Site Reliability Engineer (Database)
Company: Wikimedia Foundation
Location: Athens
Posted on: January 26, 2023
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Job Description:
Summary
The Wikimedia Foundation is looking for a Site Reliability Engineer
(Database) to join our SRE team to build, optimize and support the
platform serving the world's favorite encyclop--dia to millions of
people around the globe. Wikipedia and its sister projects are a
globally distributed architecture powered strictly by Free and Open
Source software. The stack has MediaWiki at its core and MariaDB as
its data store, surrounded by an ecosystem of microservices in PHP,
NodeJS, Python, Go and Java.
The Wikimedia community continuously generates text content in the
form of new articles, revisions and discussions. As part of our
team you would have the opportunity to solve the storage, scaling,
access and backup challenges that Wikipedias' scale provides.
We currently use self-hosted MariaDB as our main RDBMS. Our goal is
configuring and managing the database infrastructure in a way that
maximizes the service uptime for Wikimedia projects' users while at
the same time simplifying the operational processes, automating
repeatable tasks and applying industry best practices.
We are a globally distributed and diverse team of engineers with a
drive to explore, experiment and embrace new technologies. If you
find what we do interesting, if you are up to the challenge of
improving the reliability and delivery of one of the Internet's top
10 websites, and you enjoy the idea of working in a remote-first
role, we may be the right place for you.
You are responsible for:
Skills and Experience:
Additionally, we'd love it if you have:
About the Wikimedia Foundation
The Wikimedia Foundation is the nonprofit organization that
operates Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia free knowledge projects.
Our vision is a world in which every single human can freely share
in the sum of all knowledge. We believe that everyone has the
potential to contribute something to our shared knowledge, and that
everyone should be able to access that knowledge freely. We host
Wikipedia and the Wikimedia projects, build software experiences
for reading, contributing, and sharing Wikimedia content, support
the volunteer communities and partners who make Wikimedia possible,
and advocate for policies that enable Wikimedia and free knowledge
to thrive.
The Wikimedia Foundation is a charitable, not-for-profit
organization that relies on donations. We receive donations from
millions of individuals around the world, with an average donation
of about $15. We also receive donations through institutional
grants and gifts. The Wikimedia Foundation is a United States
501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization with offices in San Francisco,
California, USA.
As an equal opportunity employer, the Wikimedia Foundation values
having a diverse workforce and continuously strives to maintain an
inclusive and equitable workplace. We encourage people with a
diverse range of backgrounds to apply. We do not discriminate
against any person based upon their race, traits historically
associated with race, religion, color, national origin, sex,
pregnancy or related medical conditions, parental status, sexual
orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a
protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability,
genetic information, or any other legally protected
characteristics.
If you are a qualified applicant requiring assistance or an
accommodation to complete any step of the application process due
to a disability, you may contact us at recruiting@wikimedia.org or
+1 (415) 839-6885.
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Keywords: Wikimedia Foundation, Athens , Site Reliability Engineer (Database), Engineering , Athens, Georgia
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