[Mediawiki-l] MediaWiki Developer Needed

[Arash Boostani]

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.