Remote Software Engineering Internship — Open Source Focus

Wikimedia Foundation; California City (CA); Teletrabalho; USD 47 000 - 58 000; Tempo integral

Resumo da oferta

The Wikimedia Foundation is offering a Software Engineering Internship Program that is remote-friendly for applicants in the United States. The program runs four months at 40 hours per week, with a mentorship component and exposure to Wikimedia’s engineering teams and open source code.

Interns will contribute to a primary project within Product and Technology, gain hands-on software experience, and learn how Wikimedia delivers content to billions of readers while supporting free knowledge and

Qualificações

• 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 a demonstrated interest in cybersecurity and/or privacy.
• 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.

Conhecimentos

Backend languages

Databases

Scripting

SQL

Linux

Networking/OS concepts

Communication

Open knowledge/impact

Descrição da oferta de emprego

The Wikimedia Foundation is offering a Software Engineering Internship Program that is remote-friendly for applicants in the United States. The program runs four months at 40 hours per week, with a mentorship component and exposure to Wikimedia’s engineering teams and open source code.

Interns will contribute to a primary project within Product and Technology, gain hands-on software experience, and learn how Wikimedia delivers content to billions of readers while supporting free knowledge and