Software Engineer, Wikidata Platform

📋 Description

• Design, build, and maintain backend systems and APIs for Wikidata queries
• Improve reliability and automation of Wikidata Query Service and data pipelines
• Integrate Wikidata Platform with Wikimedia systems
• Develop features to ensure stability and scalability under growth
• Monitor production systems and respond to incidents
• Support migrations and upgrades (e.g., triple stores, streaming ingestion)

🎯 Requirements

• 2+ years as a backend or platform engineer on distributed systems or data platforms
• Solid understanding of databases and/or knowledge graph technologies
• Proficiency in Java, C++, or other systems languages; ability to set up and scale systems
• Experience building and operating production services with SLOs
• Familiarity with observability tools (metrics, logs, tracing)
• Familiarity with graph databases, search indexes, or data pipelines

🎁 Benefits

• Remote-first organization with a global team
• Competitive, location-based compensation