Remote Developer + Engineering + Linux + Travel + UI Jobs

San Francisco, CA or Remote\n\n\n\nSummary\n\nThe Scoring Platform team builds and maintains machine learning technologies to empower millions of users – readers, contributors, and donors – who contribute to Wikipedia and its sister projects on a daily basis.  We address process inefficiencies with machine learning technologies, we design and test new technology, we produce empirical insights, and we publish and present research on the intersection of technology and culture. We are strongly committed to principles of transparency, privacy and collaboration.  We use free and open source technology and we collaborate with researchers in the industry and academia. \n\nAs a Software Engineer of the Scoring Platform team, you will help us build and scale our machine prediction service, train new machine learning models, and implement other data-intensive applications. You’ll travel to conferences to interact with researchers and volunteer contributors to Wikimedia Projects. You’ll help translate abstractions from current research and volunteers’ needs into concrete technologies and we’ll learn about the impacts of those technologies together.\n\nYou are responsible for:\n\n\n* Implementing the Scoring Platform’s data intensive infrastructure and APIs\n\n* Collaborating with researchers and product managers to bring forward foundational technologies for new products\n\n* Coordinating and communicating with other members of the Wikimedia engineering teams on relevant projects\n\n* Engaging with internal documentation efforts and inform other staff in various aspects of Scoring Platform infrastructure and services\n\n* Working in coordination with volunteer developers, editors, and researchers to understand their needs. \n\n* Sharing our values, respect our code of conduct, adhere to our team norms, and work in accordance with all three\n\n\n\n\nSkills and Experience:\n\n\n* Experience with web programming languages (PHP, Javascript, Python, etc.) \n\n* Understanding or willingness to learn basic statistics, machine learning, and/or data analysis techniques.\n\n* Demonstrable experience developing and debugging web applications\n\n* Strong verbal and written proficiency with the English language\n\n* BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science, Mathematics, Information science, or equivalent work experience\n\n\n\n\nQualities that are important to us:\n\n\n* Engineering mindset and strong experience in Linux ecosystems\n\n* Real world experience writing horizontally scalable web applications\n\n\n\n\nAdditionally, we’d love it if you have:\n\n\n* Experience participating in open source software projects and communities\n\n* Familiarity with scientific computing libraries in Python\n\n* Experience with web UI development (Javascript, HTML, CSS)\n\n* Experience working with collaborating in online spaces (chatrooms, web forums, etc.)\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Wikimedia Foundation is... \n\n...the nonprofit organization that hosts and 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, free of interference. We host the Wikimedia projects, build software experiences for reading, contributing, and sharing Wikimedia content, support the volunteer communities and partners who make Wikimedia possible, and advocate for policies that enable Wikimedia and free knowledge to thrive. The Wikimedia Foundation is a charitable, not-for-profit organization that relies on donations. We receive financial support from millions of individuals around the world, with an average donation of about $15. We also receive donations through institutional grants and gifts. The Wikimedia Foundation is a United States 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization with offices in San Francisco, California, USA.\n\nThe Wikimedia Foundation is an equal opportunity employer, and we encourage people with a diverse range of backgrounds to apply.\n\nU.S. Benefits & Perks*\n\n\n* Fully paid medical, dental and vision coverage for employees and their eligible families (yes, fully paid premiums!)\n\n* The Wellness Program provides reimbursement for mind, body and soul activities such as fitness memberships, baby sitting, continuing education and much more\n\n* The 401(k) retirement plan offers matched contributions at 4% of annual salary\n\n* Flexible and generous time off - vacation, sick and volunteer days, plus 19 paid holidays - including the last week of the year.\n\n* Family friendly! 100% paid new parent leave for seven weeks plus an additional five weeks for pregnancy, flexible options to phase back in after leave, fully equipped lactation room.\n\n* For those emergency moments - long and short term disability, life insurance (2x salary) and an employee assistance program\n\n* Pre-tax savings plans for health care, child care, elder care, public transportation and parking expenses\n\n* Telecommuting and flexible work schedules available\n\n* Appropriate fuel for thinking and coding (aka, a pantry full of treats) and monthly massages to help staff relax\n\n* Great colleagues - diverse staff and contractors speaking dozens of languages from around the world, fantastic intellectual discourse, mission-driven and intensely passionate people\n\n\n\n\n*Eligible international workers' benefits are specific to their location and dependent on their employer of record \n\n#Salary and compensation\n No salary data published by company so we estimated salary based on similar jobs related to Machine Learning, Engineer, Developer, Digital Nomad, English, Education, Travel and Linux jobs that are similar:\n\n $70,000 — $120,000/year\n
