Senior Software Engineer, MediaWiki Content Platform Team
Core
Engineering software to support and evolve wikitext (the markup language behind Wikipedia), including parsing, rendering, and content analysis tools for over half a billion daily page accesses.
Role type
Senior Software Engineer (Content Platform)
Builds
Wikitext processing infrastructure, editing tools, and content rendering web services
Domain
Open source / Knowledge equity / Web services
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | infrastructure
Required skills
PHP, JavaScript, parser generators, interpreters, language runtimes, compilers, caching, persistence technologies, unit and integration testing, architectural decision making, mentoring
Preferred skills
HTML5 spec and DOM manipulation, Node.js, MediaWiki/Drupal/WordPress experience, open source contribution history
Technologies
PHP, JavaScript, Node.js, MediaWiki, MySQL
Responsibilities
Designing and delivering improvements to wikitext processing infrastructure; iterating on new features via collaboration; creating and maintaining internet APIs; instrumenting components for monitoring; leveraging caching and persistence technologies
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with mentorship responsibilities