Remote Software Engineering Internship — Build for Wikipedia

Wikimedia Foundation; Saint Paul (MN); A distancia; USD 47.000 - 58.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

The Wikimedia Foundation is seeking graduates, non-graduates, or career switchers for a Software Engineering Internship Program. This fully remote internship runs for four months at 40 hours per week, with mentors and an embedded engineering team across Product and Technology.

Applicants from diverse communities are encouraged to apply. Successful interns will work on a primary project, learn the inner workings of open source code, and gain exposure to Wikipedia and related Wikimedia projects.

Formación

• Basic programming experience in at least one language (PHP, JavaScript, Python) or mobile (Kotlin, Swift).
• Basic experience with databases.
• Basic scripting language experience.
• Basic querying with SQL or similar.
• Linux/command-line knowledge.
• Understanding of networking, OS, or distributed systems concepts.
• Strong communication across diverse groups.

Responsabilidades

• Embedded into an engineering team with a dedicated mentor.
• Contribute to a primary project with clear deliverables.
• Learn Wikimedia open source code and contribute to knowledge equity.

Descripción del empleo

The Wikimedia Foundation is seeking graduates, non-graduates, or career switchers for a Software Engineering Internship Program. This fully remote internship runs for four months at 40 hours per week, with mentors and an embedded engineering team across Product and Technology.

Applicants from diverse communities are encouraged to apply. Successful interns will work on a primary project, learn the inner workings of open source code, and gain exposure to Wikipedia and related Wikimedia projects.