers. In this role, you will be responsible for ensuring the health of our database systems - including their availability and performance. Your responsibilities will include troubleshooting issues, benchmarking and testing new MariaDB and MySQL builds, planning for disaster recovery, and enhancing and maintaining backups.
The work we do is crucial and is used by hundreds of millions of people. This is a unique opportunity to have a huge impact.
Responsibilities:
• Implementation, maintenance and troubleshooting of relational database systems in production and staging environments
• Database performance tuning, high availability, replication, backups, and general optimization
• Supporting the development and deployment of new services and systems
• Handling configuration management, (Debian) package maintenance, patching and building, working with upstream on bug identification and resolution
• Improving observability (alerting, metrics, monitoring) of database infrastructure
• Multi-datacenter design, capacity and infrastructure planning
• Taking part in incident response, diagnosis and follow-up on system outages or alerts across Wikimedia's production infrastructure
• Sharing our values and work in accordance with them
Skills and Experience:
• 5+ years experience in an DBA/SRE/Operations/DevOps role as part of a team.
• Experience with Open Source configuration management and orchestration tools (Puppet, Ansible, Chef, SaltStack, etc.), as well as modern observability infrastructure (Prometheus, Grafana, Graphite, Logstash/Kibana, Icinga/Nagios, etc.)
• Solid knowledge of relational database concepts and working experience with storage systems and architectures.
• Advanced level of experience with MariaDB or MySQL database administration and replication topologies at scale.
• Proficiency in SQL.
• Decent programming/scripting skills.
• Experience with high traffic and highly available website architectures and operations.
• Advanced knowledge of Linux and IO/data storage concepts, internals and troubleshooting.
• Experience with managing remotely both bare-metal servers and virtualized environments.
• Strong English language skills.
• Ability to work independently in a fast paced environment, as an effective part of a globally distributed team, including ticket tracking systems and asynchronous communication tools.
• B.S. or M.S. in Computer Science or equivalent work experience.
Additionally, we'd love it if you have:
• Experience with LAMP stack technologies (PHP/HHVM, memcached/Redis) - MediaWiki experience is a definite plus.
• Experience with advanced distributed storage and database systems (Swift, Ceph, Cassandra, etc.) or graph databases (Titan, Blazegraph, etc.) is a big plus.
• Experience in architecture, design, and implementation of persistent data storage & query infrastructure.
• Strong track record of open source contributions is a major plus.
About The Wikimedia Foundation
The Wikimedia Foundation is the nonprofit organization that operates Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia free knowledge projects. Our vision is a world in which every single human can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. We believe that everyone has the potential to contribute something to our shared knowledge, and that everyone should be able to access that knowledge freely. We host Wikipedia and the Wikimedia projects, build software experiences for reading, contributing, and sharing Wikimedia content, support the volunteer communities and partners who make Wikimedia possible, and advocate for policies that enable Wikimedia and free knowledge to thrive.
The Wikimedia Foundation is a charitable, not-for-profit organization that relies on donations. We receive donations from millions of individuals around the world, with an average donation of about $15. We also receive donations through institutional grants and gifts. The Wikimedia Foundation is a United States 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization with offices in San Francisco, California, USA.
As an equal opportunity employer, the Wikimedia Foundation values having a diverse workforce and continuously strives to maintain an inclusive and equitable workplace. We encourage people with a diverse range of backgrounds to apply. We do not discriminate against any person based upon their race, traits historically associated with race, religion, color, national origin, sex, pregnancy or related medical conditions, parental status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, genetic information, or any other legally protected characteristics.
The Wikimedia Foundation is a remote-first organization with staff members including contractors based in more than 50 countries. Salaries at the Wikimedia Foundation are set in a way that is competitive, equitable, and consistent with our values and culture. The anticipated annual pay range of this position for applicants based within the United States is US$ 101,161 to US$ 157,200 with multiple individualized factors, including cost of living in the location, being the determinants of the offered pay. For applicants located outside of the US, the pay range will be adjusted to the country of hire. We neither ask for nor take into consideration the salary history of applicants. The compensation for a successful applicant will be based on their skills, experience and location.
All applicants can reach out to their recruiter to understand more about the specific pay range for their location during the interview process.
If you are a qualified applicant requiring assistance or an accommodation to complete any step of the application process due to a disability, you may contact us at recruiting@wikimedia.org or (415) 839-6885.
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The Wikimedia Foundation is seeking a Senior Site Reliability Engineer (Databases). Our objective is to make the sum of all human knowledge available to everyone, and we persist most of this knowledge in MariaDB. Our project sites are some of the most highly trafficked on the internet, with more page views per engineer than any other site...
As a Senior Site Reliability Engineer for databases at the Wikimedia Foundation, you will be part of a small, focused team of skilled and experienced engineers. In this role, you will be responsible for ensuring the health of our database systems - including their availability and performance. Your responsibilities will include troubleshooting issues, benchmarking and testing new MariaDB and MySQL builds, planning for disaster recovery, and enhancing and maintaining backups.
The work we do is crucial and is used by hundreds of millions of people. This is a unique opportunity to have a huge impact.
