Senior Data Scientist (Contract)

Wikimedia Foundation(26 days ago)

RemoteContractSenior$102,000 - $160,000Product & Technology

About this role

Senior Data Scientist contractor supporting a 16-week research initiative at the Wikimedia Foundation to study how people reach Wikimedia projects and how traffic sources relate to engagement and content quality. The role delivers analytic artifacts (cleaned datasets, time-series and natural experiment analyses, notebooks) and documentation to support reproducibility and handover. The contractor will work remotely with the Product & Technology department and report to the project’s Staff Data Scientist.

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Required Skills

SQL
Python
GitLab
Time-Series Modeling
Causal Inference
Data Cleaning
Jupyter Notebooks
Experimental Design
Large Datasets
Reproducibility

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About Wikimedia Foundation

wikimediafoundation.org

Wikimedia Foundation is a nonprofit that hosts and operates Wikipedia and the wider family of Wikimedia projects, providing the technical infrastructure and organizational support that enables free, openly licensed knowledge worldwide. It supports the volunteer community, builds and maintains the software and servers, and advances policies, research, and tools to improve content quality and accessibility. Funded primarily by donations, the Foundation runs global programs and partnerships to expand access, combat misinformation, and promote inclusion across languages and regions.