Jobs at Wikimedia Foundation
Wikimedia Foundation is the nonprofit that operates Wikipedia, the world’s largest free knowledge encyclopedia. With a global volunteer base of over 6 million editors and a tech stack built on Python, Django, and Go, the foundation powers more than 300 language editions and hosts 50 million daily pageviews. Its mission to make knowledge freely available drives daily innovations in scalable infrastructure, data analytics, and user experience.
Open roles cover software engineering, data science, product management, community engagement, and infrastructure. Candidates typically work on high‑traffic services, real‑time analytics, and open‑source libraries. Expect a culture that rewards experimentation, offers remote‑first flexibility, and requires strong collaboration with editors, researchers, and external partners.
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Movement Communications Specialist
Company: Wikimedia Foundation
Location: USA
Posted Nov 24, 2025
The Wikimedia Foundation seeks a Movement Communications Specialist to enhance global collaboration, storytelling, and community engagement through multicultural and multilingual initiatives. The role involves creating content, organizing events, and supporting volunteer communities while aligning with the organization's mission of free knowledge sharing.
Staff Database Administrator
Company: Wikimedia Foundation
Location: USA
Posted Nov 20, 2025
The Wikimedia Foundation is hiring a Staff Database Administrator to support and protect Wikipedia and its sister projects. The role involves managing MariaDB and MySQL databases at large scale, ensuring high availability and performance, and contributing to automation and open source contributions. The position offers opportunities to learn, take on challenges, and make a global impact.
Senior Software Engineer - Wikidata Platform
Company: Wikimedia Foundation
Location: Europe
Posted Nov 19, 2025
The Wikimedia Foundation is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join the team supporting the Wikidata Platform, the structured data backbone of Wikimedia projects. The role involves designing, building, and maintaining backend systems and APIs that power Wikidata's query infrastructure, improving reliability and scalability, and collaborating with SRE, data engineers, and product teams.
Community Director - LF Energy
Company: Linux Foundation
Location: Europe
Posted Nov 25, 2025
LF Energy is an open source foundation that brings together grid operators, technology providers, research institutions, regulators, and policymakers to develop digital infrastructure for modern energy systems. The organization focuses on addressing critical challenges such as grid flexibility, renewable integration, market coordination, and operational efficiency. LF Energy offers tools like PowSyBl for grid simulation, OpenSTEF for short-term energy forecasting, and OpenSynth for democratizing access to grid data while preserving privacy and security. The foundation aims to accelerate the energy transition by reducing vendor lock-in, improving interoperability, and distributing development costs across the ecosystem.
Senior Software Engineer - Product Safety & Integrity
Company: Wikimedia Foundation
Location: Europe
Posted Nov 28, 2025
The Wikimedia Foundation is seeking a senior software engineer to join the Product Safety and Integrity Team. The role involves developing tools to identify and mitigate abuse across Wikimedia projects, designing privacy-conscious systems, and collaborating with cross-functional teams. The foundation values collaboration, humility, and a commitment to free knowledge for all.
Technical Program Manager
Company: Monad Foundation
Location: Remote
Posted Dec 04, 2025
The Monad Foundation is seeking a Technical Program Manager to lead complex initiatives and drive organizational alignment. The role requires strong technical skills, leadership experience, and the ability to navigate the blockchain industry. The company offers challenging problems, a highly motivated team, and a culture of collaboration and high-quality output.
Current openings
Company: Wormhole Foundation
Location: Remote
Posted Dec 05, 2025
The Wormhole Foundation promotes open-source blockchain tech, empowering innovation and growth. They offer impactful roles with a collaborative culture and competitive compensation, aiming to shape the future of blockchain interoperability.
Director of Marketing Communications
Company: Linux Foundation
Location: Remote
Posted Nov 23, 2025
The Linux Foundation is seeking a Director of Marketing Communications to lead the strategy, execution, and performance of integrated marketing communications, community, and content initiatives for the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF). The ideal candidate will have deep experience in open source technology ecosystems, demonstrated success overseeing marketing teams, and the ability to drive growth and health of the organization's marketing and communications.
Software Engineer - MediaWiki Interfaces
Company: Wikimedia Foundation
Location: USA
Posted Nov 27, 2025
The Wikimedia Foundation is seeking a Software Engineer to join the MediaWiki Interfaces team, which powers Wikipedia and its sister projects. The role involves designing, developing, and maintaining key parts of the MediaWiki stack, writing clean and maintainable code, participating in code reviews and technical planning, and collaborating with other engineers and product managers to improve performance, reliability, and API adoption. The position is fully remote, with working hours needing to overlap with UTC-4 to UTC+2 time zones.
Senior Software Engineer
Company: Wikimedia Foundation
Location: USA
Posted Nov 23, 2025
The Wikimedia Foundation seeks a Senior Software Engineer to contribute to high-impact projects, innovate data feeds, and collaborate on a globally distributed team. The role involves designing scalable systems, maintaining reliability, and supporting open-source initiatives. The position offers competitive pay and opportunities to shape the future of knowledge sharing.
STEM Associate
Company: Hispanic Access Foundation
Location: Orlando
Posted Dec 03, 2025
The Hispanic Access Foundation's STEM Program aims to inspire and support Latino youth, families, and professionals in exploring and leading in health and STEM fields. The program provides role model talks, immersive field trips, and mentorship experiences to increase awareness of career pathways and foster skill development, confidence, and leadership.
Senior Software Engineer - Wikimedia Enterprise
Company: Wikimedia Foundation
Location: Europe
Posted Nov 27, 2025
The Wikimedia Foundation is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join their team and contribute to developing and executing a long-term engineering strategy. The role involves working on high-impact challenges, fostering cross-team collaboration, and supporting the Wikimedia Enterprise product. The ideal candidate should be comfortable working in a semi-ambiguous environment, have experience with cloud platforms, distributed event processing systems, and modern observability infrastructure.