Job Summary

Responsibilities

Work and communicate clearly and effectively within a small team that spans multiple time zones across the world
Help maintain, scale, and extend our Elasticsearch-based search engine
Improve the integration of Search, Wikidata Query Service, and the MediaWiki platform
Get your hands dirty to fix things at all levels of the stack

Skills and Experience:

Good working knowledge of software design principles
Good understanding of how to scale applications, in terms of load, complexity, and performance
Ability to work in a Linux server environment
Write code in Java and PHP that stands the test of time
Demonstrated experience in large-scale Java or PHP applications
Be willing to travel occasionally – sometimes internationally – for team and organizational meetings
Proficient English speaker and writer