Responsibilities:
• Implementation, maintenance and troubleshooting of relational database systems in production and staging environments
• Database performance tuning, high availability, replication, backups, and general optimization
• Supporting the development and deployment of new services and systems
• Handling configuration management, (Debian) package maintenance, patching and building, working with upstream on bug identification and resolution
• Improving observability (alerting, metrics, monitoring) of database infrastructure
• Multi-datacenter design, capacity and infrastructure planning
• Taking part in incident response, diagnosis and follow-up on system outages or alerts across Wikimedia's production infrastructure
• Sharing our values and work in accordance with them
Skills and Experience:
• 5+ years experience in an DBA/SRE/Operations/DevOps role as part of a team.
• Experience with Open Source configuration management and orchestration tools (Puppet, Ansible, Chef, SaltStack, etc.), as well as modern observability infrastructure (Prometheus, Grafana, Graphite, Logstash/Kibana, Icinga/Nagios, etc.)
• Solid knowledge of relational database concepts and working experience with storage systems and architectures.
• Advanced level of experience with MariaDB or MySQL database administration and replication topologies at scale.
• Proficiency in SQL.
• Decent programming/scripting skills.
• Experience with high traffic and highly available website architectures and operations.
• Advanced knowledge of Linux and IO/data storage concepts, internals and troubleshooting.
• Experience with managing remotely both bare-metal servers and virtualized environments.
• Strong English language skills.
• Ability to work independently in a fast paced environment, as an effective part of a globally distributed team, including ticket tracking systems and asynchronous communication tools.
• B.S. or M.S. in Computer Science or equivalent work experience.
Additionally, we'd love it if you have:
• Experience with LAMP stack technologies (PHP/HHVM, memcached/Redis) - MediaWiki experience is a definite plus.
• Experience with advanced distributed storage and database systems (Swift, Ceph, Cassandra, etc.) or graph databases (Titan, Blazegraph, etc.) is a big plus.
• Experience in architecture, design, and implementation of persistent data storage & query infrastructure.
• Strong track record of open source contributions is a major plus.
About The Wikimedia Foundation
The Wikimedia Foundation is the nonprofit organization that operates Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia free knowledge projects. Our vision is a world in which every single human can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. We believe that everyone has the potential to contribute something to our shared knowledge, and that everyone should be able to access that knowledge freely. We host Wikipedia and the Wikimedia projects, build software experiences for reading, contributing, and sharing Wikimedia content, support the volunteer communities and partners who make Wikimedia possible, and advocate for policies that enable Wikimedia and free knowledge to thrive.
The Wikimedia Foundation is a charitable, not-for-profit organization that relies on donations. We receive donations from millions of individuals around the world, with an average donation of about $15. We also receive donations through institutional grants and gifts. The Wikimedia Foundation is a United States 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization with offices in San Francisco, California, USA.
As an equal opportunity employer, the Wikimedia Foundation values having a diverse workforce and continuously strives to maintain an inclusive and equitable workplace. We encourage people with a diverse range of backgrounds to apply. We do not discriminate against any person based upon their race, traits historically associated with race, religion, color, national origin, sex, pregnancy or related medical conditions, parental status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, genetic information, or any other legally protected characteristics.
The Wikimedia Foundation is a remote-first organization with staff members including contractors based in more than 50 countries. Salaries at the Wikimedia Foundation are set in a way that is competitive, equitable, and consistent with our values and culture. The anticipated annual pay range of this position for applicants based within the United States is US$ 101,161 to US$ 157,200 with multiple individualized factors, including cost of living in the location, being the determinants of the offered pay. For applicants located outside of the US, the pay range will be adjusted to the country of hire. We neither ask for nor take into consideration the salary history of applicants. The compensation for a successful applicant will be based on their skills, experience and location.
All applicants can reach out to their recruiter to understand more about the specific pay range for their location during the interview process.
If you are a qualified applicant requiring assistance or an accommodation to complete any step of the application process due to a disability, you may contact us at recruiting@wikimedia.org or (415) 839-6885.
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The Wikimedia Foundation is looking for a Technology Law and Policy Fellow to support its Legal Team in advancing laws and public policy that promotes free knowledge.
The Technology Law and Policy Fellow position is designed for a lawyer or other individual who typically has up to 2 years of legal or public policy experience and is passionate about free knowledge and open source issues. This... position provides an immersive in-house experience with
The Wikimedia Foundation is looking for a Technology Law and Policy Fellow to support its Legal Team in advancing laws and public policy that promotes free knowledge.
The Technology Law and Policy Fellow position is designed for a lawyer or other individual who typically has up to 2 years of legal or public policy experience and is passionate about free knowledge and open source issues. This... position provides an immersive in-house experience with specific education and training in the areas of Internet regulation and technology law and the operations of the Wikimedia Foundation (WMF, the not-for-profit organization dedicated to promoting the creation and sharing of free knowledge and maintaining Wikipedia and its sister projects).
This position will report to a Wikimedia Foundation staff attorney and will be based in San Francisco.
