Staff and contractors
Office of the Executive Director
The Wikimedia Foundation is part of a broad global network of individuals, organizations, chapters, clubs and communities who together work to create Wikipedia and many other freely used, freely edited, freely copied and freely redistributed projects; the most powerful example of volunteer collaboration and open content sharing in the world today.
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Executive Assistant (to the CFO, interim ED, and interim Liaison to the Board of Directors)
Product
Wikimedia engineering and product refers to the engineering and product team employed by the Wikimedia Foundation. Its mission is to build, improve and maintain the technical infrastructure of Wikimedia projects (software and hardware), by supporting and complementing volunteer efforts.
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Wearing Cloak of InvisibilityLeon ZiembaSoftware Engineer
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Wearing Cloak of InvisibilityGuillaume LederreyOperations Engineer (International)
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Wearing Cloak of InvisibilityDeborah TankersleyProduct Manager
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Wearing Cloak of InvisibilityLindsey Anne FrankenfieldDirector, Engineering
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Wearing Cloak of InvisibilityFrédéric BolducSoftware Engineer (Contractor)
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Wearing Cloak of InvisibilityThalia ChanSoftware Engineer (Contractor)
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Wearing Cloak of InvisibilityMarielle VolzSoftware Engineer (Contractor)
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Wearing Cloak of InvisibilityEileen McNoughtonSoftware Engineer (Contractor)
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Wearing Cloak of InvisibilityMichael HollowaySoftware Engineer
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Wearing Cloak of InvisibilityJoe WalshSoftware Engineer
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Wearing Cloak of InvisibilityJoaquin HernandezSoftware Engineer (International)
Community Tech
Discovery
Discovery Engineering
Discovery User Experience
Discovery Product and Analysis
Editing
Collaboration
Editing Product
Language
Multimedia
Parsing
VisualEditor
Fundraising Tech
Reading
Reading Design
Reading Engineering
Mobile apps
Desktop & Mobile Web
Reading Infrastructure
Reading Product Management
Technology
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Wearing Cloak of InvisibilityDirector of Technical Operations & Lead Operations Architect (International)
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Wearing Cloak of InvisibilityMoritz MühlenhoffOperations Engineer (International)
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Wearing Cloak of InvisibilityMorten Warncke-WangResearch Fellow
Architecture
Infrastructure
Analytics
Release Engineering
Services
Technical Operations
Data Center Ops
Labs
Performance
Research
Research and Data
Design Research
Security
Community Engagement
The Community Engagement team increases the quantity, quality, diversity, and reach of free knowledge by supporting people and organizations aligned with the Wikimedia Foundation mission. We support contributors by representing them in the development of new technical tools, by supporting community governance, and by making grants to individuals, groups and organizations working on building community and growing content on Wikimedia projects and sites as well as related open knowledge projects. We are committed to supporting under-resourced and emerging regions, languages and communities, particularly in the Global South.
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Wearing Cloak of InvisibilityMohammed AbdulaiCommunity Resources Intern
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Wearing Cloak of InvisibilityMorgan JueCommunity Resources Intern
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Wearing Cloak of InvisibilityNicole AskinThe Wikipedia Library (Contractor)
Support & Safety
SuSa serves the Wikimedia Foundation, readers and contributors by providing support on Foundation initiatives with a focus on community consultations, governance, and training.
Technical Collaboration
The Technical Collaboration team at the Wikimedia Foundation helps developers to build features in collaboration with our communities. We are organized in two subteams based on primary audiences: Community Liaisons (editors) and Developer Relations (developers).
Resources
The Resources team increases the quantity, quality, diversity, and reach of free knowledge by supporting mission-allied organizations and people around the world.
Program Capacity & Learning
The Program Capacity & Learning Team (PC&L), which includes the Education Program and the Wikipedia Library, is responsible for developing capacity for evaluation of grant-funded projects as well as other movement programs, including those not funded directly by grants. The team is also responsible for developing avenues for shared learning toward the development of effective practices for projects and programs.
Advancement
The Wikimedia Foundation Advancement team cultivates the resources that propel our movement. Every year, we engage over 2 million people from nearly every country in the world to support Wikipedia and its sister projects. Would you like to join them?
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Wearing Cloak of InvisibilityGretchen HoltmanWikipedia Store (contractor)
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Wearing Cloak of InvisibilityRegional Manager, Strategic Partnerships - Middle East and Africa (International)
Online Fundraising
Foundations and Major Gifts
Endowment
Fundraising Operations
Partnerships and Global Reach
Legal
Legal team members steward globally the values of the Foundation's mission and our community of writers, editors, photographers, and other contributors. The team oversees all legal matters for the Foundation and facilitates initiatives designed to support and grow our community and their various projects, including Wikipedia and its sister Wikimedia websites. The team deals with a wide range of issues and projects to protect and defend our key values when challenged. The team's work includes policy drafting, trademark law, copyright law, international law, employment law, litigation, fundraising and grant law, domestic and international contracts, privacy law, ethics, internet law, and non-profit corporate governance.
The team is also charged with carrying forward the Foundation’s goals of advocating for the free knowledge movement in new ways, including fighting for content online, facilitating community discussions about critical Wikimedia Foundation policies, building and overseeing good governance where appropriate, and working to improve legal and legislative policy to aid the dissemination and use of free knowledge.
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Wearing Cloak of InvisibilityRitika GopalLegal Intern
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Wearing Cloak of InvisibilityStanton KiddLegal Intern
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Wearing Cloak of InvisibilityMeenu KrishnanLegal Intern
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Wearing Cloak of InvisibilitySteven PongLegal Fellow
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Wearing Cloak of InvisibilityDelbert TranLegal Intern
Counsel
Legal interns and fellows
The Legal department runs a legal internship program to educate and train promising law students or recent law school graduates in the areas of Internet law and free knowledge organizations. The team is looking for legal interns for every summer, fall, and spring semester.
Communications
The Communications team leads the Foundation's efforts to openly and effectively share information—about the Wikimedia movement, the Wikimedia projects and the Wikimedia Foundation's work itself—with a global audience including volunteer editors, site readers and other stakeholders.
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Wearing Cloak of InvisibilityAubrie JohnsonDigital Communications Intern
Interns and volunteers
Finance and Administration
The Finance team ensures responsible management of Wikimedia Foundation funds and resources, in keeping with our core values of transparency and accountability. For more information, please see our Annual Report.
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Executive Assistant (to the CFO, interim ED, and interim Liaison to the Board of Directors)
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Wearing Cloak of InvisibilitySandra GeorgeAccountant
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Wearing Cloak of InvisibilityJulianne JoeAccountant
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Wearing Cloak of InvisibilityMeron KristosSenior Accountant
Finance
Office IT
Administration
Team Practices and Talent and Culture
At the Wikimedia Foundation, our mission is to empower, support and engage people around the world to share in free knowledge. Our Operations, Team Practices and Talent and Culture teams are core to this effort.
The Talent and Culture team recruits and supports skilled, passionate people to advance the Wikimedia vision. If you believe in making knowledge free, you love what you do, and want to bring your skills and experience to our organization, please check out our job openings.
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Wearing Cloak of InvisibilitySarah RothSenior Technical Recruiter