Wikimedia Foundation
A Staff Database Administrator at Wikimedia manages and optimizes large-scale relational database systems, primarily MariaDB and MySQL derivatives, to support Wikipedia and its sister projects. The role involves ensuring database health, performance, and data integrity, contributing to infrastructure automation, and participating in incident response for Wikimedia's production storage and retrieval systems.
Headquarters
San Francisco, California, United States
Company Size
501-1000 employees
Founded
2003
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.
Headquarters
San Francisco, CA
Company Size
201-500 employees
Founded
2018
Industry
Technology
Glassdoor Rating
4.2 / 5
Sarah Johnson
Chief Executive Officer
Michael Chen
Chief Technology Officer
Emily Williams
VP of Engineering
David Rodriguez
VP of Product
Jessica Thompson
Chief Financial Officer
Andrew Park
VP of Sales
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