\n\n#Benefits\n 💰 401(k)\n\n🌎 Distributed team\n\n⏰ Async\n\n🤓 Vision insurance\n\n🦷 Dental insurance\n\n🚑 Medical insurance\n\n🏖 Unlimited vacation\n\n🏖 Paid time off\n\n📆 4 day workweek\n\n💰 401k matching\n\n🏔 Company retreats\n\n🏬 Coworking budget\n\n📚 Learning budget\n\n💪 Free gym membership\n\n🧘 Mental wellness budget\n\n🖥 Home office budget\n\n🥧 Pay in crypto\n\n🥸 Pseudonymous\n\n💰 Profit sharing\n\n💰 Equity compensation\n\n⬜️ No whiteboard interview\n\n👀 No monitoring system\n\n🚫 No politics at work\n\n🎅 We hire old (and young)\n\n

\nRemote workers welcome!\n\nAs a Sr. Software Engineer you will lead and work on our on-premises and cloud computing platforms, responsible for designing and implementing computer systems that support our enterprise-level, n-tiered applications, including core RESTful services and Big Data platforms.  This person will need to be able to not only understand server systems and networking principles, but also UI/UX concepts and be familiar with building modern HTML5 web interfaces. Also, should have experience with modern project planning methodologies like Agile or Kanban and be able to deliver solid, robust solutions, and testing processes to develop and implement solid test plans to accurately test the solutions and to maintain detailed and accurate documentation.  We have created a high energy, rewarding, challenging and fun environment, and are looking for engineers who are hard-working, dedicated, enthusiastic and capable of quickly learning new technologies and applying them to solve real business problems.\n\nCore Job Responsibilities:\n\n\n* Design and delivery of server-based computing platforms, security methodologies, network resource sharing, networking protocols, network access methods, security devices / appliances and the installation, configuration and support of on-premises and cloud-based environments.\n\n* Design and delivery of UI solutions that support our platform.\n\n* Lend support to various business and technology teams as necessary during design, development and delivery to ensure solid, scalable, robust solutions.\n\n* Effectively manage their own day-to-day tasks / activities and lead / work within a team to effectively meet the deliverables and schedule of an enterprise-wide, software development project.\n\n* Be able to clearly communicate in verbal and written forms complex technical designs and solutions in clear, concise and easily readable format by both technical and non-technical personnel.\n\n* Accurately track and manage project task, activity, documentation, and time information as necessary.\n\n* Accurately assess the risks associated with each solution design / project.\n\n* Support the development of team members from a professional and technical level.\n\n* Be able to travel as necessary.\n\n\n\n\nRequired Skills & Abilities:\n\n\n* Thorough working knowledge of server-based computing platforms (i.e. hardware, operating system, software, virtualization technology/strategies, etc.), networking devices (i.e. switches, routers, firewalls, load balancers, etc.) and the design and delivery processes, methodologies and their direct implementation to solid, robust solutions.\n\n* Strong systems and networking skills, debugging and testing skills, troubleshooting skills and experience with Linux-based and Windows-based operating systems, services, applications, databases, environments and architectures.\n\n* Strong design and implementation experience with network technologies, specifically Linux operating systems and applications\n\n* Experience in developing and executing a server/network implementation plan that includes alerting, monitoring and response features\n\n* Experience in developing and executing HTML5 UIs using modern frameworks such as Angular, ReactJS, or VueJS\n\n* Experience in Internet-based technology, services and strategies (i.e. web servers, DNS, firewalls, etc.)\n\n* Evaluating customer and product requirements within an agile and fluid environment.\n\n* Experience with unit testing tools and profiling tools.\n\n* Experience or understanding multiple application architectures, including cloud technologies.\n\n* Effective decision making and problem solving skills (i.e. design, debugging and testing).\n\n* Demonstrated attention to detail skills through prior experience at the tactical / implementation levels.\n\n* Demonstrated ability to deliver solid results within a software engineering environment, particularly with respect to personal ownership, accountability and meeting business goals and personal metrics.\n\n* U.S. Citizen / Green Card required.\n\n\n\n\nEducation / Experience:\n\n\n* Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a related field, AND\n\n* At least 5 (five) years of experience with computing platforms, network technologies, and cloud-based systems and services OR\n\n* Relevant combination of education and experience\n\n\n \n\n#Salary and compensation\n No salary data published by company so we estimated salary based on similar jobs related to Senior, Engineer, Developer, Digital Nomad, Education, Cloud, Travel and Linux jobs that are similar:\n\n $70,000 — $120,000/year\n
