Wikimedia Enterprise

Non-profit & NGOs

Wikimedia Enterprise: Transforming Global Wikipedia Data Access

Built a resilient, scalable delivery platform that provides real-time, structured Wikipedia data to major reusers/Enterprise customers like Google and Internet Archive, enhancing how knowledge is integrated into search, AI, and public digital infrastructure.

Web Applications, Staff Augmentation, Solution Architecture

Objective

Launch a standalone system offering reliable, up-to-date access to Wikipedia content for mission-aligned and commercial users, while preserving the Wikimedia Foundation’s core systems and values.

Challenge

Delivering a system capable of handling high-volume, real-time content from 800+ project data sets while navigating Wikimedia’s tightly controlled infrastructure and aligning with its ethos of openness and transparency.

Solution

Developed a separate AWS-based environment supporting agile delivery of MVP through three architectural phases using GoLang, Python, Terraform, and React, all built to scale with minimal dependency on Wikimedia’s core infrastructure.

Results

Launched a production-grade platform used by global clients, including Google, validated structured content delivery, and enabled the Wikimedia Foundation to scale partnerships and internal tech capacity confidently.

Tech stack

Go, Python, React, Vue, Kafka, PostgreSQL, Prometheus, Redis, AWS, AWS CloudWatch, AWS ECS, AWS WAF, Grafana, Terraform, Docker, Elasticsearch, JavaScript

Testimonials

Lane Becker

President
Wikimedia LLC
wikimediafoundation.org
“Speed & Function has provided the engineering backbone of our product infrastructure — not just in a technical capacity, but architecturally and strategically too. Their commitment to our project has been critical. We wouldn’t have gotten this far if we hadn’t been able to work with them. Everybody has been thoughtful, fun and professional. They’ll always let you know when something goes wrong and work with you to improve it.”

Ryan Brounley

Product Advisor
Wikimedia Foundation
wikimediafoundation.org
“The team at Speed & Function own this project as much as I own it. They also speak up and voice their ideas. It's rare to get that from an external firm. There's lots of knowledge in the team and even though they are external, they work with us as a team rather than contractors.”

Stephanie Delbecque

Lead Product Manager
Wikimedia Foundation
wikimediafoundation.org
“Thanks for being such a perfect mix of joyfulness and professionalism, which makes it such a treat to work with you.”

Chuck Reynolds

Staff Product Manager
Wikimedia Foundation
wikimediafoundation.org
“Thanks for all the wrangling you've done with Wikimedia Enterprise. You all were very caring and nice and I appreciate your patience while working with us.”

Daniel Memije

Senior Software Engineer
Wikimedia Foundation
wikimediafoundation.org
“Great teamwork and awesome collaboration culture. It's truly inspiring to work along with them.”

Naïké Nembetwa Nzali

Manager of Operations
Wikimedia Foundation
wikimediafoundation.org
“Thank you for always exploring new ways of improving our work, from scaling our agile practices to tailoring tracking tools to our needs. The project managers and engineers we've worked with so far have been excellent. I'm grateful for everything they contribute and would highly recommend them.”

Ryan Brounley

Product Advisor
Wikimedia Foundation
wikimediafoundation.org
“I am in awe of the individuals we work with daily. I have had the privilege to work with most of them for over a year (some two!) and I have seen tremendous growth and thought leadership around Wikimedia Enterprise and what we are building.”

Haroon Shaikh

Senior Engineering Manager
Wikimedia Foundation
wikimediafoundation.org
“It's been great collaborating with such good talented engineers from S&F. I cannot think of many things that could have been changed for good.”

Luvo Dlulisa

Software Engineer
Wikimedia Foundation
wikimediafoundation.org
“Thank you for shouldering the management and provisioning of our entire infrastructure and being available to help whenever a pipeline broke/failed. You helped to make our development environment awesome to work in.”

Prabaht Tiwary

Staff Software Engineer
Wikimedia Foundation
wikimediafoundation.org
“It's been great collaborating with such good talented engineers from S&F.”
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