We’d like you to do these things:
• Work individually and in teams under the supervision of Wikimedia Foundation lawyers to advise the Foundation on new and developing legal and public policy issues.
• Research and offer guidance to the Foundation on developing areas of law and policy including copyright, patent, trademark, privacy, free speech, intermediary liability, access to knowledge, international conflict of laws, and free content licensing.
• Manage and administer several ongoing projects under the supervision of the Foundation legal team.
• Assist the Legal Team in its efforts to monitor global developments in public policy that may affect free knowledge.
• Work cross-departmentally with colleagues at the Wikimedia Foundation to resolve legal questions, provide counsel on legal issues, and develop and communicate the Foundation’s positions towards public policy issues.
• Participate in lobbying efforts in the U.S.or abroad on behalf of legislation and regulation that support a free and accessible internet and defends content under a free license or in the public domain.
We’d like you to have these skills:
• Experience related to the Wikimedia Foundation's free knowledge mission, including in areas such as free culture issues, public policy advocacy relating to law and technology, Creative Commons licensing, or similar.
• The ability to excel in a fast-paced, multitasking environment that demands fast turn-around.
• Fluency communicating complex topics in English both clearly and succinctly, in writing and orally, to expert and non-expert audiences alike.
• Intellectual curiosity and flexibility that allows them to tackle complex problems in creative ways.
• Experience working with online user communities (experience with wikis or Wikimedia projects is preferred).
• The ability to flourish in a highly transparent and collaborative environment and work on a team with diverse demographic and cultural characteristics.
• Experience or completed coursework in some or all of the following areas of law: internet law, internet policy, freedom of speech (domestic and international), human rights, intellectual property, international law, privacy, data security, and/or licensing. (JD, equivalent or PhD preferred)
• Ability to work at the San Francisco office.
And it would be even more awesome if you have this:
• Multilingual. Fluency in French or German is especially helpful.
• Experience working in countries outside the United States or with clients or colleagues from outside the United States.
• Experience with policy advocacy, such as with an NGO or in government.
• A good sense of humor.
About the Wikimedia Foundation
The Wikimedia Foundation is the nonprofit organization that supports Wikipedia, the other Wikimedia free knowledge projects, and our mission of free knowledge for every single person. We help bring new knowledge to people around the world, lower barriers to participation, and make it easier for everyone to share what they know. We do this by keeping the Wikimedia projects fast, secure, and available to all, protecting the values and policies that allow free knowledge projects like Wikipedia to thrive, building new features and tools to make it easy to read, edit, and share from the Wikimedia sites, and by supporting the communities of volunteers who make the projects possible.
At the Foundation, we build technology to help people everywhere access Wikipedia, across devices and in nearly 300 languages. We engineer privacy for our readers and editors so they can safely and securely explore Wikipedia. We create programs and initiatives to make Wikipedia freely available to more people in more parts of the world. We build new tools for the community of editors so they can continue to improve and grow Wikipedia. Roughly a quarter of our budget goes to supporting the community that make the site possible, including through grantmaking programs that enable volunteers and enrich the information on the sites.
The Wikimedia Foundation is an equal opportunity employer, and we encourage people with a diverse range of backgrounds to apply.
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The Technology Law and Policy Fellow position is designed for a lawyer or other individual who typically has up to 2 years of legal or public policy experience and is passionate about free knowledge and open source issues. This... position provides an immersive in-house experience with specific education and training in the areas of Internet regulation and technology law and the operations of the Wikimedia Foundation (WMF, the not-for-profit organization dedicated to promoting the creation and sharing of free knowledge and maintaining Wikipedia and its sister projects).
This position will report to a Wikimedia Foundation staff attorney and will be based in San Francisco.
We’d like you to do these things:
• Work individually and in teams under the supervision of Wikimedia Foundation lawyers to advise the Foundation on new and developing legal and public policy issues.
• Research and offer guidance to the Foundation on developing areas of law and policy including copyright, patent, trademark, privacy, free speech, intermediary liability, access to knowledge, international conflict of laws, and free content licensing.
• Manage and administer several ongoing projects under the supervision of the Foundation legal team.
• Assist the Legal Team in its efforts to monitor global developments in public policy that may affect free knowledge.
• Work cross-departmentally with colleagues at the Wikimedia Foundation to resolve legal questions, provide counsel on legal issues, and develop and communicate the Foundation’s positions towards public policy issues.
• Participate in lobbying efforts in the U.S.or abroad on behalf of legislation and regulation that support a free and accessible internet and defends content under a free license or in the public domain.
We’d like you to have these skills:
• Experience related to the Wikimedia Foundation's free knowledge mission, including in areas such as free culture issues, public policy advocacy relating to law and technology, Creative Commons licensing, or similar.
• The ability to excel in a fast-paced, multitasking environment that demands fast turn-around.
• Fluency communicating complex topics in English both clearly and succinctly, in writing and orally, to expert and non-expert audiences alike.
• Intellectual curiosity and flexibility that allows them to tackle complex problems in creative ways.
• Experience working with online user communities (experience with wikis or Wikimedia projects is preferred).
