Remote Software Engineering Internship — Open Source Impact

Wikimedia Foundation; Massachusetts; A distancia; USD 47.000 - 58.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

The Wikimedia Foundation is offering a four-month software engineering internship program, 40 hours per week, fully remote for US applicants. You will join a Wikimedia engineering team, learn the codebase, and deliver a primary project with a mentor.

Applicants from underserved communities are encouraged to apply, with laptops provided for the duration. Role spans Mobile Apps, Data Platform, Release Engineering, Tools Infrastructure, Observability, and Editing teams, with exposure to open source

Formación

• 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).
• 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.

Conocimientos

Programming basics

Databases

Scripting

SQL querying

Linux/CLI

Networking concepts

Communication skills

Knowledge equity

Descripción del empleo

The Wikimedia Foundation is offering a four-month software engineering internship program, 40 hours per week, fully remote for US applicants. You will join a Wikimedia engineering team, learn the codebase, and deliver a primary project with a mentor.

Applicants from underserved communities are encouraged to apply, with laptops provided for the duration. Role spans Mobile Apps, Data Platform, Release Engineering, Tools Infrastructure, Observability, and Editing teams, with exposure to open source