Wikimedia Foundation

Wikimedia Foundation

Wikimedia Foundation provides the essential infrastructure for free knowledge by hosting Wikipedia, a collaborative online encyclopedia created and maintained by a global community of volunteers, along with various other educational projects aimed at m...

Internet Software & Services
251-1K
Founded 2001
$145M raised

Description

  • Deliver medium-complexity initiatives from technical discovery through release, including estimation, scope management, and risk identification.
  • Design and build accessible, adaptable, scalable iOS components for a global, multilingual audience.
  • Lead system design for medium-sized projects and make pragmatic tradeoffs among quality, velocity, maintainability, and user impact.
  • Build software that is testable, observable, and debuggable, including instrumentation for product analysis.
  • Collaborate with product managers, designers, analysts, and native app engineers to shape and deliver solutions.
  • Identify technical opportunities and risks, prioritize work, and align teams on outcomes, capacity, and sequencing.
  • Follow standards for code review, technical design, testing, documentation, accessibility, observability, and decision-making.
  • Plan work with awareness of upstream and downstream operational effects and share knowledge through documentation and collaboration.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree and 5–10+ years of related professional experience, including significant iOS application development.
  • Strong professional proficiency with Swift, SwiftUI, UIKit, and iOS architectural patterns.
  • Experience optimizing iOS performance for smooth, responsive applications under varied conditions.
  • Experience working autonomously in a self-driven, lean environment.
  • Ability to communicate clearly with engineering, product, and non-technical audiences across synchronous and asynchronous channels.
  • Ability to balance ambiguity, technical constraints, user needs, legacy systems, and delivery timelines.
  • Commitment to the Wikimedia Foundation’s mission and values.
  • Experience with webview-wrapped experiences, cross-platform mobile applications, or interactive mobile experiences is preferred.
  • Familiarity with data science, machine learning, AI, agentic coding, Wikipedia or wikitext, content management systems, MediaWiki, or Wikimedia projects is preferred.
  • Open-source contributions and a bachelor’s, master’s, or doctorate in computer science, MIS, STEM, or an equivalent certification are preferred.

Benefits

  • Three-month, full-time contract with a remote-first Wikimedia Foundation team.
  • Fully remote work with staff and contractors across 40+ countries.
  • US pay range of $56.07–$87.13 per hour, adjusted by location for applicants outside the United States.
  • Inclusive and equitable workplace with equal-opportunity employment practices.
  • Hiring available in specified US states and countries, with local Employer of Record support for eligible international employees.

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