• The ability to flourish in a highly transparent and collaborative environment and work on a team with diverse demographic and cultural characteristics.
• Experience or completed coursework in some or all of the following areas of law: internet law, internet policy, freedom of speech (domestic and international), human rights, intellectual property, international law, privacy, data security, and/or licensing. (JD, equivalent or PhD preferred)
• Ability to work at the San Francisco office.
And it would be even more awesome if you have this:
• Multilingual. Fluency in French or German is especially helpful.
• Experience working in countries outside the United States or with clients or colleagues from outside the United States.
• Experience with policy advocacy, such as with an NGO or in government.
• A good sense of humor.
About the Wikimedia Foundation
The Wikimedia Foundation is the nonprofit organization that supports Wikipedia, the other Wikimedia free knowledge projects, and our mission of free knowledge for every single person. We help bring new knowledge to people around the world, lower barriers to participation, and make it easier for everyone to share what they know. We do this by keeping the Wikimedia projects fast, secure, and available to all, protecting the values and policies that allow free knowledge projects like Wikipedia to thrive, building new features and tools to make it easy to read, edit, and share from the Wikimedia sites, and by supporting the communities of volunteers who make the projects possible.
At the Foundation, we build technology to help people everywhere access Wikipedia, across devices and in nearly 300 languages. We engineer privacy for our readers and editors so they can safely and securely explore Wikipedia. We create programs and initiatives to make Wikipedia freely available to more people in more parts of the world. We build new tools for the community of editors so they can continue to improve and grow Wikipedia. Roughly a quarter of our budget goes to supporting the community that make the site possible, including through grantmaking programs that enable volunteers and enrich the information on the sites.
The Wikimedia Foundation is an equal opportunity employer, and we encourage people with a diverse range of backgrounds to apply.
More Information
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Senior Software Engineer - Wikimedia Enterprise
Summary...
The Wikimedia Foundation is looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our team, reporting to the Sr. Engineering Manager. As the Senior Software Engineer, you will be responsible for developing and executing on the long-term engineering strategy in collaboration with the product team. You will contribute heavily to the high impact challenges behind innovating, building, and maintaining
Senior Software Engineer - Wikimedia Enterprise
Summary...
The Wikimedia Foundation is looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our team, reporting to the Sr. Engineering Manager. As the Senior Software Engineer, you will be responsible for developing and executing on the long-term engineering strategy in collaboration with the product team. You will contribute heavily to the high impact challenges behind innovating, building, and maintaining Wikipedia's data feeds for high volume reusers. In this role, you will foster cross team collaboration where necessary to address business goals, keep the team moving quickly by designing and implementing necessary tools and services, and guide the team on best practices for software engineering and infrastructure reliability.
Wikimedia Enterprise is a new, revenue-generating product that provides fast, comprehensive, reliable, and secure data ingestion for organizations that wish to repurpose Wikimedia/Wikipedia content in third party environments. Wikimedia Enterprise aims to improve the user experience for Wikimedia/Wikipedia readers beyond our own websites; increase the reach and discoverability of Wikimedia/Wikipedia content; and improve awareness and ease of attribution and verifiability of Wikimedia/Wikipedia content by the organizations that reuse our content the most. You can learn more about the project in WIRED and Insider.
We are a distributed and diverse team of engineers with a drive to explore, experiment, and embrace technologies. We act sort of like a startup within the Wikimedia Foundation: we build quickly, deploy often, and our work has a very high impact on the global knowledge ecosystem. If you are up to the challenge of working on something fast paced, of creating services that will revolutionize the systems distributing our knowledge for billions of people across the world, and enjoy the idea of working with a globally distributed team, you might be just the person we need.
You are responsible for:
• Bringing your creativity to improve our current infrastructure
• Being a key part of planning our future technical roadmap
• Maintaining and improving the reliability of highly used commercial data feeds
• Supporting new code/feature deployments
• Troubleshooting, debugging and following-up on emerging issues in our application stack and its surroundings
• Being the interface between the Wikimedia Foundation's SRE team and Wikimedia Enterprise
• Assisting in the architectural design of new services and making them operate at scale
• Incident response, diagnosis and follow-up on system outages or alerts across Wikimedia Enterprise's production infrastructure
• Sharing our values and work in accordance with them
Skills and Experience:
• 3+ years experience in an SRE/Operations/DevOps role as part of a team
• Being comfortable working in a semi-ambiguous environment, similar to that of a startup
• Experience in supporting complex web applications running on Amazon Web Services or other comparable cloud platforms
• Experience working with Kafka or similar distributed event processing systems
• Experience working with Nodejs and Go applications
• Comfortable with configuration management and orchestration tools (ECS, Kubernetes), and modern observability infrastructure (monitoring, metrics and logging)
• Aptitude for automation and streamlining of tasks
• Comfortable with shell and scripting languages used in an SRE/Operations engineering context (e.g. Python, Go, Bash, Ruby, etc.)