\n\n#Benefits\n 💰 401(k)\n\n🌎 Distributed team\n\n⏰ Async\n\n🤓 Vision insurance\n\n🦷 Dental insurance\n\n🚑 Medical insurance\n\n🏖 Unlimited vacation\n\n🏖 Paid time off\n\n📆 4 day workweek\n\n💰 401k matching\n\n🏔 Company retreats\n\n🏬 Coworking budget\n\n📚 Learning budget\n\n💪 Free gym membership\n\n🧘 Mental wellness budget\n\n🖥 Home office budget\n\n🥧 Pay in crypto\n\n🥸 Pseudonymous\n\n💰 Profit sharing\n\n💰 Equity compensation\n\n⬜️ No whiteboard interview\n\n👀 No monitoring system\n\n🚫 No politics at work\n\n🎅 We hire old (and young)\n\n

\nLocation: Remote \n\nThe Scoring Platform team builds and maintains machine learning technologies to empower millions of users – readers, contributors, and donors – who contribute to Wikipedia and its sister projects on a daily basis.  We address process inefficiencies with machine learning technologies, we design and test new technology, we produce empirical insights, and we publish and present research of the intersection of technology and culture. We are strongly committed to principles of transparency, privacy and collaboration.  We use free and open source technology and we collaborate with researchers in the industry and academia.\n\nAs a Senior Software Engineer of the Scoring Platform team, you will help us build and scale our machine prediction service, train new machine learning models, and implement other data-intensive applications. You’ll travel to conferences to interact with researchers and volunteer contributors to Wikimedia Projects. You’ll translate abstractions from current research and volunteers needs into concrete technologies and we’ll learn about the impacts of those technologies together.\n\nAs a senior software engineer, we’d like you to do these things:\n\n\n* Be responsible for research, design, and implementation of Scoring Platform’s data intensive infrastructure and APIs\n\n* Collaborate with researchers and product managers to bring forward foundational technologies for new products\n\n* Coordinate and communicate with other members of the Wikimedia engineering teams on relevant projects\n\n* Organize internal documentation efforts and mentor other staff in various aspects of Scoring Platform infrastructure and services\n\n* Work in coordination with volunteer developers, editors, and researchers to understand their needs.\n\n* Share our values, respect our code of conduct, adhere to our team norms, and work in accordance with all three\n\n\n\n\nExperience we’d like you to bring to the table:\n\n\n* Senior level engineering mindset and strong experience in Linux ecosystems\n\n* Real world experience writing horizontally scalable web applications\n\n* Experience with web programming languages (PHP, Javascript, Python, etc.)\n\n* Understanding or willingness to learn basic statistics, machine learning, and/or data analysis techniques.\n\n* Demonstrable experience developing and debugging web applications\n\n* Strong verbal and written proficiency with the English language\n\n* BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science, Mathematics, Information science, or equivalent work experience\n\n\n\n\nAnd it would be even more awesome if you have any experience with any of these:\n\n\n* Experience participating in open source software projects and communities\n\n* Familiarity with scientific computing libraries in Python or R.\n\n* Experience with web UI development (Javascript, HTML, CSS)\n\n* Experience working with collaborating in online spaces (chatrooms, web forums, etc.)\n\n\n\n\nThe Wikimedia Foundation is... \n\n\n...the nonprofit organization that hosts and 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, free of interference. We host the Wikimedia projects, build software experiences for reading, contributing, and sharing Wikimedia content, support the volunteer communities and partners who make Wikimedia possible, and advocate for policies that enable Wikimedia and free knowledge to thrive. The Wikimedia Foundation is a charitable, not-for-profit organization that relies on donations. We receive financial support from millions of individuals around the world, with an average donation of about $15. We also receive donations through institutional grants and gifts. The Wikimedia Foundation is a United States 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization with offices in San Francisco, California, USA.\n\nThe Wikimedia Foundation is an equal opportunity employer, and we encourage people with a diverse range of backgrounds to apply\n\n\nU.S. Benefits & Perks*\n\n\n* Fully paid medical, dental and vision coverage for employees and their eligible families (yes, fully paid premiums!)