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Lead Software Engineer (Fixed Project Contractor)
Role: Lead Software Engineer
Location: Remote
Duration: Project-based contract preferred, estimated for a 10 week fixed term contract
Hours: Maximum of 40 hours/week
Statement of Purpose
The Wikimedia Foundation is looking for an experienced Software Engineer to support a project in the product department on a temporary basis for a period of 8-10 weeks.
Scope of Work
The engineer will support our “ New Engagement Experiments “ effort, reporting to product design management. You will collaborate with product design, communications, and other engineers – building and deploying software experiments that explore ways to invite more interaction and learning with Wikipedia content. The focus of this work will be a time limited ‘daily play’ web-based game, utilizing Wikipedia content.
Key responsibilities
Acting as a thought-partner on a small...