• Good understanding of Linux/Unix fundamentals and debugging skills
• Strong English language skills and ability to work independently, as an effective part of a globally distributed team
• B.S. or M.S. in Computer Science or equivalent in related work experience
Qualities that are important to us:
• Track record of open source contributions is highly appreciated
• Experience with non-cloud hosted infrastructure
• Startup experience is a plus
• Remote work experience with a highly distributed team
Additionally, we'd love it if you have:
• Fluency in languages other than English
About the Wikimedia Foundation
The Wikimedia Foundation is the nonprofit organization that operates Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia free knowledge projects. Our vision is a world in which every single human can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. We believe that everyone has the potential to contribute something to our shared knowledge, and that everyone should be able to access that knowledge freely. We host Wikipedia and the Wikimedia projects, build software experiences for reading, contributing, and sharing Wikimedia content, support the volunteer communities and partners who make Wikimedia possible, and advocate for policies that enable Wikimedia and free knowledge to thrive.
The Wikimedia Foundation is a charitable, not-for-profit organization that relies on donations. We receive donations from millions of individuals around the world, with an average donation of about $15. We also receive donations through institutional grants and gifts. The Wikimedia Foundation is a United States 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization with offices in San Francisco, California, USA.
As an equal opportunity employer, the Wikimedia Foundation values having a diverse workforce and continuously strives to maintain an inclusive and equitable workplace. We encourage people with a diverse range of backgrounds to apply. We do not discriminate against any person based upon their race, traits historically associated with race, religion, color, national origin, sex, pregnancy or related medical conditions, parental status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, genetic information, or any other legally protected characteristics.
The Wikimedia Foundation is a remote-first organization with staff members including contractors based in more than 50 countries. Salaries at the Wikimedia Foundation are set in a way that is competitive, equitable, and consistent with our values and culture. The anticipated annual pay range of this position for applicants based within the United States is US$101,161 to US$157,200 with multiple individualized factors, including cost of living in the location, being the determinants of the offered pay. For applicants located outside of the US, the pay range will be adjusted to the country of hire. We neither ask for nor take into consideration the salary history of applicants. The compensation for a successful applicant will be based on their skills, experience and location.
All applicants can reach out to their recruiter to understand more about the specific pay range for their location during the interview process.
If you are a qualified applicant requiring assistance or an accommodation to complete any step of the application process due to a disability, you may contact us at recruiting@wikimedia.org or +1 (415) 839-6885.
More information
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Applicant Privacy Policy
News from across the Wikimedia movement
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Wikimedia 2030
Our Commitment to Equity
This is Wikimedia Foundation
Facts Matter
Our Projects
Our Tech Stack Show more details...
Summary...
The Wikimedia Foundation is looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our team, reporting to the Sr. Engineering Manager. As the Senior Software Engineer, you will be responsible for developing and executing on the long-term engineering strategy in collaboration with the product team. You will contribute heavily to the high impact challenges behind innovating, building, and maintaining Wikipedia's data feeds for high volume reusers. In this role, you will foster cross team collaboration where necessary to address business goals, keep the team moving quickly by designing and implementing necessary tools and services, and guide the team on best practices for software engineering and infrastructure reliability.
Wikimedia Enterprise is a new, revenue-generating product that provides fast, comprehensive, reliable, and secure data ingestion for organizations that wish to repurpose Wikimedia/Wikipedia content in third party environments. Wikimedia Enterprise aims to improve the user experience for Wikimedia/Wikipedia readers beyond our own websites; increase the reach and discoverability of Wikimedia/Wikipedia content; and improve awareness and ease of attribution and verifiability of Wikimedia/Wikipedia content by the organizations that reuse our content the most. You can learn more about the project in WIRED and Insider.
We are a distributed and diverse team of engineers with a drive to explore, experiment, and embrace technologies. We act sort of like a startup within the Wikimedia Foundation: we build quickly, deploy often, and our work has a very high impact on the global knowledge ecosystem. If you are up to the challenge of working on something fast paced, of creating services that will revolutionize the systems distributing our knowledge for billions of people across the world, and enjoy the idea of working with a globally distributed team, you might be just the person we need.
You are responsible for:
• Bringing your creativity to improve our current infrastructure
• Being a key part of planning our future technical roadmap
• Maintaining and improving the reliability of highly used commercial data feeds
• Supporting new code/feature deployments
• Troubleshooting, debugging and following-up on emerging issues in our application stack and its surroundings
• Being the interface between the Wikimedia Foundation's SRE team and Wikimedia Enterprise
• Assisting in the architectural design of new services and making them operate at scale
• Incident response, diagnosis and follow-up on system outages or alerts across Wikimedia Enterprise's production infrastructure
• Sharing our values and work in accordance with them
Skills and Experience:
• 3+ years experience in an SRE/Operations/DevOps role as part of a team
• Being comfortable working in a semi-ambiguous environment, similar to that of a startup
• Experience in supporting complex web applications running on Amazon Web Services or other comparable cloud platforms
• Experience working with Kafka or similar distributed event processing systems
• Experience working with Nodejs and Go applications
• Comfortable with configuration management and orchestration tools (ECS, Kubernetes), and modern observability infrastructure (monitoring, metrics and logging)
• Aptitude for automation and streamlining of tasks
• Comfortable with shell and scripting languages used in an SRE/Operations engineering context (e.g. Python, Go, Bash, Ruby, etc.)
