USD per year
Software Engineer III, Fundraising Tech
Remote Summary We are searching for an experienced full-stack software engineer to join the Wikimedia Fundraising Technology team. Each year, small donations from hundreds of thousands of individuals constitute the majority of the budget for the Wikimedia Foundation. This money is used primarily for projects, such as Wikipedia, and operational costs. We are looking for someone who wants to help Wikimedias non-profit fundraising efforts to become more accessible worldwide, while maintaining integrity and scalability across changing markets and over numerous engagement methods. We'd like you to do these things:
- Support Wikimedias online fundraising goals worldwide by developing tools and features that empower users to create effective fundraising campaigns
- Write code to integrate with payment providers and other tools and services, both internal and third-party
- Help the team surface important patterns and trends by improving internal visibility and reporting capabilities
- Share the ongoing responsibility of maintaining the security and integrity of the existing donation infrastructure
- Provide an increased level of engineering support during high-traffic or critical campaigns
We'd like you to have these skills:
- Two years experience developing in PHP or similar web scripting language(s)
- Experience developing, deploying, and debugging in LAMP environments
- BS in Computer Science or the equivalent in relevant work experience
- Knowledge of MySQL and other relational databases
- Comfortable working with JavaScript/HTML/CSS for front-end development
- Experience integrating with third-party web APIs, and maintaining those integrations
- Highly collaborative work style
- Ability to work confidently in open source environments
And it would be even more awesome if you have experience with:
- Open-source software architecture and development
- Payments-related code
- CiviCRM or other customer relationship management software
- MediaWiki and other open source PHP-based content management systems
- Working remotely, or with a distributed team
- Developing and maintaining software with high security and accuracy requirements, at scale
About the Wikimedia Foundation
The Wikimedia Foundation is the nonprofit organization that operates Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia free knowledge projects. Our vision is a world in which every single human can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. We believe that everyone has the potential to contribute something to our shared knowledge, and that everyone should be able to access that knowledge freely. We host Wikipedia and the Wikimedia projects, build software experiences for reading, contributing, and sharing Wikimedia content, support the volunteer communities and partners who make Wikimedia possible, and advocate for policies that enable Wikimedia and free knowledge to thrive. The Wikimedia Foundation is a charitable, not-for-profit organization that relies on donations. We receive donations from millions of individuals around the world, with an average donation of about $15. We also receive donations through institutional grants and gifts. The Wikimedia Foundation is a United States 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization with offices in San Francisco, California, USA. *As an equal opportunity employer...* The Wikimedia Foundation is a remote-first organization with staff members including contractors based 40+ countries*. Salaries at the Wikimedia Foundation are set in a way that is competitive... The anticipated annual pay range of this position for applicants based within the United States is US$92,... *Please note that we are currently able to hire in...* *If you are a qualified applicant requiring assistance...*
We are the nonprofit that hosts Wikipedia. We support the people, technology, and policies that enable reliable information to be shared with the world.
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