Are you passionate about collaboration and creation (and possibly wikis)? Want to join a successful San Francisco-based start-up? Feel the buzz, set web trends, make the world a little better?

We are seeking a well organized and disciplined Lead Operations Engineer/Manager to be part of a young, multicultural team of geeks (sometimes called co-workers) and work on an exciting, popular product used by millions of enthusiasts all over the world We’re looking for someone who is reliable, has both a strong set of hard and soft skills and is able/willing to work a flexible schedule.

Note: This position is roughly 20% management and 80% get-your-hands-dirty in operations tasks. This position is fulltime, based out of our Development Center in downtown Poznań, Poland.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage a small team of administrators;
• Feel free to unleash your sense of automation and monitoring;
• Research, brainstorm, test and debug scalable software solutions with our developers;
• Research and implement solutions to improve our site’s performance, scalability and manageability.

Required Skills & Experience

• How to lead and mentor skilled administrators, engineers and super geeks;
• Linux stuff that matters (MySQL, Apache, Varnish, automation tools like Chef, Puppet or something similar; also monitoring – Nagios, Ganglia, Cacti, Zabbix etc.);
• Working knowledge of security and scaling in a heterogenous environment;
• English (if you can understand this job ad, you're probably good);
• Ability to balance technical solutions with time, cost, and human factors.

Bonus points if you...

• Have experience with the MediaWiki engine;
• Have development or DevOps experience;
• Are a user (of Wikia, Wikipedia, or any other wiki);
• Play foosball (aka table football; yes, seriously).

Benefits & Perks

Wikia offers a competitive salary of 7000-12000 PLN per month (gross), plus stock options. You’ll also get to expand your knowledge and skills with fully paid professional conferences as well as visits to our San Francisco office.

How to Apply

Send your resume and cover letter to Agnieszka Chojnowska at hr-pl@wikia-inc.com and include “Lead Operations Engineer” in the subject line. Please send your CV in English. Also, include the following legal gibberish somewhere in your CV:

Wyrażam zgodę na przetwarzanie moich danych osobowych dla potrzeb niezbędnych przy realizacji procesu rekrutacji zgodnie z Ustawą z dn. 29.08.97 o Ochronie Danych Osobowych (DZ.U. nr 133, poz. 883).

If you're an active Wikipedia or Wikia editor, please include your username in your resume. Principals only.

Agency and recruiter resumes will be considered unsolicited resumes that are not subject to placement fees.

About Wikia

Wikia is a collaborative publishing platform that enables communities to discover, create, and share content on any topic in any language. Community-created wikis cover everything from the latest games, anime, music and TV shows to eco-friendly living and the world's best chocolate chip recipes.

With 275,000 enthusiast communities attracting more than 45 million global unique visitors each month, Wikia is the largest user-generated media company and is a Top 50 site, according to Quantcast. Wikia was founded in 2004 by Jimmy Wales and Angela Beesley, and is headquartered in a brightly colored SOMA office in San Francisco, CA.

Want to know more about the company? Read the full Wikia Story.