The Wikimedia Foundation is seeking a full stack Senior Software Engineer contractor to join the App Growth team within Core Experiences on a 3-month full-time contract. The role focuses on web-first product experiences, APIs, and platform integrations that span web and native app surfaces to deepen reader engagement and retention. This is a fully remote, global team and requires at least four hours of daily overlap between 15:00 UTC and 21:00 UTC.
What you'll do
Deliver medium complexity initiatives from discovery through delivery, breaking work down into features and managing scope.
Build mobile Wikipedia product experiences across web and app surfaces with accessible, reusable components.
Design and implement RESTful APIs and scalable data pipelines to serve web and mobile clients.
Ensure features are easy to test, observe, and debug, and instrument them for Product Analysts.
Collaborate with product managers, designers, analysts, and native app engineers to align on priorities and timelines.
What they're looking for
Bachelor's degree and 5-10+ years building production web applications.
Strong JavaScript and TypeScript skills with Vue.js and PHP backend experience.
Experience delivering responsive or mobile-first web experiences with attention to performance, accessibility, and usability.
Experience designing and integrating with server-side APIs and building RESTful services for web and mobile clients.
Ability to work in a self-driven, lean environment and communicate clearly across technical and non-technical audiences.
For applicants in Nigeria
Role is remote and open to applicants globally; the listing describes a remote-first organization with contractors in many countries, with no explicit Nigeria exclusion.
The role requires at least four hours of overlap between 15:00 UTC and 21:00 UTC; Nigeria's time zone offers overlap, but confirm during interview.
It is a contract position (3 months full-time); compensation ranges are provided for US applicants and will be adjusted to the country of hire for outside-US applicants.
The listing does not specify visa or work-authorization requirements; confirm your status during the interview process.
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Perks & benefits
What this listing says it offers, and who each perk covers. Perks limited to US or EU employees often do not reach contractors or people hired through an employer of record, which is how many hires from Nigeria are paid.
Pays in USD
US$56.07–US$87.13 pay range
Anticipated annual pay range for applicants based within the United States.
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