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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.

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Web Developer (Poznań, Poland) Edit

For our office in Poznań we are looking to fill the position of Web Developer.

We need a rock-star PHP/JavaScript programmer to help us on our mission to make content free to everyone.

You will be a part of the team designing, developing, testing and deploying new features and improvements of the MediaWiki software for Wikia.

Responsibilities Edit

  • Propose software design solutions and obtain consensus from senior and peer tech teams
  • Create implementation prototypes based on design concepts
  • Develop, test, and deploy new features and improvements to the MediaWiki core and to MediaWiki extensions
  • Collaborate in designing and implementing QA processes including multi-lingual and performance tests
  • Work closely with operations staff to ensure proper integration with testing and production systems
  • Take responsibility for tasks to aid developing and working practices of Wikia.
  • Be an active part of the overall Wikia team and help it achieve its overall objectives.

Qualifications Edit

  • 2+ years experience
  • Excellent JavaScript skills, jQuery is preferred
  • Excellent object-oriented PHP skills
  • Experience with AJAX/HTML/CSS is required
  • Experience with security implications of JavaScript/PHP software is required
  • Experience with scaling issues of JavaScript/PHP software is required
  • Experience with MediaWiki engine is a plus
  • Self starter, able to demonstrate a pro-active approach. A desire to grow, learn and be challenged in a start-up environment.
  • User knowledge of MediaWiki, Skype and FogBugz is an advantage. (If you are an active Wikipedia or Wikia editor, please enclose your user name in the application).

About You Edit

  • Excellent interpersonal skills, effective listening skills
  • Confidence, verbal fluency
  • Well organized and disciplined
  • Able to balance technical solutions with time, cost and human factors
  • Able to identify problems and to make decisions
  • Must know how to build trust, promote team spirit
  • Punctual, reliable and able/willing to work a flexible schedule
  • A good sense of humor, an even temperament, and a flexible/adaptable nature
  • Readiness to occasionally travel to the USA.

Applying Edit

Please send a cover letter and CV, both in English, to hr-pl@wikia-inc.com

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