Remote Software Engineering Internship — Learn on the Job

Wikimedia Foundation Internship Program; Oregon; Hybrid; USD 47,000 - 58,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Laptop provided

Remote internship

Job summary

Wikimedia Foundation Internship Program seeks a Software Engineering Intern to contribute to real projects within our Product and Technology teams. This four-month, 40-hour/week remote internship provides mentorship and hands-on experience with open source code used by Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects.

You will work on an embedded project with clear deliverables, learn our development workflow, and gain exposure to multiple departments while contributing to knowledge equity and open access.

Qualifications

• Basic experience with at least one backend or frontend language (PHP, Javascript, Python) OR a mobile app language (Kotlin, Swift).
• Basic experience with databases.
• Basic experience with at least one scripting language.
• Some roles require SQL or other query languages; Linux/command-line knowledge.
• Understanding of networking, OS, or distributed systems concepts.

Responsibilities

• Embed into an engineering team and work on a primary project with clear deliverables.
• Learn the inner workings of Wikimedia's open source code and contribute to high-visibility projects.

Skills

PHP/JS/Python

Databases

Scripting

SQL basics

Linux/CLI

Networking basics

Communication

Job description

Wikimedia Foundation Internship Program seeks a Software Engineering Intern to contribute to real projects within our Product and Technology teams. This four-month, 40-hour/week remote internship provides mentorship and hands-on experience with open source code used by Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects.

You will work on an embedded project with clear deliverables, learn our development workflow, and gain exposure to multiple departments while contributing to knowledge equity and open access.