Job Description
You will be responsible for:
- Contributing groundbreaking research with a particular focus on Wikipedia’s core content policies
- Discovering, reading, and evaluating existing research
- Designing and executing thorough experiments
Skills and experience:
- PhD degree in computer science, information science, statistics, or a related technical field
- Demonstrated ability to work on problems with both social and technical components
- Proficiency in Python for data analysis
Qualities that are important to us:
- Commitment to our mission, values, and guiding principles
- Ability to effectively and responsibly communicate and actively listen
- Ability to analyze tradeoffs between velocity and rigor of research projects
About Wikimedia Foundation
The Wikimedia Foundation operates Wikipedia and other Wikimedia free knowledge projects with the vision of a world where everyone can freely share knowledge. It is a charitable, not-for-profit organization that relies on donations and has offices in San Francisco, California.