Derick Alangi

About

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Experience

• Wikimedia Foundation (10 yrs 10 mos)
  • Senior Software Engineer
    Apr 2022 - Present · 4 yrs 3 mos

    I’m a member of the Platform Engineering Team - we make MediaWiki platform always better for developers, Wikipedia & its users. 2022 - 2023: MediaWiki Expedition & API platform sub-team. 2023 - present: MediaWiki Engineering team.

  • Volunteer Technical Contributor
    Sep 2015 - Present · 10 yrs 10 mos

    In my volunteer capacity, I write patches regularly to improve the MediaWiki software and other supporting applications to make the Wikipedia ecosystem stronger every passing day. See: https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/q/owner:D3r1ck01+status:merged

  • Technical Analyst
    Jul 2021 - Apr 2022 · 10 mos

    All things technical, services to the Global Data & Insights Team @ WMF. Projects: ⌾ https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Affiliates_Data_Portal

• Technical Lead at Climate Justice Map
  Oct 2022 - Present · 3 yrs 9 mos

  Building the Climate Justice Map wiki: https://climatejusticemap.org

• Co-founder at Wikimedia Cameroon at Wikimedians of Cameroon User Group
  Jul 2017 - Present · 9 yrs

  Co-founder of Wikimedia Cameroon (Wikimedians of Cameroon User Group). A User Group based in Cameroon to promote and foster the Wikimedia movement's activities in the country.

• Software Engineer at Upwork
  Apr 2014 - Present · 12 yrs 3 mos

  Freelance Software Engineer @ Upwork Global Inc.

• Community Manager at GDG Buea 🇨🇲👩‍💻🧑‍💻
  Jul 2015 - Sep 2024 · 9 yrs 3 mos

  As the Community Manager for GDG Buea, I helped to engage community and make sure we bridge the gap between community members and Google.