Backend Engineer for Dev Center

Company Description

Wix makes it possible for anyone to succeed online. 

Since 2006, we've grown to around 5,500 employees in 22 countries, launched over 40 products, and serve over 243 million users and their visitors worldwide. 

At Wix, we push you to innovate, evolve in non-traditional ways, and collaborate. We operate in small teams that work closely together at a high level. 

Although we're already industry leaders in web creation and business, our work is nowhere near done.  Our goal is to become the main engine of the Internet so we can create a more open web for all.

Job Description

As a Backend Engineer on the Dev Center team at Wix, you'll have the unique opportunity to:

• Design and develop scalable features that shape the platform powering all Apps at Wix.

• Have a far-reaching impact on millions of users, pushing your code to production every day.

• Solve real complex problems at a high scale.

• Work on cutting-edge technologies and become an industry leader.

• Improve your skills and learn from top-notch engineers.

• Tackle tough problems and find creative ways to solve them.

• Write TDD and clean code.

• Work closely with other core groups and verticals at Wix.

• Take ownership of the team’s products end-to-end.

• Participate in designing APIs, mechanisms, and abstractions critical to our platform.

Qualifications

• Awesome, curious, and motivated developer.

• Minimum 3 years' experience in server-side technologies in a web environment.

• In-depth understanding of:

  • Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) and SOLID principles.

  • Functional programming principles.

  • Distributed systems, architecture, and code quality practices.

• Strong emphasis on design and passionate about Test-Driven Development (TDD) methodology.

• Knowledge and interest in microservices architecture.

• Takes responsibility and can work independently.

• Flexible and adaptable to context changes.

• Open-minded and eager to learn.

• Actively keeps up with industry trends and developments.

• Excellent teamwork, communication, and interpersonal skills.

• Team player committed to the success of the team.

Additional Information

The Dev Center team is pivotal in shaping the future of our app ecosystem. We build the robust platform that supports all Apps at Wix, ensuring they perform seamlessly and efficiently. Our team is composed of passionate, innovative, and fun individuals who are dedicated to making a real difference. We face complex challenges regularly and continuously find ways to optimize our platform for performance, scalability, and user experience. 

Join us if you want to solve tough engineering problems and make a substantial impact!