Remote Software Engineering Internship — 4 Months, 40h/wk

Wikimedia Foundation; Connecticut; À distance; USD 47 000 - 58 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

The Wikimedia Foundation offers a Software Engineering Internship Program, a four-month, 40-hour/week remote internship for applicants in the United States. Interns will join an engineering team within Product and Technology, work on a primary project with milestones, and be guided by a dedicated mentor to learn the open source code powering Wikipedia.

Participants gain exposure to diverse Wikimedia teams, including Mobile Apps, Data Platform, Release Engineering, and Observability, while

Qualifications

• Basic experience with at least one programming language (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.

Connaissances

Programming basics

Databases

Scripting

SQL querying

Linux/CLI

Networking basics

Communication

Knowledge equity

Description du poste

The Wikimedia Foundation offers a Software Engineering Internship Program, a four-month, 40-hour/week remote internship for applicants in the United States. Interns will join an engineering team within Product and Technology, work on a primary project with milestones, and be guided by a dedicated mentor to learn the open source code powering Wikipedia.

Participants gain exposure to diverse Wikimedia teams, including Mobile Apps, Data Platform, Release Engineering, and Observability, while