Engineering Manager, Security and Privacy

Wikimedia Foundation; United States; Remote; USD 132,000 - 209,000; Full time

Job summary

The Wikimedia Foundation seeks an Engineering Manager to lead security and privacy engineering for Wikipedia and its projects. This leadership role will direct a team to enhance application security and influence product management regarding security practices, assuring the safety of the platform and community.

Benefits

Diverse workforce

Competitive and equitable salaries

Remote-first organization

Flexible work opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience managing engineers and engineering teams in tech-focused roles.
• Proven ability to lead cross-functional collaboration in open communities.
• Excellent communication skills in remote environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead security and privacy engineering team.
• Advise on security best practices for various product decisions.
• Establish the security and safety roadmap.

Skills

Leadership

Technical background in systems engineering

Collaboration

Communication

Education

Degree in relevant field or equivalent

Tools

Kubernetes

OpenStack

Job description

The Wikimedia Foundation is seeking an experienced and mission-drivenEngineering Manager to lead the security and privacy engineering group in our Product Safety and Security team, and to advise the Foundation on security and privacy issues.

Product Safety and Security is a team made of two tightly connected engineering groups. This role manages a group of security and privacy engineers that strengthen the security and privacy of the applications that make up Wikipedia and our other projects. This role works closely with a peer engineering group focused on promoting the integrity of the Wikipedia platform and the safety of the people that make it work. Both engineering groups report to the Director of Engineering, MediaWiki.

This is a leadership role that partners closely with the Group Product Manager for Safety and Security to determine and operationalize the Product Safety and Security team’s roadmap and priorities.

Why this role matters
The Wikimedia Foundation operates Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia free knowledge projects. We care deeply about the security, privacy, and integrity of these projects, and of the volunteer community that makes them matter. The Product Safety and Security team plays a central role in shaping how the Wikimedia Foundation and its projects will adapt to increasingly complex threats.

You are responsible for:

• Leading a group of security engineers and privacy engineers in protecting the Wikimedia Foundation’s people, project integrity, infrastructure and other assets against threats.
• Advising product management across the Foundation on security best practices and security implications of various product decisions.
• Helping to establish the Wikimedia Foundation’s overall security and safety roadmap, and ensuring delivery against its technical and organizational goals.
• Collaborating with Product & Engineering teams, Legal, ITS and other departments.
• Setting direction, unblocking work, and ensuring delivery against technical and organizational goals.
• Establishing and leading the execution of group processes, including sprint planning, security releases and deployments, security incident response.
• Hiring and developing a high-performing, inclusive engineering group that builds and owns security-critical software and operates from a shared sense of mission

Skills and Experience:

• Experience managing engineers and engineering teams responsible for infrastructure, platform, or developer-facing tools.
• Strong technical background with experience in systems engineering, cloud infrastructure (Kubernetes, OpenStack, etc.), and developer platform architecture.
• Proven ability to lead cross-functional collaboration and product-oriented development in open communities or large-scale developer ecosystems.
• Excellent communication and facilitation skills, especially in distributed and asynchronous environments.
• Ability to travel 2-3 times a year.

Additionally, we’d love it if you have:

• Experience managing engineering teams with a focus on security.
• Experience contributing to or leading in open-source projects.
• Familiarity with Wikipedia or Wikimedia projects
• A passion for building inclusive platforms that lower barriers to entry and empower a diverse set of contributors.

About the Wikimedia Foundation

The Wikimedia Foundation is the nonprofit organization that operates Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia free knowledge projects. Our vision is a world in which every single human can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. We believe that everyone has the potential to contribute something to our shared knowledge, and that everyone should be able to access that knowledge freely. We host Wikipedia and the Wikimedia projects, build software experiences for reading, contributing, and sharing Wikimedia content, support the volunteer communities and partners who make Wikimedia possible, and advocate for policies that enable Wikimedia and free knowledge to thrive.

The Wikimedia Foundation is a charitable, not-for-profit organization that relies on donations. We receive donations from millions of individuals around the world, with an average donation of about $15. We also receive donations through institutional grants and gifts. The Wikimedia Foundation is a United States 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization with offices in San Francisco, California, USA.

As an equal opportunity employer, the Wikimedia Foundation values having a diverse workforce and continuously strives to maintain an inclusive and equitable workplace. We encourage people with a diverse range of backgrounds to apply. We do not discriminate against any person based upon their race, traits historically associated with race, religion, color, national origin, sex, pregnancy or related medical conditions, parental status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, genetic information, or any other legally protected characteristics.

The Wikimedia Foundation is a remote-first organization with staff members including contractors based 40+ countries*. Salaries at the Wikimedia Foundation are set in a way that is competitive, equitable, and consistent with our values and culture. The anticipated annual pay range of this position for applicants based within the United States is US$ 132,439 to US$ 208,378 with multiple individualized factors, including cost of living in the location, being the determinants of the offered pay. For applicants located outside of the US, the pay range will be adjusted to the country of hire. We neither ask for nor take into consideration the salary history of applicants. The compensation for a successful applicant will be based on their skills, experience and location.

*Please note that we are currently able to hire in the following countries: Australia, Austria, Bangladesh, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Ghana, Greece, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Kenya, Mexico, Netherlands, Nigeria, Peru, Poland, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Uganda, United Kingdom, United States of America and Uruguay. Our non-US employees are hired through a local third party Employer of Record (EOR).

We periodically review this list to streamline to ensure alignment with our hiring requirements.

All applicants can reach out to their recruiter to understand more about the specific pay range for their location during the interview process.

If you are a qualified applicant requiring assistance or an accommodation to complete any step of the application process due to a disability, you may contact us at [e-mail] or [phone].

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