We are looking for smart, quick and highly motivated software engineers at all experience levels to join our growing and profitable company.

You will be a part of the team designing, developing, and deploying Wikia’s industry-leading wiki platform in addition to developing new technologies for mobile, user-generated content, advertising technology, etc.

We have openings at several levels, from roughly 5 years of experience to 20+ year veterans.

These positions are full-time, based out of our San Francisco office.

Desired Skills & Experience

• Excellent software engineering skills and judgment. You live to deliver high-quality excellent software products to end-users.
• PHP experience strongly preferred but not strictly required.
• Some of your experience must be in web-based applications.
• Some of your experience must be in small, fast-moving, high-growth teams.
• Experience scaling large-scale consumer web sites. You think 10M pages/day is a good start.
• Experience using JavaScript, preferably including jQuery, as well as experience with Ajax, HTML, and/or CSS.
• Excellent communication skills. We are a growing international team – your ability to understand and be understood will be critical to your success and satisfaction.
• Experience contributing to or maintaining a wiki. (If you have one, please include a link to your user page on Wikia, Wikipedia, or another wiki site.)
• MediaWiki or other CMS development experience.
• Hard-working and pro-active. Passionate. Team-oriented. Motivated to do whatever is necessary to make a successful start-up even more successful.
• Desire and excitement to work with international teams a must, as well as willingness to travel occasionally to Europe.
• Degree in CS or related discipline.

Benefits & Perks

Wikia offers a competitive salary package including stock options, health benefits (medical and dental), PTO, and a 401K. Our San Francisco office is located within walking distance to South Park, AT&T Stadium, and the CalTrain station, and is only blocks away from Market Street and BART. Our dog-friendly digs also come with a stocked pantry and gaming room, where some employees practice yoga at lunch.

How to Apply

Send your resume and cover letter to hiring@wikia-inc.com and include "Web Application Software Engineer" in the subject line.

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.

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