Wikimedia Foundation - Software Engineer III, Editing

• 2–5 years related professional or open-source software engineering experience. • Experience with object-oriented development using a scripting language (such as JavaScript, PHP, Python or Ruby). Most of our work is in JavaScript, PHP and CSS. • Focused software engineering: you have experience of writing unit tests, and of structuring your work with version control. • Strong written communication skills as our collaboration largely happens online, on chats, wikis, documents and tickets. • Qualities that are important to us: • A desire to make meaningful contributions to knowledge equity, free culture, and open access. • An emphasis on communicating clearly in both synchronous and asynchronous channels. • A strong aptitude in algorithms and data structures is essential! • A desire to write well-documented and maintainable code. • The willingness to participate in technical discussions, proposing solutions to technical challenges, participating in code reviews and receiving feedback. • An eagerness and curiosity to solve technical problems, trying things out and investigating issues, and supporting the work of others. • Additionally, we'd love it if you have this: • Experience building a rich-text editor. • Experience working with large, legacy codebases. • A history of editing on Wikimedia projects. • A history of open-source contribution. • Bachelor's degree in computer science or mathematics, or equivalent experience. • We’d love to hear from you — even if you don’t meet 100% of the criteria listed here. Most important is the aptitude to solve hard problems. Algorithms and data structures are extremely important in our products, so if this sounds interesting, come and talk to us! • 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. • News from across the Wikimedia movement • Wikimedia Blog • Wikimedia 2030