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The Wikimedia Foundation operates Wikipedia and its sister projects, serving 1.5 billion unique visitors monthly across 60+ million articles in 300+ languages. Engineering teams build and maintain MediaWiki, APIs handling billions of requests, and machine learning tools supporting volunteer editors worldwide. With no country restrictions on hiring, the distributed team spans 40+ countries building the critical open-source infrastructure behind the world's largest free knowledge platform.
Company Culture
- Fully remote and distributed across 40+ countries
- Mission-driven: every role supports free knowledge for all
- Open-source by default across all code and data
- Volunteers guide product direction alongside full-time staff
- Building for communities across 300+ languages
- Annual Wikimania conference and virtual team gatherings
Our Values
- Treat free knowledge as a human right
- Default to radical openness and transparency
- Center community over corporate priorities
- Build equitably for all languages and regions
- Prioritize long-term sustainability over growth
Benefits & Perks
- 100% employer-paid medical, dental, and vision premiums for employees and eligible families
- $450/quarter ($1,800/year) wellness reimbursement
- 16 weeks paid parental leave plus 8 additional weeks paid pregnancy leave
- 401(k) with 4% employer match
- Professional development reimbursement for conferences, courses, and books
- Generous PTO including vacation, sick leave, holidays, and volunteer days
- Pre-tax savings plans (FSA, HSA, dependent care, commuter)
Tech Stack
PHPMediaWikiJavaScriptPythonLuaKubernetesKafkaElasticsearchMariaDBCassandra
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