Wikia, Inc. manages various wiki projects with the aim of promoting wiki communities. The Wikia community has grown to over 1000 wikis since it launched in November 2004. Further details can be found at About Wikia.
We need a rock-star php programmer to help us on our mission to make content free to everyone. We are Wikia.com - an open-source company created by Jimmy Wales, the founder of Wikipedia.org: the most successful free culture site in the world.
Join our small team and have a big impact on the development of Wikia and the MediaWiki open-source project. We are venture backed by Bessemer Ventures, Jimmy Wales, Marc Andreesen, Omidyar Networks, Mitch Kapor, and more, and our goal is to build passionate communities around content that is important to people. We believe in free software and free beer!
What we're looking for:
* Help us expand MediaWiki software, a feature-rich open-source content management system based on the "wiki" concept.
* Strong object-oriented php skills are a must.
* Experience with the MediaWiki wiki engine is preferred.
* Experience with AJAX, MySQL, Apache, GNU/Linux system administration is a plus.
Core responsibilities include: Working as part of a small core team of programmers to extend the current MediaWiki software to ease usability, add new features, and improve the general feel of the software. Coordinating with other MediaWiki developers to ensure inclusion of our code in the primary distribution of MediaWiki.
Secondary responsibilities include: Finding and fixing bugs in the current code. Participating in software design discussions. Providing support to our non-technical team regarding software issues.
This position will be a full time job based in Warsaw or Poznan.
To apply, please send your CV and any relevant information (preferably in an open format) to hr-pl@wikia-inc.com.