Remote Software Engineer Intern - Open Source & Wikipedia Tech

Wikimedia Foundation; Kansas City (MO); Remote; USD 47,000 - 58,000; Full time

Job summary

The Wikimedia Foundation offers a Software Engineering Internship Program that is fully remote for US applicants. The four-month, 40-hour-per-week internship runs from late February to late June 2027, with laptops provided.

Interns are embedded into a product and technology engineering team, work on a primary project with clear deliverables, and are guided by a manager and mentor. Interns will explore various Wikimedia departments, including Mobile Apps Engineering, Editing, Data Platform

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.
• Effective and inclusive communication skills with diverse cultural and language communities.

Skills

Backend language

Frontend language

Mobile language

Databases

Scripting

SQL

Linux

Networking concepts

Communication skills

Open knowledge access

Job description

The Wikimedia Foundation offers a Software Engineering Internship Program that is fully remote for US applicants. The four-month, 40-hour-per-week internship runs from late February to late June 2027, with laptops provided.

Interns are embedded into a product and technology engineering team, work on a primary project with clear deliverables, and are guided by a manager and mentor. Interns will explore various Wikimedia departments, including Mobile Apps Engineering, Editing, Data Platform