• Good understanding of Linux/Unix fundamentals and debugging skills
• Strong English language skills and ability to work independently, as an effective part of a globally distributed team
• B.S. or M.S. in Computer Science or equivalent in related work experience
Qualities that are important to us:
• Track record of open source contributions is highly appreciated
• Experience with non-cloud hosted infrastructure
• Startup experience is a plus
• Remote work experience with a highly distributed team
Additionally, we'd love it if you have:
• Fluency in languages other than English
About the Wikimedia Foundation
The Wikimedia Foundation is the nonprofit organization that operates Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia free knowledge projects. Our vision is a world in which every single human can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. We believe that everyone has the potential to contribute something to our shared knowledge, and that everyone should be able to access that knowledge freely. We host Wikipedia and the Wikimedia projects, build software experiences for reading, contributing, and sharing Wikimedia content, support the volunteer communities and partners who make Wikimedia possible, and advocate for policies that enable Wikimedia and free knowledge to thrive.
The Wikimedia Foundation is a charitable, not-for-profit organization that relies on donations. We receive donations from millions of individuals around the world, with an average donation of about $15. We also receive donations through institutional grants and gifts. The Wikimedia Foundation is a United States 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization with offices in San Francisco, California, USA.
As an equal opportunity employer, the Wikimedia Foundation values having a diverse workforce and continuously strives to maintain an inclusive and equitable workplace. We encourage people with a diverse range of backgrounds to apply. We do not discriminate against any person based upon their race, traits historically associated with race, religion, color, national origin, sex, pregnancy or related medical conditions, parental status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, genetic information, or any other legally protected characteristics.
The Wikimedia Foundation is a remote-first organization with staff members including contractors based in more than 50 countries. Salaries at the Wikimedia Foundation are set in a way that is competitive, equitable, and consistent with our values and culture. The anticipated annual pay range of this position for applicants based within the United States is US$101,161 to US$157,200 with multiple individualized factors, including cost of living in the location, being the determinants of the offered pay. For applicants located outside of the US, the pay range will be adjusted to the country of hire. We neither ask for nor take into consideration the salary history of applicants. The compensation for a successful applicant will be based on their skills, experience and location.
All applicants can reach out to their recruiter to understand more about the specific pay range for their location during the interview process.
If you are a qualified applicant requiring assistance or an accommodation to complete any step of the application process due to a disability, you may contact us at recruiting@wikimedia.org or +1 (415) 839-6885.
More information
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News from across the Wikimedia movement
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This is Wikimedia Foundation
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The Wikimedia Foundation is the non-profit organization that operates Wikipedia – one of the most popular websites in the world, accessed by over 1.8 billion unique devices every month. It is the only non-profit in the top 50 websites, supported by a community of millions of individual donors around the world.
The Wikimedia Foundation is looking for a Senior Manager of Accounting to join our... team, reporting to the Controller, Vice President.
The Wikimedia Foundation is the non-profit organization that operates Wikipedia – one of the most popular websites in the world, accessed by over 1.8 billion unique devices every month. It is the only non-profit in the top 50 websites, supported by a community of millions of individual donors around the world.
The Wikimedia Foundation is looking for a Senior Manager of Accounting to join our... team, reporting to the Controller, Vice President. As the Senior Manager of Accounting, you will be a key leader within the Finance & Administration group, responsible for building a long-term sustainable strategy for accounting operations, month-end close, and financial reporting under U.S. accounting standards.
In this role, you will foster cross-team collaboration to advance the Finance & Administration business goals, designing and implementing necessary tools and policies, and best practices for accounting processes. The position will lead all accounting functions for the organization, including more complex areas accounting for global currencies, fair value of investments, support legal entities, payment strategies, software capitalization, donations and grant accounting.
• Managing a team of accountants, fostering development and an inclusive culture.
• Leading month-end close and all accounting operations, including vendor payments and accruals, donations revenue, grants expense, investments and endowment for business activities in multiple countries and currencies.
• Being a change driver to develop and implement short-term and long-term strategies and projects to optimize the month-end closing process and other significant accounting processes so that we can improve scalability, automation, and internal controls. This will include redesigning accounting processes, working with technical experts to leverage our systems and technology, and defining roles and responsibilities.
• Leading monthly discussions on financial statement variances, providing effective analytical review, both written and verbal, with an ability to summarize topics as well as provide hands-on detailed analysis.
• Collaborating with the technical accounting policy lead on technical accounting matters and independently build operational accounting and related controls to ensure compliance with accounting standards.
• Having knowledge of accounting for Internal-Use Software (ASC 350-40), Fair Value Measurement (ASC 820), Non-for-Profit Entities (ASC 958) and Leases (ASC 842).
• Building out an accounting financial controls program under the COSO framework for mitigating financial and operational risks.
