Senior Software Engineer, MediaWiki Content Platform Team
Wikimedia Foundation · Remote
Posted 20 days ago
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Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 20 days Wikimedia Foundation's roles stay open a median of 29 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- No 0% of Wikimedia Foundation's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at Wikimedia Foundation
- high 7 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
- 2026-09-17
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
The Senior Software Engineer for the MediaWiki Content Platform Team at the Wikimedia Foundation will design and deliver improvements to Wikipedia's wikitext processing infrastructure. This role involves collaborating with various stakeholders to iterate on new features, writing PHP and JavaScript code, and maintaining internet APIs. The engineer will also monitor components for quality and performance while working in a fully-remote environment.
- benefits
- 1/5
- freshness
- 4/5
- career value
- 4/5
- role clarity
- 4/5
- 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
- 5+ years of related professional experience in software engineering
- Experience with parser generators, interpreters, language runtimes, compilers, or bringing a language feature through a product cycle
- Demonstrated ability to own complex technical projects from problem definition through implementation and delivery
- Experience designing and maintaining reliable, performant software components
- Strong engineering practices including writing unit and integration tests
- Ability to work effectively across team and organizational boundaries
Nice to have
- Familiarity with the HTML5 spec and DOM manipulation
- Expertise in Node.js and related technologies
- Familiarity with Wikipedia/wikitext/markdown editing or content management systems
- A history of open source contribution
- Bachelor's, master's, or doctorate degree in computer science, software engineering, or other STEM field
Worth weighing
- Remote work with occasional travel for team events
- Preferred timezone for candidates is GMT-4 to GMT+2
- No specific salary or benefits package detailed beyond competitive pay based on location and experience
Summarised from Wikimedia Foundation's posting. Read the full original.
Listed by Wikimedia Foundation on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-09-17. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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