Remote Software Engineer Intern — Open Source & Knowledge

Wikimedia Foundation; Austin (TX); Remote; USD 47,000 - 58,000; Full time

Job summary

The Wikimedia Foundation invites applicants for its Software Engineering Internship Program. This remote internship runs four months, 40 hours per week, from late February to late June 2027, with laptops provided and mentors assigned.

Interns join an engineering team within Product and Technology and contribute to impactful open-source software serving Wikipedia. Candidates gain hands-on experience across teams such as Mobile Apps Engineering, Editing, Data Platform Engineering, Release

Qualifications

• Basic experience with at least one back end or front end programming language (PHP, Javascript, Python) OR a mobile app language (Kotlin, Swift) or interest in cybersecurity/privacy.
• 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.

Responsibilities

• Embed into an engineering team and work on a primary project with clear deliverables.
• Learn open source code and contribute to Wikimedia projects.
• Collaborate with your manager and mentor to gain hands-on software engineering experience.
• Potential to participate in in-person events to meet interns and teams.

Skills

Programming basics

Databases

Scripting

SQL queries

Linux/CLI

Networking concepts

Communication skills

Knowledge equity

Job description

The Wikimedia Foundation invites applicants for its Software Engineering Internship Program. This remote internship runs four months, 40 hours per week, from late February to late June 2027, with laptops provided and mentors assigned.

Interns join an engineering team within Product and Technology and contribute to impactful open-source software serving Wikipedia. Candidates gain hands-on experience across teams such as Mobile Apps Engineering, Editing, Data Platform Engineering, Release