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\nLocation: Remote\n\nSummary\n\nWikimedia projects are built to be collaborative, multilingual and usable by people from around the world. The New Readers Engineering team works on products that deliver compelling experiences to Wikipedia readers in emerging markets, driving increased adoption and retention of Wikipedia. \n\nWe are currently working on product intervention explorations that will be gradually rolled out for users later in the year. As a Software Engineer on the team you will be working with Software Engineers, Product Managers, Designers and QA Engineers to develop user interface features, fix bugs, review code and participate in engineering discussions that influence our project decisions. You will be mostly working on PHP, JavaScript, CSS, HTML5.\n\nOur team is fully remote and team members work from various places around the world.\n\nAs a Software Engineer, we would like you to do:\n\n\n* Follow open source software development discipline when working with the rest of the team such as using bug trackers, version control, review systems, asynchronous communication methods (chat/email) etc.\n\n\n\n\nWe value:\n\n\n* Clear and concise communication of complex ideas about software and software development\n\n* A desire to create features for everyone, everywhere and to optimize at the intersection of performance and user perception\n\n* Comfortable working in a multi-cultural, remote, distributed team across various time zones\n\n* An interest in working with legacy software and modernizing code\n\n* Instrumenting new and core features and maintaining a set of key performance indicators\n\n\n\n\nRequirements\n\n\n* Bachelor's or master's degree in computer science or STEM field; or equivalent professional experience\n\n* 3-5+ years related professional experience\n\n* knowledge in PHP, JavaScript, HTML5, CSS, and modern web standards is a must. \n\n* Knowledge of developing and debugging in Linux/Unix (LAMP) environments.\n\n* Interest in focused software engineering: you enjoy writing unit tests, reviewing code and responding to code reviews, and discussing architectural approach\n\n* Passionate about free knowledge and open source\n\n* Willing to travel occasionally - sometimes internationally - for team and organizational meetings\n\n* Must be located in timezone between EST (Eastern Standard Time) and IST (Indian Standard Time)\n\n\n\n\nPlus\n\n\n* Familiarity with JS libraries like jQuery\n\n* Familiarity with open source software development processes\n\n* Experience of working in open source project communities\n\n* Knowledge about internationalization\n\n* Experience of presenting your work at conferences or tech talks.\n\n* Working knowledge of a language other than English would be valuable\n\n\n\n\nWe'd like to see your work! Here are a few things you'll need:\n\n\n* If you have any existing open source software that you've developed (these could be your own software or patches to other packages), please share the URLs for the source. Links to your projects on GitHub, GitLab, BitBucket, etc. are exceptionally useful.\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Wikimedia Foundation is an equal opportunity employer, and we encourage people with a diverse range of backgrounds to apply.\n\nU.S. Benefits & Perks*\n\n\n* Fully paid medical, dental and vision coverage for employees and their eligible families (yes, fully paid premiums!)\n\n* The Wellness Program provides reimbursement for mind, body and soul activities such as fitness memberships, baby sitting, continuing education and much more\n\n* The 401(k) retirement plan offers matched contributions at 4% of annual salary\n\n* Flexible and generous time off - vacation, sick and volunteer days, plus 19 paid holidays - including the last week of the year.\n\n* Family friendly! 100% paid new parent leave for seven weeks plus an additional five weeks for pregnancy, flexible options to phase back in after leave, fully equipped lactation room.\n\n* For those emergency moments - long and short term disability, life insurance (2x salary) and an employee assistance program\n\n* Pre-tax savings plans for health care, child care, elder care, public transportation and parking expenses\n\n* Telecommuting and flexible work schedules available\n\n* Appropriate fuel for thinking and coding (aka, a pantry full of treats) and monthly massages to help staff relax\n\n* Great colleagues - diverse staff and contractors speaking dozens of languages from around the world, fantastic intellectual discourse, mission-driven and intensely passionate people\n\n\n\n\n*Eligible international workers' benefits are specific to their location and dependent on their employer of record\n\nMore information\n\nWMF\nBlog\nWikimedia 2030\nWikimedia Medium Term Plan\nDiversity and inclusion information for Wikimedia workers, by the numbers\nWikimania 2019\nAnnual Report - 2017 \n\n#Salary and compensation\n
No salary data published by company so we estimated salary based on similar jobs related to Engineer, Developer, Digital Nomad, English, Education and Travel jobs that are similar:\n\n
$65,000 — $120,000/year\n
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๐ฐ 401(k)\n\n๐ Distributed team\n\nโฐ Async\n\n๐ค Vision insurance\n\n๐ฆท Dental insurance\n\n๐ Medical insurance\n\n๐ Unlimited vacation\n\n๐ Paid time off\n\n๐ 4 day workweek\n\n๐ฐ 401k matching\n\n๐ Company retreats\n\n๐ฌ Coworking budget\n\n๐ Learning budget\n\n๐ช Free gym membership\n\n๐ง Mental wellness budget\n\n๐ฅ Home office budget\n\n๐ฅง Pay in crypto\n\n๐ฅธ Pseudonymous\n\n๐ฐ Profit sharing\n\n๐ฐ Equity compensation\n\nโฌ๏ธ No whiteboard interview\n\n๐ No monitoring system\n\n๐ซ No politics at work\n\n๐ We hire old (and young)\n\n
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