Senior Software Engineer (Security)

The Wikimedia Foundation is looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join the Product Safety and Integrity team and build new security features to protect Wikipedia and our other projects.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience as a software engineer, ideally with focus on security
• Ability to work effectively in a modern PHP and JavaScript codebase
• Driving technical quality and operational excellence by defining and reinforcing standards in testing, observability, and system reliability;
• Experience in developing secure software or security-related product features
• A strong interest in working with a talented security team and learning more specialist security skills such as exploiting and mitigating application-level vulnerabilities
• Ability to explain complex security issues and their implications on privacy and risk to non-technical audiences
• Sensitivity to the security challenges faced by participants in a large, international project
• Experience working in a remote, distributed team

Benefits

• Paid Time Off
• 401k Matching
• Retirement Plan
• Health Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Generous Parental Leave
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Relocation Assistance