Hello, lists.
You may have heard of projects
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Research#Highlights> such as revision
scoring or article recommendations. We’re now looking for a full-stack software engineer
to join Wikimedia Research and support and scale up these and similar projects.
Job description below, please help us find the best possible candidates.
Dario
Software Engineer - Research <http://grnh.se/b12qur>
Summary
Help us create a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of
all knowledge.
We are a team of scientists and UX researchers at the Wikimedia Foundation using data to
understand and empower millions of users – readers, contributors, and donors – who
interact with Wikipedia and its sister projects on a daily basis. We turn research
questions into publicly shared knowledge, we design and test new technology, we produce
data-driven insights to support product and engineering decisions and we publish research
informing the organization’s and the movement’s strategy. We are strongly committed to
principles of transparency, privacy and collaboration, we use free and open source
technology and we collaborate with researchers in the industry and academia. As a full
member of the Wikimedia Research department, you will help us build and scale the
infrastructure our team needs for research and experimentation, implementing new
technology and data-intensive applications.
Description
Collaborate with researchers to expose algorithms and machine learning systems through
APIs and web applications
Design, develop, test, and deploy new features, improvements and upgrades to the
infrastructure that supports research and powers data-intensive applications.
Support our data science team in optimizing computationally intensive data processing.
Support our UX research capacity by growing, expanding and maintaining our user testing
platform and instrumentation stack.
Work in coordination with other infrastructure teams such as Services and Analytics
Engineering as well as Product teams to grow and scale research-driven services and
applications.
Requirements
Real world experience writing applications using both scripting (e.g. Python, Javascript,
PHP) and compiled languages (e.g. Java, Scala, C, C#)
Experience with MySQL/Postgres or similar database technology
Experience developing APIs for data retrieval
Understanding of basic statistical concepts
BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science, Mathematics, or equivalent work experience
Pluses
Experience with high-traffic web architectures and operations
Production experience with Hadoop and ecosystem technology (Pig, Hive, streaming)
Experience with web UI design (Javascript, HTML, CSS)
Familiarity with scientific computing libraries in Python and R
Experience working with volunteers
Big ups if you are a contributor to Wikipedia or other open collaboration projects
Show us your stuff! Please provide us with information you feel would be useful to us in
gaining a better understanding of your technical background and accomplishments. Links to
GitHub, your technical blogs, publications, personal projects, etc. are exceptionally
useful. We especially appreciate pointers to your best contributions to open source
projects.
About the Wikimedia Foundation
The Wikimedia Foundation is the non-profit organization that operates Wikipedia, the free
encyclopedia. Wikipedia and the other projects operated by the Wikimedia Foundation
receive more than 431 million unique visitors per month, making them the 5th most popular
web property worldwide. Available in more than 287 languages, Wikipedia contains more than
32 million articles contributed by a global volunteer community of more than 100,000
people. Based in San Francisco, California, the Wikimedia Foundation is an audited,
501(c)(3) charity that is funded primarily through donations and grants. The Wikimedia
Foundation was created in 2003 to manage the operation of Wikipedia and its sister
projects. It currently employs over 208 staff members. Wikimedia is supported by local
chapter organizations in 40 countries or regions.
The Wikimedia Foundation offers competitive benefits. Fully paid medical, dental, and
vision coverage for employees and their eligible families (yes, fully paid premiums!). A
Wellness Program which provides reimbursement for mind, body and soul activities such as
fitness memberships, massages, cooking classes and much more. 401(k) retirement plan with
matched contributions of 4% of annual salary.
More Information
http://wikimediafoundation.org <http://wikimediafoundation.org/>
http://blog.wikimedia.org <http://blog.wikimedia.org/>
http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Vision
<http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Vision>
About Wikimedia Research
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Research
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Research>
Examples of code
https://github.com/wiki-ai/revscoring <https://github.com/wiki-ai/revscoring>
https://github.com/wiki-ai/ores <https://github.com/wiki-ai/revscoring>
https://github.com/halfak/MediaWiki-Utilities
<https://github.com/halfak/MediaWiki-Utilities>
https://github.com/halfak/mwstreaming <https://github.com/halfak/mwstreaming>
Dario Taraborelli Head of Research, Wikimedia Foundation
wikimediafoundation.org <http://wikimediafoundation.org/> •
nitens.org
<http://nitens.org/> • @readermeter <http://twitter.com/readermeter>