Full-Time

Senior Engineering Manager

Mediawiki Interfaces

Confirmed live in the last 24 hours

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 + 2 more

More locations: Remote in UK | Remote in Canada

The Wikimedia Foundation is currently able to hire in the following countries: Australia, Austria, Bangladesh, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Ghana, Greece, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Kenya, Mexico, Netherlands, Nigeria, Peru, Poland, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States of America, and Uruguay.

Category
Engineering Management
Software Development Management

You match the following Wikimedia Foundation's candidate preferences

Employers are more likely to interview you if you match these preferences:

Degree
Experience
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.
Desired Qualifications
  • Experience managing organizational interaction with a community of volunteer technical contributors.
  • Experience contributing to or managing open source projects and communities, or experience with open governance (IETF, W3C, etc.).
  • Familiarity with MediaWiki.
  • Experience working with (high-traffic) systems powered by large, monolithic code bases.
  • Experience working with internationally distributed teams or organizations.

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 different from competitors because it is a nonprofit organization that relies on donations from individuals and institutions, rather than advertising or commercial interests. Its goal is to ensure that all knowledge is freely available to everyone, fostering a collaborative environment for knowledge sharing.

Company Stage

Grant

Total Funding

$145.9M

Headquarters

San Francisco, California

Founded

2003

Simplify Jobs

Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • Nvidia's NeMo Retriever tech reduced Wikipedia processing time from 30 days to 3 days.
  • Holistic AI's audit under the DSA enhances Wikimedia's platform safety and accountability.
  • Collaboration with Open Foundation West Africa combats misinformation during Ghana's elections.

What critics are saying

  • Reliance on Nvidia's AI tech may affect Wikimedia's data processing autonomy.
  • DSA audit could reveal vulnerabilities requiring significant resources to address.
  • Decentralized platforms like Mastodon may divert users from Wikipedia.

What makes Wikimedia Foundation unique

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

Help us improve and share your feedback! Did you find this helpful?

Benefits

Remote Work Options