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"Wikipedia works because there's this unspoken light inside all of us that comes from the desire to help educate, to help share knowledge." —Susan Hewitt, Wikipedia Editor

We need help

changing the world.

Jobs

at the Wikimedia Foundation

Careers • Fellowships • Volunteers

If you believe in making education and knowledge free, and you love what you do and want to bring your skills and experience to our organization, check out the current openings below. If you don't see a good fit now, send us an e-mail anyway, include your work experience, and explain your interest in the Wikimedia Foundation. If you'd like to keep up to date as new positions are posted, you can subscribe to our wikimediaannounce-l mailing list or follow our micro-blogging feed (on Twitter or on Identi.ca).

If you are an editor on any of the Wikimedia projects, or you help Wikimedia in some other way, please explicitly say that in your cover letter, and please include your username. Wikimedia experience is a definite plus when you're applying for a job with us.

Wikimedia Careers

Community

• Keep an eye out for more career opportunities with our Community team!

Engineering & Product Management

• RFP-Lucene Search Operations Engineer
• RFP-Mobile Quality Assurance
• Senior Software Developer (JavaScript)
• Senior Software Developer
• Software Developer (Backend)
• Software Developer (Fundraiser)
• Software Developer Mobile
• Software Developer (Front End)
• Bug Wrangler
• Partner Engineer
• Software Developer (Analytics)
• Quality Assurance Engineer
• Senior Software Engineer

Finance and Administration

• Director of Administration
• RFP-Part-Time System Administrator

Global Development

• Data Analytics Manager
• Director, Global Learning and Grantmaking

Human Resources

• RFP-Engineering Recruiter

Legal

• Legal Intern (Fall)

Office of the Executive Director

• Director, Evaluation and Strategic Alignment

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Wikimedia Community Fellowships

Wikimedia Fellows spearhead community projects, undertake research, and focus on other time-limited activities that require financial and logistical support to help scale and increase sustainability of the work of volunteers in the Wikimedia movement. Submissions for Spring 2012 fellowships are encouraged to focus on the theme of improving editor retention and increasing participation in Wikimedia Projects.

• Community Fellow

Volunteers

Engineering

Wikimedia engineering refers to the engineering team employed by the Wikimedia Foundation. Its mission is to build, improve and maintain the technical infrastructure of Wikimedia projects (software and hardware), by supporting and complementing volunteer efforts. You can be involved:

• Tell us if you run into a problem
• Become a MediaWiki developer
• Test our mobile site, or build mobile apps
• Chat with us
• Figure out ways to encourage new Wikimedia editors
• Help to update the engineering project documentation

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.

• http://wikimediafoundation.org
• http://blog.wikimedia.org

Who's working with us now?

For a current list of Wikimedia Foundation employees and contractors, see staff and contractors.

Philosophy and policies

• Non-discrimination policy
• Pluralism, internationalism, and diversity policy
• Compensation practices (PDF)