Overview

We are searching for an experienced full-stack web engineer to join the Wikimedia Fundraising Engineering team.  Each year, small donations from hundreds of thousands of individuals constitute the majority of the budget for the Wikimedia Foundation. This money is used primarily for projects, such as Wikipedia, and operational costs. We are looking for someone who wants to help Wikimedia’s non-profit fundraiser become more accessible worldwide, while maintaining integrity and scalability across changing markets and over numerous device types.

We’d like you to do these things:

  • Support Wikimedia’s online fundraising goals worldwide by integrating with new payment providers and implementing new payment methods
  • Help the team surface important patterns and trends by improving internal visibility and reporting capabilities
  • Share the ongoing responsibility of maintaining the security and integrity of the existing donation infrastructure
  • Provide an increased level of engineering support during particularly high-traffic or critical campaigns

We’d like you to have these skills:

  • BS in Computer Science or the equivalent in relevant work experience
  • Expertise developing, deploying, and debugging in LAMP environments
  • Three years experience developing in PHP or similar web scripting language(s)
  • Excellent knowledge of MySQL and other relational databases
  • Comfortable working with JavaScript/HTML/CSS for front-end development
  • Experience integrating with third-party web APIs, and maintaining those integrations
  • Highly collaborative work style
  • Passionate about working in open source

And it would be even more awesome if you have experience with:

  • Previous experience working with the following:
    • Open-source software architecture and development
    • Payments-related code
    • Device-specific / mobile code
    • CiviCRM or other fundraising software
    • MediaWiki, Drupal and other open source PHP-based CMS systems
  • Experience working remotely, or with a distributed team
  • Ability to develop and maintain software with high security and accuracy requirements, at scale
  • Familiarity with cross-browser compatibility testing

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.  We would also like to see any technical blogs to which you contribute.

Benefits & Perks *

  • Fully paid medical, dental and vision coverage for employees and their eligible families (yes, fully paid premiums!)
  • The Wellness Program provides reimbursement for mind, body and soul activities such as fitness memberships, massages, cooking classes and much more
  • The 401(k) retirement plan offers matched contributions at 4% of annual salary
  • Flexible and generous time off – vacation, sick and volunteer days, plus 19 paid holidays – including the last week of the year.
  • Family friendly! 100% paid new parent leave for seven weeks plus an additional five weeks for pregnancy, flexible options to phase back in after leave, fully equipped lactation room.
  • For those emergency moments – long and short term disability, life insurance (2x salary) and an employee assistance program
  • Pre-tax savings plans for health care, child care, elder care, public transportation and parking expenses
  • Telecommuting and flexible work schedules available
  • Appropriate fuel for thinking and coding (aka, a pantry full of treats) and monthly massages to help staff relax
  • Great colleagues – diverse staff and contractors speaking dozens of languages from around the world, fantastic intellectual discourse, mission-driven and intensely passionate people

* for benefits eligible staff, benefits may vary by location

More Information

http://wikimediafoundation.org

http://blog.wikimedia.org

About Wikimedia Foundation

The Wikimedia Foundation is the non-profit organization that operates Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Wikipedia and the other projects operated by the Wikimedia Foundation receive more than 431 million unique visitors per month, making them the 5th most popular web property worldwide.

Available in more than 287 languages, Wikipedia contains more than 32 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 over 208 staff members. Wikimedia is supported by local chapter organizations in 40 countries or regions.

The Wikimedia Foundation offers competitive benefits including fully paid medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees and their eligible families (yes, fully paid premiums!). The Wellness Program provides reimbursement for mind, body and soul activities such as fitness memberships, massages, cooking classes, and much more. The 401(k) retirement plan offers matched contributions at 4% of annual salary.