Teams at Wikimedia Foundation

Four-month, fully remote software engineering internship embedded within Wikimedia Foundation engineering teams. Interns complete a primary project with defined deliverables while learning through mentorship and hands-on work across mobile applications, editing tools, data platforms, release engineering, cloud infrastructure, observability, and contributor connection systems. The program requires 40 hours per week, independent problem-solving, collaborative communication, and foundational programming, database, scripting, and potentially SQL, Linux, networking, operating systems, or distributed-systems knowledge.

Lead financial business partnering for Product and Technology, advising executives on investment tradeoffs, budgets, forecasts, CAPEX, headcount, vendor spend, and technical accounting. The role includes financial modeling, reporting, variance analysis, dashboard development, executive presentations, analyst mentorship, and process improvement across a $100M-plus technology budget.

Implements and manages Wikimedia’s Sub-Saharan Africa grantmaking portfolio, including funding strategy, proposal review, organizational assessments, committee development, partner relationships, grant monitoring, evaluation, and learning. The role facilitates participatory decision-making, supports nonprofit capacity building, represents regional priorities, and collaborates with communities and philanthropic stakeholders. Remote work requires frequent cross-time-zone coordination and may involve 1–3 international trips annually.