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JOB TITLE
Lead Software Architect
REPORTS TO
Chief Technical Officer
JOB SUMMARY
- Lead design and implementation large new MediaWIki features that involve significant architectural restructuring (such as a new parser to support Rich Text Editing)
- Identify technology trend for collaborative editing and social networking
- Define and evangelize the next generation MediaWiki architecture, along with a roadmap for getting there
- Rally developer volunteer community to drive alignment
- Mentor and guide software developers in identifying and resolving issues with MediaWIki architecture
- Work closely with operations staff to ensure new architecture integrates with testing and production systems
- Participate in escalated requests for code review
- Call for Lunch
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Strong leadership skills in leading a software team and a large scale project to completion
- Computer Science degree or equivalent work experience
- 7+ years software development
- Extensive experience with AJAX/HTML/CSS
- Familiarity with LAMP
- Experience with High-Performance, scalable web architectures
- Experience with security implications of JavaScript/PHP software
- Experience in testing and analyzing usability and accessibility
- Experience with advanced object-oriented JavaScript
- Experience with MediaWiki a plus
- Fluency in Esperanto a plus
- Knowledge in user interface design a big plus
- Experience with cross-browser compatibility testing
- Any other free/open software development experience highly welcome
- Comfortable in a highly collaborative, consensus-oriented environment
- Experience with wikis and participatory production environments a plus
- Understanding of the free culture movement a plus
- The ideal candidate will be creative, highly motivated, and able to operate effectively in multiple cultural and language contexts.
About the Wikimedia Foundation
The Wikimedia Foundation is the non-profit organization that operates Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. According to comScore Media Metrix, Wikipedia and the other projects operated by the Wikimedia Foundation receive more than 489 million unique visitors per month, making them the 5th most popular web property worldwide. Available in more than 270 languages, Wikipedia contains more than 21 million articles contributed by a global volunteer community of more than 100,000 people. Based in San Francisco, California, the Wikimedia Foundation is an audited, 501(c)(3) charity that is funded primarily through donations and grants. The Wikimedia Foundation was created in 2003 to manage the operation of Wikipedia and its sister projects. It currently employs 138 staff members. Wikimedia is supported by local chapter organizations in 39 countries or regions.
Apply
Please send a CV and cover letter to jobs
wikimedia.org. Please put the position title (Lead Software Architect) in your subject line.
Applications that do not include a cover letter will not be considered.
Please copy and paste the text of your CV into the e-mail, in addition to attaching the file.
Due to the volume of applications we receive, we regret that only those selected for an interview will be contacted.
Local San Francisco, CA candidates are preferred. Remote candidates will be considered.
