Software Engineer (Wikidata) (m/f/d) Full-time

We are looking for a Software Engineer (m/f/d) (Full time / Part time min. 30 hpw) to join and support one of our agile development teams. The position is based in Berlin and we offer hybrid workplace options.

About the position:

You will be working with the team that develops and improves the software behind the Wikidata project. Wikidata is a free and open knowledge graph that can be read and edited by both humans and machines and is a part of the Linked Open Data Network. You will be developing open source software that puts user needs first and increases users’ satisfaction. Wikidata has the clear goal of giving more people more access to more knowledge and you will be part of that!

Responsibilities:

- You build and maintain the functionality of Wikidata and its associated tools, collaborating with the team on finding the best solution to user problems.
- You participate in all the stages of software development as well as code, design, and do code reviews providing constructive feedback.
- You maintain a good understanding of the technical aspects of the product roadmap as well as the team goals.
- You engage in constantly improving the team processes and agile practices.

What we offer:

- You will be part of a cohesive and engaged team that fosters unity and supports each other
- You will have a noticeable impact on one of the top visited websites in the world
- Flexible working hours adjusted to the team and peoples’ needs
- Work in cross-functional teams towards a common goal
- You will be creating open source software on a daily basis - almost all software created by Wikimedia Deutschland is published under open source licences.
- A working culture that supports releasing a good product over releasing in order to meet a deadline
- We dedicate one day per quarter in the department to work on any non-work-related project you want
- Flexible working hours adjusted to the team and peoples’ needs
- You can attend local user groups during working hours
- Opportunity to improve your presentation skills and to share your favourite topics in internal presentations to the other engineering teams
- Opportunity to go to conferences, both as participants and contributors
- The possibility of working from home when needed as well as a modern and centrally located office space - in the heart of Berlin - with a fully equipped kitchen, different sized meeting rooms and hybrid working spaces
- And a lot more: 30 days of holidays, public transport allowance, access to complementary pension benefits, continued salary in the event of ill children, free-of-cost external life coaching
- This is a permanent contract
- Learn more about our team by visiting our Wikimedia Tech News Blog.

About you:

- You are passionate and care about software.
- Your background is not important as long as you have a solid understanding and experience with object oriented programming and basic experience with web development.
- You have an eye for software design and quality and you understand the importance of tests.
Experience with graph databases or MediaWiki is a big plus.
- You like working in a team working towards a common goal, learning together, and supporting and lifting up your peers.
- You are not afraid of making mistakes and you learn from them.
- You want to keep learning and developing yourself.
- You are able to communicate in English with professional proficiency.

Technologies we use:

Most of our server side code is written in PHP and for version control we use Git. We use Vue.js and TypeScript for our modern frontends. We also keep migrating our legacy code into these and newer technologies. Also, testing is important to us; we use testing frameworks and practice continuous integration across our projects.

Knowledge and experience in these technologies is not a requirement. We believe they all can be learned on the job and WMDE, your team, and your line manager will support you in this learning.

Interested?

Then apply now! Send us your detailed application documents (Resume & Motivational Letter (yes, we read them)) via our job portal. Our HR team will be happy to answer your questions. We kindly ask you to refrain from application photos and information on date of birth, marital status and parents. We look forward to hearing from you!

Wikimedia Germany is committed to equal opportunities and does not discriminate on the basis of, for example, ethnic origin, citizenship, religion or belief, political or other convictions, gender, age, disability or sexual identity or orientation.

Due to the current COVID - 19 situation, job interviews will only take place digitally.

About Wikimedia Deutschland:

At Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. we aim to establish and advocate for the creation, collection, and distribution of free knowledge.
In 2004, volunteer Wikipedia activists founded the non-profit association Wikimedia Deutschland in Berlin, which now consists of over 100,000 members and 160 full-time staff.

Free knowledge leads to a fairer world. Wikipedia is the most important online knowledge collection of our time. The German Wikipedia alone records almost 1 billion page views per month for a total of 2.6 million articles. We - Wikimedia Deutschland e. V. - support the volunteers of Wikipedia and its sister projects, develop free software, such as Wikidata, and advocate for free access to knowledge, the opening of education and research, and more common good orientation in data policy.