Job Title:Software Developer

Employment Duration:June 1, 2009 to April 16, 2010

Reports to:Program Manager

About the Wikipedia Usability Initiative

The Wikipedia Usability Initiative was realized by a grant from the U.S.-based Stanton Foundation. The goal of this initiative is to measurably increase the usability of Wikipedia for new contributors by improving the underlying software on the basis of user behavioral studies, thereby reducing barriers to public participation. This position is part of the program team for the initiative.

Job Purpose

The core responsibility of this position is to design, develop, test and deploy new features and improvements of the MediaWiki software for the Wikipedia usability initiative by working closely with the interaction designer and peer developers of MediaWiki.

Job Summary:

Required Qualifications:

The ideal candidate will be creative, highly motivated, and able to operate effectively in multiple cultural and language contexts

Salary:

The salary is in the range of $75,000 to $85,000 plus benefits, commensurate with experience.

About the Wikimedia Foundation:

The Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. is a US-registered 501(c)(3) tax-deductible non-profit charity dedicated to encouraging the growth, development and distribution of free, multilingual content, and to providing the full content of wiki-based projects to the public free of charge. The Wikimedia Foundation operates some of the largest collaboratively-edited reference projects in the world, including Wikipedia, one of the world's 10 most visited websites, Wiktionary, Wikibooks, Wikiquote, Wikisource, Wikinews and the Wikimedia Commons media repository. The organization has received numerous honors for its work, among them the Webby Award, the Prix Ars Electronica Golden Nica, the Japan Advertisers Association's Web Creation Award and the World Technology Award in Communications Technology.

The Wikimedia Foundation was created in 2003 to manage the operation of Wikipedia and its sister projects and is based in San Francisco, California. It currently employs 27 staff members. Wikimedia is supported by local chapter organizations in 24 countries or regions.

To Apply:

Please email a CV and cover letter to us before August 28, 2009. Please put the position title (Software Developer) in your subject line.

Applications that do not include a cover letter will not be considered. This position will be filled in July 2009. Due to the volume of responses that we anticipate we will not reply to all applications, so please do not interpret our silence as a lack of interest.

Please copy and paste the text of your CV into the e-mail, in addition to attaching the file.

Due to the volume of applications we receive, we regret that only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

Based in San Francisco, CA., but remote candidates will be considered.