Software Engineer, iOS

April 27

Wikimedia Foundation

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Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge.

Non-Profit • Free knowledge • Open Source Culture • Internet • Technology

501 - 1000

💰 $2.5M Grant on 2019-09

Description

• Come build the premier mobile Wikipedia experience! The Wikimedia Foundation is looking for an iOS Software Engineer to join our team, reporting to the Mobile Apps Engineering Manager. You will work closely with the rest of our small, collaborative group to iterate on new ideas for the award-winning Wikipedia iOS app. In this role, you will create new features, fix bugs, and define the future of Wikipedia on mobile devices. • Each day, millions of people use the open source Wikipedia app in over three hundred languages. Help us thoughtfully craft user experiences that empower and delight our users as they read and contribute to the world’s largest resource for free knowledge. • A desire to learn and discover - about iOS development, about what the root cause of an obscure bug is, about how the Wikipedia communities operate, and more. • Constantly improving your craft in pursuit of creating the best possible user experiences and solving complex problems • Proactively finding and reporting potential bugs or user experience issues for discussion with the team • We are a global organization with flexible work schedules, but we’re also collaborative. To ensure there are enough opportunities to communicate, this role needs at least four hours of your work day to occur between 14:00 UTC and 22:00 UTC.

Requirements

• At least 1 year of iOS development experience in Swift. (Our iOS engineers are excited to share knowledge and tips they’ve picked up over the years - and also look forward to learning from you!) • At least one app in the iOS App Store that you’ve contributed to. (We’d love to see what you’ve been working on.) • Excellent written and verbal communication skills (Our team is remote, but we still enjoy close collaboration!)

Benefits

• U.S. Benefits & Perks • Wikimedia Foundation • Applicant Privacy Policy • News from across the Wikimedia movement • Blog • Wikimedia 2030 • Our Commitment to Equity • This is Wikimedia Foundation • Facts Matter • Our Projects • Our Tech Stack