\n\n* The Wellness Program provides reimbursement for mind, body and soul activities such as fitness memberships, baby sitting, continuing education and much more\n\n* The 401(k) retirement plan offers matched contributions at 4% of annual salary\n\n* Flexible and generous time off - vacation, sick and volunteer days, plus 19 paid holidays - including the last week of the year.\n\n* Family friendly! 100% paid new parent leave for seven weeks plus an additional five weeks for pregnancy, flexible options to phase back in after leave, fully equipped lactation room.\n\n* For those emergency moments - long and short term disability, life insurance (2x salary) and an employee assistance program\n\n* Pre-tax savings plans for health care, child care, elder care, public transportation and parking expenses\n\n* Telecommuting and flexible work schedules available\n\n* Appropriate fuel for thinking and coding (aka, a pantry full of treats) and monthly massages to help staff relax\n\n* Great colleagues - diverse staff and contractors speaking dozens of languages from around the world, fantastic intellectual discourse, mission-driven and intensely passionate people\n\n\n\n\n*Eligible international workers' benefits are specific to their location and dependent on their employer of record\n\nMore information\n\nWikimedia Foundation website\n\nWikimedia Foundation blog\n\nAnnual Report - 2017\n\nWikimedia 2030 \n\n#Salary and compensation\n No salary data published by company so we estimated salary based on similar jobs related to Engineer, Developer, Digital Nomad, English, Python, Travel, Senior and Linux jobs that are similar:\n\n $65,000 — $125,000/year\n
\n\n#Benefits\n 💰 401(k)\n\n🌎 Distributed team\n\n⏰ Async\n\n🤓 Vision insurance\n\n🦷 Dental insurance\n\n🚑 Medical insurance\n\n🏖 Unlimited vacation\n\n🏖 Paid time off\n\n📆 4 day workweek\n\n💰 401k matching\n\n🏔 Company retreats\n\n🏬 Coworking budget\n\n📚 Learning budget\n\n💪 Free gym membership\n\n🧘 Mental wellness budget\n\n🖥 Home office budget\n\n🥧 Pay in crypto\n\n🥸 Pseudonymous\n\n💰 Profit sharing\n\n💰 Equity compensation\n\n⬜️ No whiteboard interview\n\n👀 No monitoring system\n\n🚫 No politics at work\n\n🎅 We hire old (and young)\n\n

\nTestplant is transforming software testing to focus on creating amazing digital experiences and drive user adoption, conversion, and retention (rather than simply code compliance checking).\n\nOur Digital Automation Intelligence Suite interacts with software exactly like a real user to test the true user experience, auto-generates tests at the UI and API level for greater productivity, enables customers to test the full user experience (e.g. performance and usability), manages the test environment, orchestrates large-scale test execution, and generates predictive analytics to understand the impact of a change on users across a wide range of operating systems and platforms.\n\nAll this success means we are growing our team.  We're looking for a Software Engineer who is passionate about the software development process and enjoys a coding challenge in Objective-C! \n\nAbout the Role:\n\nThe Software Engineer will play an integral role in designing new functionality, focusing on the on-time implementation of new features and working with our crack QA team to resolve bugs and improve usability.\n\nSpecific responsibilities include:\n\n\n* Design and implement new features for eggPlant in Objective-C (Cocoa).\n\n* Help develop a cross-platform Cocoa interface layer for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux (GNUstep).\n\n* Work in a peer-programming environment.\n\n* Optimize eggPlant performance and reduce memory usage.\n\n* Resolve bugs identified by QA.\n\n* Occasional travel may be required.\n\n\n\n\nAbout You\n\nYou should have a proven track record of developing features for complex software with a strong background in software engineering principles.\n\nSpecific requirements include:\n\n\n* BA/BS in a technical field.\n\n* Knowledge of software development best practices\n\n* Minimum 3+ years of experience in a Software Development role.\n\n* Minimum 2+ years of experience with Obj-C (Mac OS X and/or iPhone).\n\n\n\n\nBonus Skills\n\n\n* Experience with XP or Kanban methodology.\n\n* Familiarity with Cairo.\n\n* Familiarity with Linux.\n\n* Familiarity with VNC/RDP.\n\n\n \n\n#Salary and compensation\n No salary data published by company so we estimated salary based on similar jobs related to Engineer, Developer, Digital Nomad, API, Travel and Linux jobs that are similar:\n\n $70,000 — $120,000/year\n
\n\n#Benefits\n 💰 401(k)\n\n🌎 Distributed team\n\n⏰ Async\n\n🤓 Vision insurance\n\n🦷 Dental insurance\n\n🚑 Medical insurance\n\n🏖 Unlimited vacation\n\n🏖 Paid time off\n\n📆 4 day workweek\n\n💰 401k matching\n\n🏔 Company retreats\n\n🏬 Coworking budget\n\n📚 Learning budget\n\n💪 Free gym membership\n\n🧘 Mental wellness budget\n\n🖥 Home office budget\n\n🥧 Pay in crypto\n\n🥸 Pseudonymous\n\n💰 Profit sharing\n\n💰 Equity compensation\n\n⬜️ No whiteboard interview\n\n👀 No monitoring system\n\n🚫 No politics at work\n\n🎅 We hire old (and young)\n\n