Engineering Manager, Tools Platform - Remote

Overview

The Wikimedia Foundation is seeking an experienced and mission-driven Engineering Manager to lead our new Tools Platform Team—a group dedicated to building and evolving Toolforge, the backbone platform that powers over 3,300 community-built tools responsible for nearly 30% of all edits across Wikipedia and its sister projects.

This is a critical leadership role at the intersection of infrastructure and contributor experience. You will guide a team focused on transforming Toolforge into a production-grade platform that is not only reliable and scalable, but also intuitive, inclusive, and empowering for technical contributors at every level of expertise.

In Short

• Lead a team of engineers in building and maintaining core services for Toolforge.
• Simplify the full tool lifecycle for contributors.
• Drive the transition of Toolforge to production-level reliability.
• Collaborate with product, SRE, and community contributors.
• Set direction and ensure delivery against goals.
• Hire and develop an inclusive engineering team.

Requirements

• Experience managing engineering teams for infrastructure or developer-facing tools.
• Strong technical background in systems engineering and cloud infrastructure.
• Proven ability to lead cross-functional collaboration.
• Excellent communication skills in distributed environments.

Benefits

• Competitive and equitable salaries.
• Remote-first organization with staff in 40+ countries.
• Diverse and inclusive workplace.