• Building, implementing and maintaining foundational accounting policies related to general ledger journal entries, chart of accounts, prepaids, aged accruals, expense reimbursement, receivables, general ledger system change management and significant accounting processes.
• Leading projects and effectively working with cross-functional teams within Finance & Administration and departments across the organization, providing updates and advancing project milestones.
Skills and Experience:
• 7+ years of professional experience managing teams, overseeing operational accounting, designing and implementing internal controls and operationalizing technical accounting under U.S. GAAP.
• Bachelors of Science or higher degree in accounting.
• CPA strongly preferred.
• Public accounting experience conducting audits of financial statements under U.S. GAAP and testing controls within the COSO framework.
• Preparing or overseeing financial statements and footnote preparation under GAAP.
• Prior experience in accounting for investments under fair value, expense recognition for grant making, software capitalization and leasing.
• Experience in accounting operations, including vendor payables, expense reimbursement, month-end close, fixed assets, grants expense, donation revenue, balance sheet reconciliations, accruals, aged accruals and journal entries.
• Ability to effectively communicate both verbally and written with all levels within the organization and its community, including senior leadership to drive decision-making.
• Experience writing and implementing new policies.
• Strong critical thinking skills with ability to credibly challenge historical accounting processes and drive improvements.
• Accounting for international business with multiple geographic areas and currencies.
• Drive innovation with a willingness to balance strategy, trade offs and tactical execution.
• Superior project management skills including the ability to handle multiple projects concurrently.
• Ability to work effectively in a team environment and across all organizational levels, exemplifying flexibility, collaboration, and adaptability.
Qualities that are important to us:
• Commitment to advancing Wikimedia Foundation’s mission and fostering a highly effective, efficient, and inclusive environment.
• Be a champion of change and continuous improvement.
• Passionate about providing solutions and working with people at all levels of the organization, including community members and volunteers.
• Self-motivated with an ability to navigate through ambiguity and bring a project to completion with limited direction.
• Understanding how accounting policies have a broad impact on the organization and movement.
Additionally, we’d love it if you have:
• High acumen for analytical and analysis of financial balances and spotting trends.
• Experience in a highly collaborative, consensus-oriented environment.
• A desire to mentor and develop teams.
• Curiosity and commitment to learning.
• An ability to listen to learn and lead with empathy.
About the Wikimedia Foundation
The Wikimedia Foundation is the nonprofit organization that operates Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia free knowledge projects. Our vision is a world in which every single human can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. We believe that everyone has the potential to contribute something to our shared knowledge, and that everyone should be able to access that knowledge freely. We host Wikipedia and the Wikimedia projects, build software experiences for reading, contributing, and sharing Wikimedia content, support the volunteer communities and partners who make Wikimedia possible, and advocate for policies that enable Wikimedia and free knowledge to thrive.
The Wikimedia Foundation is a charitable, not-for-profit organization that relies on donations. We receive donations from millions of individuals around the world, with an average donation of about $15. We also receive donations through institutional grants and gifts. The Wikimedia Foundation is a United States 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization with offices in San Francisco, California, USA.
As an equal opportunity employer, the Wikimedia Foundation values having a diverse workforce and continuously strives to maintain an inclusive and equitable workplace. We encourage people with a diverse range of backgrounds to apply. We do not discriminate against any person based upon their race, traits historically associated with race, religion, color, national origin, sex, pregnancy or related medical conditions, parental status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, genetic information, or any other legally protected characteristics.
The Wikimedia Foundation is a remote-first organization with staff members including contractors based in more than 50 countries. Salaries at the Wikimedia Foundation are set in a way that is competitive, equitable, and consistent with our values and culture. The anticipated annual pay range of this position for applicants based within the United States is US$114,728 to US$177,328 with multiple individualized factors, including cost of living in the location, being the determinants of the offered pay. For applicants located outside of the US, the pay range will be adjusted to the country of hire. We neither ask for nor take into consideration the salary history of applicants. The compensation for a successful applicant will be based on their skills, experience and location.
All applicants can reach out to their recruiter to understand more about the specific pay range for their location during the interview process.
If you are a qualified applicant requiring assistance or an accommodation to complete any step of the application process due to a disability, you may contact us at recruiting@wikimedia.org or +1 (415) 839-6885 Show more details...
The Wikimedia Foundation is looking for a Senior Manager of Accounting to join our... team, reporting to the Controller, Vice President. As the Senior Manager of Accounting, you will be a key leader within the Finance & Administration group, responsible for building a long-term sustainable strategy for accounting operations, month-end close, and financial reporting under U.S. accounting standards.
In this role, you will foster cross-team collaboration to advance the Finance & Administration business goals, designing and implementing necessary tools and policies, and best practices for accounting processes. The position will lead all accounting functions for the organization, including more complex areas accounting for global currencies, fair value of investments, support legal entities, payment strategies, software capitalization, donations and grant accounting.
• Managing a team of accountants, fostering development and an inclusive culture.
• Leading month-end close and all accounting operations, including vendor payments and accruals, donations revenue, grants expense, investments and endowment for business activities in multiple countries and currencies.
