Hi All,

I posted the position below on this list a couple of weeks ago, but we've since started considering applicants from outside of the San Francisco area (working remotely), in the hopes that we can get people with MediaWiki experience. Please pass this along to anyone that you think might be interested.

http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Job_openings/Software_Developer_(project)

Thanks, Arash

Job Title

Software Developer

Employment Duration

April 1, 2009 to April 16, 2010

About the Wikipedia Usability Initiative

The Wikipedia Usability Initiative was realized by a grant from the U.S.-based Stanton Foundation. The goal of this initiative is to measurably increase the usability of Wikipedia for new contributors by improving the underlying software on the basis of user behavioral studies, thereby reducing barriers to public participation. This position is part of the program team for the initiative.

For more information, please see the press release.

Job Purpose

The core responsibility is to design, develop, test and deploy new features and improvements of the MediaWiki software for the the Usability Initiative under the mentoring of the Sr. Software Developer.

Reports to

Sr. Software Developer

Job Summary

* Participate in software design of usability improvements for Wikipedia * Develop, test, and deploy new features and improvements to the MediaWiki core and extension software * Design QA process and work with community volunteers in testing the software

Required Qualifications

* Computer Science degree or equivalent work experience * 5+ years experience in front end development * Familiarity with LAMP * PHP/AJAX/HTML/CSS experience * Object-oriented JavaScript skills a plus * Experience with security implications of JavaScript/PHP software * Linux/Unix shell, Python, etc experience a plus * Experience with MediaWiki a plus * Experience with cross-browser compatibility testing * An understanding of internationalizing and localizing software products a big plus * Experience with automated software testing a plus * Any other free/open software development experience highly welcome * Comfortable in a highly collaborative, consensus-oriented environment * Experience with wikis and participatory production environments a plus * Understanding of the free culture movement a plus * The ideal candidate will be creative, highly motivated, and able to operate effectively in multiple cultural and language contexts.

About the Wikimedia Foundation

The Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. is a US-registered 501(c)(3) tax- deductible non-profit charity dedicated to encouraging the growth, development and distribution of free, multilingual content, and to providing the full content of wiki-based projects to the public free of charge. The Wikimedia Foundation operates some of the largest collaboratively-edited reference projects in the world, including Wikipedia, one of the world's 10 most visited websites, Wiktionary, Wikibooks, Wikiquote, Wikisource, Wikinews and the Wikimedia Commons media repository. The organization has received numerous honors for its work, among them the Webby Award, the Prix Ars Electronica Golden Nica, the Japan Advertisers Association's Web Creation Award and the World Technology Award in Communications Technology.

The Wikimedia Foundation was created in 2003 to manage the operation of Wikipedia and its sister projects and is based in San Francisco, California. It currently employs 27 staff members. Wikimedia is supported by local chapter organizations in 21 countries.

To Apply

Please send a CV and cover letter to jobs(at)wikimedia.org, before April 1, 2009. Please put the position title (Software Developer) in your subject line.

Applications that do not include a cover letter will not be considered. This position will be filled in March 2009. Due to the volume of responses that we anticipate we will not reply to all applications, so please do not interpret our silence as a lack of interest.

Please copy and paste the text of your CV into the e-mail, in addition to attaching the file.

Due to the volume of applications we receive, we regret that only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

Based in San Francisco, CA., but remote candidates will be considered.