Software Engineer, Wikidata Platform
Wikimedia Foundationabout 5 hours ago
Remote, WorldwideMid Level / Senior
H1B Sponsor
Base Salary
$95k - $149k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design, build, and maintain backend systems and APIs for Wikidata's query infrastructure.
- Improve reliability, observability, and automation of the Wikidata Query Service.
- Integrate Wikidata Platform services with other systems and data sources.
- Develop features to ensure stability and scalability under growing usage.
- Monitor production systems and resolve operational incidents.
- Support platform migrations and system upgrades.
- Contribute to deployment automation and CI/CD workflows.
- Participate in code reviews and design discussions.
- Document systems and share knowledge with team members.
Requirements
- 2+ years of experience as a backend or platform engineer.
- Solid understanding of database and knowledge graph representation technologies.
- Proficiency in Java, C++, or other systems languages.
- Experience building and operating production-grade services with SLOs.
- Familiarity with modern observability tools.
- Familiarity with data processing technologies like graph databases.
- Ability to work collaboratively and communicate clearly.
- Commitment to learning and contributing to a mission-driven culture.