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Non-profit / Open Knowledge Infrastructure

San Francisco, CA501-1,000Est. 2003wikimediafoundation.orgLinkedIn

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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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