Software Engineer (Trust & Safety Team)

Posted 2024-12-03

💎 Seniority level: Middle, 3+ years

📍 Location: Australia, Austria, Bangladesh, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Ghana, Greece, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Kenya, Mexico, Netherlands, Nigeria, Peru, Poland, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay

💸 Salary: 88975 - 139056 USD per year

🔍 Industry: Nonprofit, Technology, Open Knowledge

🏢 Company: Wikimedia Foundation

🗣️ Languages: English

⏳ Experience: 3+ years

🪄 Skills: Backend DevelopmentPHPSoftware DevelopmentCSSJavascriptProduct DevelopmentCommunication SkillsCollaborationJavaScriptWritten communicationDocumentationCompliance

Requirements:

3+ years of related professional or volunteering experience in software engineering roles, with emphasis on backend development.
Experience with Object-Oriented development using PHP, Python, Ruby, or JavaScript.
Ability to convert design mockups into functional and accessible components with well-documented code.
Focused software engineering: writing unit and integration tests, addressing security feedback, balancing trade-offs.
Strong written communication skills for online collaboration.

Responsibilities:

Developing, testing, and deploying new features, improvements, and upgrades to tools for administrators and staff.
Writing multilingual, accessible, and performant user interfaces using PHP, JavaScript, VueJS, and CSS.
Documenting contributions to the codebase and features.
Contributing to projects handling sensitive data while ensuring compliance with privacy and security regulations.
Supporting abuse investigations by identifying sources and proposing mitigations.
Developing expertise in Trust and Safety topics.
Extending the capabilities of MediaWiki for community needs.
Working across teams to reduce technical debt.

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