Remote Software Engineer Intern — Open Source Impact

Wikimedia Foundation; Madison (WI); Remote; USD 47,000 - 58,000; Full time

Job summary

The Wikimedia Foundation is seeking interns for its Software Engineering Internship Program, a 4-month, 40-hour/week remote opportunity within the Product and Technology teams. Interns will join a team, work on a primary project with deliverables, and receive mentorship from a dedicated mentor.

Successful applicants will be exposed to Wikimedia's open-source codebase, learn about distributed systems, and contribute to projects that support Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects.

Qualifications

• Basic experience with at least one back end or front end programming language (e.g PHP, Javascript, Python) OR a mobile app language (Kotlin, Swift)
• Basic experience with databases
• Basic experience with at least one scripting language
• Basic querying and data manipulation with SQL or other query languages
• Linux/command-line knowledge
• Understanding of networking, operating systems, or distributed systems concepts (latency, throughput, error rates)
• Effective and inclusive communication skills with diverse cultural and language communities
• A desire to make meaningful contributions to knowledge equity, free culture, and open access to global education.

Skills

PHP

JavaScript

Python

Kotlin

Swift

Cybersecurity

Privacy

Job description

The Wikimedia Foundation is seeking interns for its Software Engineering Internship Program, a 4-month, 40-hour/week remote opportunity within the Product and Technology teams. Interns will join a team, work on a primary project with deliverables, and receive mentorship from a dedicated mentor.

Successful applicants will be exposed to Wikimedia's open-source codebase, learn about distributed systems, and contribute to projects that support Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects.