Remote Software Engineering Internship — Open Source Impact

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

Job summary

Wikimedia Foundation is offering a Software Engineering Internship Program for US applicants. This remote internship embeds you with an engineering team in Product and Technology, assigns a primary project with clear deliverables, and pairs you with a mentor and manager to learn the code powering Wikipedia and related projects.

Successful candidates will have basic experience with at least one programming language or scripting language, some database knowledge, and an interest in open 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 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.

Responsibilities

• Embed into an engineering team within Product and Technology and work on a primary project with clear deliverables.
• Learn the inner workings of Wikimedia's open source code and contribute to meaningful software.
• Collaborate with your manager and mentor to develop skills and deliver results during the internship.

Skills

Backend languages

Frontend languages

Mobile languages

Cybersecurity interest

Databases

Scripting language

SQL

Linux CLI

Networking concepts

Communication skills

Open knowledge advocacy

Job description

Wikimedia Foundation is offering a Software Engineering Internship Program for US applicants. This remote internship embeds you with an engineering team in Product and Technology, assigns a primary project with clear deliverables, and pairs you with a mentor and manager to learn the code powering Wikipedia and related projects.

Successful candidates will have basic experience with at least one programming language or scripting language, some database knowledge, and an interest in open knowledge