Software Engineer
Job Description
You are…
…an experienced front-end JavaScript engineer with familiarity with PHP/MySQL. You enjoy building great user-centric web applications. You recognize the importance of supporting the global community of Wikipedia and her sister projects, and you are excited about the opportunity to apply your skills in open source software developmenttoward updating MediaWiki interactions and affordances.
Why we need your help
Wikipedia is the fifth largest site on the Web, with around 500 million unique visitors and 18 billion page views per month. Volunteer editors, the lifeblood of our projects, have built the encyclopedia using software and interaction patterns developed over a decade ago. These ancient affordances prevent new users from knowing how to join in – you can help us change that.
The Wikimedia Foundation is a non-profit technology organization of around 150 employees. Our vision is to “imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge in their own language.” Design is the universal language of the Internet; unfortunately, it is also an imposing barrier for users today to freely share in the projects. As a developer for the Foundation, you'll get to remove those barriers for the users of a top 10 website, and go home knowing you've changed the world. Are you up to the task?
What you’ll be doing:
- Develop new user-facing features (such as notifications and messaging) and enhance existing features for Wikimedia sites, in order to improve editor engagement and create a purpose-driven social network
Extend the MediaWiki platform through design, coding, and review of JavaScript and PHP, in order to support modes of interactions that honor existing workflows of the wiki and scale across all our projects and languages
Skills Requirements
What we’re looking for
- Three or more years of solid experience in Web development, especially in Javascript HTML/CSS.
Experience with JavaScript and user-centric development
- Ability to iterate quickly and meet tight deadlines
Familiarity with version control systems (we use Git and Gerrit) and continuous integration systems
- Bachelor's degree in related field or equivalent experience
It's a plus to have
- Experience in Javascript front-end frameworks, especially jQuery and jQuery plugins.
Experience with LAMP (Linux Apache MySQL PHP) application development, testing, and production deployment (or similar web development stack)
- Expertise with PHP, and Ajax implementations: security, cross-browser compatibility, etc.
Experience with wikis and MediaWiki in particular. An interest in free culture, open collaboration, licenses, etc.
- You know what it means to be a volunteer or to coordinate the work of volunteers. Big ups if you are a contributor to Wikipedia. (Please provide your username.)
Show us your stuff! If you have any existing open source software that you've developed (these could be your own software or patches to other packages), please share the URLs for the source. Links to GitHub, etc. are exceptionally useful.
- Please provide us with information you feel would be useful to us in gaining a better understanding of your technical background and accomplishments. If you have one or more technical blogs that you contribute to, send us the URLs.
Creativity, self-motivation, and a good sense of humor
About Wikimedia Foundation
The Wikimedia Foundation is the non-profit organization that operates Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Our commitment: Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. According to comScore Media Metrix, Wikipedia and the other projects operated by the Wikimedia Foundation receive more than 482 million unique visitors per month, making them the fifth-most popular web property world-wide (comScore, January 2012). Available in 282 languages, Wikipedia contains more than 21 million articles contributed by a global volunteer community of more than 100,000 people. Based in San Francisco, California, the Wikimedia Foundation is an audited, 501(c)(3) charity that is funded primarily through donations and grants. The Wikimedia Foundation was created in 2003 to manage the operation of Wikipedia and its sister projects. It currently employs 150 staff members. Wikimedia works with local chapter organizations in 39 countries or regions to advance the mission of the Wikimedia movement.
http://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/05/20/flow-next-generation-discussion-system
http://wikimediafoundation.org
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