Job openings/Software Developer

JOB TITLE

Software Developer

JOB PURPOSE

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.

JOB 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.

TO APPLY

Please send a CV and cover letter to jobs at wikimedia dot org, before August 27, 2008. Please put "Software Developer" in your subject line.

Applications that do not include a cover letter will not be considered.

Also, 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.

Due to the volume of applications we receive, we regret that only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

This position is based in our San Francisco headquarters. If you are not currently living in the San Francisco Bay Area, please make that clear in your cover letter.

ABOUT WMF

The Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. is a nonprofit organization with headquarters in San Francisco, California. It is fully audited and has 501(c)(3) tax exempt status in the United States. The mission of the Wikimedia Foundation is to empower and engage people around the world to collect and develop educational content under a free license or in the public domain, and to disseminate it effectively and globally. The Wikimedia Foundation operates some of the largest collaboratively edited reference projects in the world, including Wikipedia, one of the 10 most-visited websites in the world.