• Being a change driver to develop and implement short-term and long-term strategies and projects to optimize the month-end closing process and other significant accounting processes so that we can improve scalability, automation, and internal controls. This will include redesigning accounting processes, working with technical experts to leverage our systems and technology, and defining roles and responsibilities.
• Leading monthly discussions on financial statement variances, providing effective analytical review, both written and verbal, with an ability to summarize topics as well as provide hands-on detailed analysis.
• Collaborating with the technical accounting policy lead on technical accounting matters and independently build operational accounting and related controls to ensure compliance with accounting standards.
• Having knowledge of accounting for Internal-Use Software (ASC 350-40), Fair Value Measurement (ASC 820), Non-for-Profit Entities (ASC 958) and Leases (ASC 842).
• Building out an accounting financial controls program under the COSO framework for mitigating financial and operational risks.
• Building, implementing and maintaining foundational accounting policies related to general ledger journal entries, chart of accounts, prepaids, aged accruals, expense reimbursement, receivables, general ledger system change management and significant accounting processes.
• Leading projects and effectively working with cross-functional teams within Finance & Administration and departments across the organization, providing updates and advancing project milestones.
Skills and Experience:
• 7+ years of professional experience managing teams, overseeing operational accounting, designing and implementing internal controls and operationalizing technical accounting under U.S. GAAP.
• Bachelors of Science or higher degree in accounting.
• CPA strongly preferred.
• Public accounting experience conducting audits of financial statements under U.S. GAAP and testing controls within the COSO framework.
• Preparing or overseeing financial statements and footnote preparation under GAAP.
• Prior experience in accounting for investments under fair value, expense recognition for grant making, software capitalization and leasing.
• Experience in accounting operations, including vendor payables, expense reimbursement, month-end close, fixed assets, grants expense, donation revenue, balance sheet reconciliations, accruals, aged accruals and journal entries.
• Ability to effectively communicate both verbally and written with all levels within the organization and its community, including senior leadership to drive decision-making.
• Experience writing and implementing new policies.
• Strong critical thinking skills with ability to credibly challenge historical accounting processes and drive improvements.
• Accounting for international business with multiple geographic areas and currencies.
• Drive innovation with a willingness to balance strategy, trade offs and tactical execution.
• Superior project management skills including the ability to handle multiple projects concurrently.
• Ability to work effectively in a team environment and across all organizational levels, exemplifying flexibility, collaboration, and adaptability.
Qualities that are important to us:
• Commitment to advancing Wikimedia Foundation’s mission and fostering a highly effective, efficient, and inclusive environment.
• Be a champion of change and continuous improvement.
• Passionate about providing solutions and working with people at all levels of the organization, including community members and volunteers.
• Self-motivated with an ability to navigate through ambiguity and bring a project to completion with limited direction.
• Understanding how accounting policies have a broad impact on the organization and movement.
Additionally, we’d love it if you have:
• High acumen for analytical and analysis of financial balances and spotting trends.
• Experience in a highly collaborative, consensus-oriented environment.
• A desire to mentor and develop teams.
• Curiosity and commitment to learning.
• An ability to listen to learn and lead with empathy.
About the Wikimedia Foundation
The Wikimedia Foundation is the nonprofit organization that operates Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia free knowledge projects. Our vision is a world in which every single human can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. We believe that everyone has the potential to contribute something to our shared knowledge, and that everyone should be able to access that knowledge freely. We host Wikipedia and the Wikimedia projects, build software experiences for reading, contributing, and sharing Wikimedia content, support the volunteer communities and partners who make Wikimedia possible, and advocate for policies that enable Wikimedia and free knowledge to thrive.
The Wikimedia Foundation is a charitable, not-for-profit organization that relies on donations. We receive donations from millions of individuals around the world, with an average donation of about $15. We also receive donations through institutional grants and gifts. The Wikimedia Foundation is a United States 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization with offices in San Francisco, California, USA.
As an equal opportunity employer, the Wikimedia Foundation values having a diverse workforce and continuously strives to maintain an inclusive and equitable workplace. We encourage people with a diverse range of backgrounds to apply. We do not discriminate against any person based upon their race, traits historically associated with race, religion, color, national origin, sex, pregnancy or related medical conditions, parental status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, genetic information, or any other legally protected characteristics.
The Wikimedia Foundation is a remote-first organization with staff members including contractors based in more than 50 countries. Salaries at the Wikimedia Foundation are set in a way that is competitive, equitable, and consistent with our values and culture. The anticipated annual pay range of this position for applicants based within the United States is US$114,728 to US$177,328 with multiple individualized factors, including cost of living in the location, being the determinants of the offered pay. For applicants located outside of the US, the pay range will be adjusted to the country of hire. We neither ask for nor take into consideration the salary history of applicants. The compensation for a successful applicant will be based on their skills, experience and location.
All applicants can reach out to their recruiter to understand more about the specific pay range for their location during the interview process.
If you are a qualified applicant requiring assistance or an accommodation to complete any step of the application process due to a disability, you may contact us at recruiting@wikimedia.org or +1 (415) 839-6885 Show more details...
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