Full-Time

Senior Engineering Manager

Mediawiki Interfaces

Posted on 12/24/2024

Wikimedia Foundation

Wikimedia Foundation

501-1,000 employees

Operates Wikipedia and free knowledge projects

Social Impact
Education

Compensation Overview

$147.4k - $234.1kAnnually

Senior

Remote in USA

Hiring available in multiple countries including the USA.

Category
Engineering Management
Software Development Management
Requirements
  • Experience leading software engineering teams as a manager through various software development lifecycles.
  • Experience leading or managing a backend platform.
  • Experience building a diverse, multi-national and remote-first team.
  • Proven success at all stages of the engineering process and product lifecycle, leading to significant, measurable impact.
  • Ability to travel internationally up to 2-3 times a year.
  • Your working hours will need to overlap with UTC+2 to UTC-7 time zones to accommodate members of your team around the world.
Responsibilities
  • Coach engineers of varying levels, helping them grow and set personal development goals and mentoring them where applicable in software engineering best practices.
  • Ensure the timely shipping of deliverables by managing resources and schedules effectively.
  • Produce a steady stream of cadenced deliveries and plan for maintenance and migration work.
  • Communicate positively, effectively and proactively both within and outside of your team.
  • Effectively triage incoming bugs, incidents, and one-off requests.
  • Collaborate with other technical decision makers to identify long-term investment areas such as strategic migrations or adoption of new technologies.
  • Assess scope and difficulty of tasks, examine patches or alerts, and judge problem severity and solution complexity.

The Wikimedia Foundation operates Wikipedia and other free knowledge projects, aiming to create a world where everyone can freely access and share knowledge. It provides a platform for users to read, contribute, and share content, while also supporting the volunteer communities that help maintain these projects. The foundation is funded by donations from individuals and institutions, emphasizing its nonprofit status. Unlike many other organizations, it focuses on making knowledge accessible to all without charge, advocating for policies that support free knowledge initiatives.

Company Stage

Grant

Total Funding

$145.9M

Headquarters

San Francisco, California

Founded

2003

Growth & Insights
Headcount

6 month growth

17%

1 year growth

17%

2 year growth

17%
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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • Integration of Nvidia's NeMo Retriever reduces Wikipedia's data processing time significantly.
  • Collaborations combat misinformation, enhancing Wikimedia's role in global information literacy.
  • New leadership roles focus on improving organizational culture and communication strategies.

What critics are saying

  • Over-reliance on third-party AI solutions may affect Wikimedia's data management autonomy.
  • Audit under the Digital Services Act could reveal compliance issues needing resources.
  • Decentralized social media platforms may divert user engagement from Wikipedia.

What makes Wikimedia Foundation unique

  • Wikimedia Foundation operates the world's largest free online encyclopedia, Wikipedia.
  • It supports a wide range of projects like Wiktionary and Wikisource.
  • The Foundation is a non-profit, relying on global donations for funding.

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