Job openings/Software Developer


 * Title

Software Developer [CLOSED]

The core purpose if this job is the further development, testing, and deployment of MediaWiki and associated software driving Wikimedia's web-sites, including Wikipedia.
 * Purpose


 * Summary
 * Development, testing, and deployment of new features and improvements to the MediaWiki core and extensions for use by Wikimedia's web sites
 * Assisting end users and other developers in identifying and resolving issues with the software and configuration of Wikimedia's web-sites
 * Configuration, customization, and development of other web-based and server-side software used internally and externally by Wikimedia to support operations
 * Other duties as required


 * Required Qualifications
 * 5+ years experience with PHP/MySQL application development
 * Experience with MediaWiki a big plus
 * Linux/Unix shell, Python, Java, etc. experience welcome
 * Any other free/open software development experience highly welcome
 * You must be comfortable in a highly collaborative, consensus-oriented environment.
 * Experience with wikis and participatory production environments is a plus.
 * Understanding of the free culture movement is a plus.
 * The ideal candidate will be creative, highly motivated, and able to operate effectively in multiple cultural contexts.

Please provide URLs to any existing free software work you may have done (own software or patches to other packages) if possible – we'd love to see what you can do! Let us know why this position interests you.