Software Engineer III
Core
Develop and maintain tools to identify, mitigate, and prevent abuse across Wikimedia projects while designing privacy-conscious systems.
Role type
Software Engineer (Product Safety & Integrity)
Builds
Abuse detection and mitigation tools for Wikipedia and sister projects
Domain
Non-profit / Open Source / Web Security
Deliverable
production ML models | product features
Required skills
PHP, Javascript, relational databases, security principles, large-scale application development, cross-team collaboration, user impact analysis
Preferred skills
abuse fighting, security concerns, open source contributions
Technologies
PHP, Javascript, relational databases
Responsibilities
Proactively develop tools to empower communities to identify and prevent abuse; Design privacy-conscious systems detecting behavioral patterns; Adapt abuse detection strategies to privacy standards; Collaborate cross-functionally to balance safety and freedom; Write resilient, maintainable systems; Implement observability and measure anti-abuse impact
