or apply directly on Wikimedia Foundation's site. We never take the application ourselves.
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
The Wikimedia Foundation is looking for a Software Engineer to support the Wikidata Platform, focusing on backend engineering and operations ownership. Responsibilities include designing and maintaining backend systems and APIs, improving the reliability of the Wikidata Query Service, and contributing to deployment automation and CI/CD workflows. The role requires collaboration with team members and documentation of systems for the broader technical community.
- benefits
- 1/5
- freshness
- 1/5
- 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
- 2+ years of experience as a backend or platform engineer working on distributed systems or data platforms
- Solid understanding of database and/or knowledge graph representation technologies
- Proficiency in Java, C++, or other systems languages
- Experience building and operating production-grade services with SLOs
- Familiarity with modern observability tools
- Familiarity with data processing technologies such as graph databases, search indexes, or data processing pipelines
Nice to have
- Experience working with knowledge graphs or RDF/SPARQL
- Familiarity with streaming data systems (e.g., Kafka, Flink)
- Comfort with CI/CD pipelines and containerization tools (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes)
- Experience in open source or open knowledge communities
- Familiarity with Wikimedia technologies, Wikidata, or MediaWiki
Worth weighing
- Fully remote position with required overlapping hours of UTC+1 to UTC-5
- No specific salary benefits or perks listed beyond competitive pay
- Position is part of a bargaining unit for US-based applicants
- Hiring is limited to specific US states and certain countries outside the US
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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