Remote Software Engineering Internship - 4 Months (Paid)

Wikimedia Foundation; Bristol (RI); Remote; USD 47,000 - 58,000; Full time

Job summary

The Wikimedia Foundation is seeking software engineering interns for a remote, four-month program. You will join an engineering team within our Product and Technology departments, work on a primary project with clear deliverables, and learn the inner workings of our open source code powering Wikipedia and related projects.

We welcome graduates, non-graduates, or career changers who are eager to learn, collaborate, and contribute to free knowledge.

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) OR interest in cybersecurity/privacy.
• Basic experience with databases.
• Basic experience with at least one scripting language.
• For some roles: Basic querying and data manipulation with SQL or other query languages; Linux/command-line knowledge; Understanding of networking, operating systems, or distributed systems concepts.

Skills

Programming languages

Databases

Scripting languages

SQL

Linux/CLI

Networking basics

Job description

The Wikimedia Foundation is seeking software engineering interns for a remote, four-month program. You will join an engineering team within our Product and Technology departments, work on a primary project with clear deliverables, and learn the inner workings of our open source code powering Wikipedia and related projects.

We welcome graduates, non-graduates, or career changers who are eager to learn, collaborate, and contribute to free knowledge.