Remote Software Engineering Internship - 4 Months

Wikimedia Foundation; Elm (PA); Remote; USD 47,000 - 58,000; Full time

Job summary

The Wikimedia Foundation offers a Software Engineering Internship Program (remote, US). Applicants will join an engineering team for a four-month, 40-hour week internship from late February to late June 2027.

Laptops and software are provided, with potential in-person events. Interns will contribute to Wikimedia projects, learn the open source codebase, and work under a mentor across teams like Mobile Apps, Editing, Data Platform, Release Engineering, Tools Infrastructure, and Observability,

Qualifications

• Basic experience with at least one back end or front end programming language (PHP, Javascript, Python) or mobile languages (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 across diverse communities.
• Desire to contribute to knowledge equity and open access.

Responsibilities

• Embed into an engineering team and work on a primary project with clear deliverables.
• Learn open source code and development practices used by Wikimedia projects.
• Collaborate with mentor and team to contribute to Wikimedia software.

Skills

PHP

JavaScript

Python

Kotlin

Swift

Databases

SQL

Linux/CLI

Networking/OS concepts

Intercultural Communication

Tools

None

Job description

The Wikimedia Foundation offers a Software Engineering Internship Program (remote, US). Applicants will join an engineering team for a four-month, 40-hour week internship from late February to late June 2027.

Laptops and software are provided, with potential in-person events. Interns will contribute to Wikimedia projects, learn the open source codebase, and work under a mentor across teams like Mobile Apps, Editing, Data Platform, Release Engineering, Tools Infrastructure, and Observability,