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Senior Software Engineer, Core Experiences – Contract
Wikimedia Foundation. Deliver medium-complexity initiatives from technical discovery through delivery .
Tech Stack
Tools & technologiesJavaScriptPHPTypeScriptVue.js
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Deliver medium-complexity initiatives from technical discovery through delivery
- Break down initiatives into features, drive estimation, manage scope, identify risks, and support pragmatic tradeoffs
- Create mobile Wikipedia product experiences for global, multilingual audiences across web and app surfaces
- Design and build accessible, adaptable, scalable, and reusable frontend components
- Create and maintain RESTful APIs, schemas, contracts, monitoring, and scalable data pipelines
- Build software that is testable, observable, and debuggable
- Instrument features for deeper analysis by Product Analysts
- Collaborate with product managers, designers, analysts, and native app engineers
- Identify technical opportunities and risks, clarify priorities and sequencing, and align teams on outcomes and capacity
- Follow standards for code review, technical design, testing, documentation, accessibility, observability, and decision-making
- Plan work with awareness of downstream and upstream effects
Requirements
What you’ll need- Bachelor's degree and 5-10+ years of related professional experience, with significant experience building production web applications and services
- Strong professional experience with JavaScript/TypeScript, JavaScript frameworks such as Vue.js, and backend languages such as PHP
- Experience building responsive or mobile-first web experiences, with attention to performance, accessibility, and usability
- Experience designing and integrating with server-side APIs
- Experience delivering in a self-driven, lean environment
- Commitment to the Foundation's Mission and Values
- Applicants outside the US must have current work authorization in their location
Benefits
Comp & perks- Fully remote work
- Flexible location-based pay adjusted to country of hire
- Equal opportunity and inclusive workplace
- Accommodation assistance during the application process
- Employment through a local third-party Employer of Record for non-US employees