Senior Site Reliability Engineer, Wikimedia Enterprise
Wikimedia Foundation · Remote
Posted about 3 months ago
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Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 80 days Wikimedia Foundation's roles stay open a median of 64 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- No 0% of Wikimedia Foundation's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at Wikimedia Foundation
- high 18 stale, 0 reposted of 18 open
- Hiring momentum
- 30 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-10-22
Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Wikimedia Foundation's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for Wikimedia Foundation.
About this role
As a Senior Site Reliability Engineer at Wikimedia Enterprise, you will design, develop, and maintain scalable and reliable infrastructure for API services, focusing on high-volume data feeds for Wikipedia. Your role involves setting reliability targets, enhancing observability systems, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to improve developer experience and operational efficiency. You will also participate in incident response and be on-call, ensuring the systems remain robust and efficient.
- benefits
- 1/5
- freshness
- 1/5
- career value
- 4/5
- role clarity
- 5/5
- pay transparency
- 0/5
Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of Wikimedia Foundation as an employer.
What you need
- Experience with Infrastructure as Code and automation tools (e.g., Terraform, Ansible)
- Proficiency in at least one programming language (e.g., Python, Go, or similar)
- Experience designing, operating, and optimizing cloud-based systems across platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP
- Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines and GitOps workflows
- Experience with incident response and on-call practices
- Strong understanding of SRE best practices, including SLOs, SLIs, and error budgets
Nice to have
- Experience managing and troubleshooting event streaming platforms at scale (e.g., Kafka, Kinesis, or similar)
- Familiarity with data lake architectures and large-scale data processing frameworks (e.g., Iceberg, Flink, Spark)
- Experience with continuous profiling and performance optimization tools
- Experience working with or contributing to open source projects, particularly in infrastructure or data ecosystems
- Prior participation in the Wikimedia movement
Worth weighing
- Remote work environment may require adjustment for those not used to it
- No specific salary or benefits details provided beyond a general range for US applicants
- The role involves being on-call and participating in incident response, which may lead to unpredictable hours
- Fast-paced startup-like environment may not suit everyone
Summarised from Wikimedia Foundation's posting. Read the full original.
Listed by Wikimedia Foundation on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-10-22. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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