Company Background:
wikiHow (http://www.wikihow.com) is a wiki based how-to manual. Our mission is to build the world's largest, highest quality how-to manual. We currently get over 11 million unique visitors a month, which makes us either the 250th or 800th most popular site on the Internet depending on which stats company you trust. We are growing fast. In time, we hope to become the default how-to information source for the world.
We are a hybrid organization: a for profit entity focused on creating a global public good. In other words we are run as a community service first and a business second. All of our content is licensed under a Creative Commons license. Similarly we create open source software which we put under the GPL and distribute freely. We donate a very large portion of our revenues to charities which support our mission such as the Wikimedia Foundation and Creative Commons.
Despite being one of the most popular sites on the net, we are run by a very small but very dedicated remotely distributed team. We are looking for a software engineer join us in our mission to build the world's best how-to manual. If hired, you will be the second engineer employed at the company.
This may discourage the faint of soul: We are building this for the long haul. We want wikiHow to be here 100 years from now. We aren't planning to IPO. And thus we don't offer stock options. If you want to Retire in Your 30s , you may want to find another opportunity. That said, we do offer a competitive salaries and healthy benefits.
wikiHow is comprised of editors from around the world. You can accept this job and work remotely from anywhere in the world or if you prefer at our offices in Menlo Park, California.
Learn more:
http://www.wikihow.com/About-wikiHow
Job Description:
This person will assist in the design, implementation and maintenance of features for the wikiHow website, fix bugs, help maintain the production and development servers. They will work closely with the current engineer, the wikiHow support team, and the wikiHow volunteer community. They will be expected to be on call for production issues on a rotating basis.
Requirements:
- A bachelor's in computer science or equivalent
- Familiarity with programming Web applications in the Linux environment (LAMP)
- HTML - PHP - SQL - CSS - BASH - Javascript - AJAX
- Experience programming in a variety of languages and environments
- Familiarity with MySQL databases and common issues with indices, tables, etc
- Quick learner, self-motivated and able to work both on a team and individually
- Ability to take feedback and suggestions from an active and passionate user base
- A passion for creating great products
- Interest in the wikiHow mission
Nice to have, but not required:
- Experience working with wikis
- Experience working for an open source software project
- Sound knowledge of the architecture of multi-tier web applications
- Experience developing extensions, or hacking, the Mediawiki platform
- Keen understanding of new Internet technologies
- Familiarity with current open source software libraries and applications
- Experience with load balancing, or Squid
This position can be done remotely, or local to the SF Bay Area.
Contact us
Email a resume and cover letter to jobs2@wikihow.com
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