[Hiring] Software Engineer III, Fundraising Tech @Wikimedia Foundation

Role Description

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 Wikimedia’s non-profit fundraising efforts to become more accessible worldwide, while maintaining integrity and scalability across changing markets and over numerous engagement methods.

• Support Wikimedia’s 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.

Qualifications

• 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.

Requirements

• 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.

Benefits

• Competitive and equitable salaries.
• Remote-first organization with staff members in 40+ countries.
• Anticipated annual pay range for applicants in the US: US$92,267 to US$118,045.
• Pay adjusted for applicants located outside of the US.
• Support for applicants requiring assistance or accommodations due to a disability.

Company Description

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.
• We build software experiences for reading, contributing, and sharing Wikimedia content.
• We support the volunteer communities and partners who make Wikimedia possible.
• We advocate for policies that enable Wikimedia and free knowledge to thrive.
• We are a charitable, not-for-profit organization that relies on donations.
• We receive donations from millions of individuals around the world.