Staff Security Software Engineer - Remote

Overview

The Wikimedia Foundation is looking for a Staff Security Software Engineer to join the Product Security team to build new security technologies to protect Wikipedia and our other projects. This is a very hands-on engineering role working alongside our other security team members to design and code new features to protect and reassure our users and to ensure the platform remains resilient against attacks.

In Short

• Help design and build MediaWiki security capabilities
• Mentor and lead a security development team
• Review and deploy security features developed by the Foundation and community members
• Work with other development teams to ensure safe architectural and implementation choices
• Perform security maintenance and address technical debt in security-critical components
• Provide support for application security incidents and operations

Requirements

• +8 years of experience in software engineering with a focus on security
• Ability to work effectively in a modern, object-oriented PHP code-base
• Experience developing client-side JavaScript
• Experience in developing secure software or security-related product features
• Strong interest in working with a talented security team
• Patience in explaining security issues to non-technical audiences
• Sensitivity to security challenges faced by participants in a large, international project
• Experience using Linux at the command line for web application development
• Ability to maintain focus when working remotely

Benefits

• Competitive and equitable salary
• Remote-first organization with staff in 40+ countries
• Inclusive and equitable workplace
• Opportunities for professional growth and development