JavaScript Infrastructure Team Lead - Dev tools

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. 

We're proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Wix was built around the idea that everyone has the right to be successful, online. This same vision defines us as an employer: creating a work environment where everyone is welcome, and anyone has the right to succeed.

Job Description

• As the team lead in Dev Tools, you’ll play a key role in shaping Wix’s next-generation development framework (Wix CLI), empowering teams to build applications & sites efficiently and effectively.
• In your day-to-day, you will:
• Lead a team of expert engineers across Israel and Ukraine, driving collaboration, innovation, and excellence
• Design and develop CLI-based framework that streamline the creation of Wix applications
• Drive projects from idea to production, including creating RFCs and hands-on coding, while shaping the framework’s evolution through your insights and expertise
• Create innovative, developer-centric tools tailored for high performance and usability
• Maintain high standards in coding practices, architecture design, and overall product quality

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in JavaScript development and a strong understanding of the web development lifecycle
• Expertise with frontend tooling like Webpack, Vite, and familiarity with micro frontends and complex web applications
• 2+ years of experience as a team lead, managing and mentoring engineers
• Experience creating CLI applications or contributing to open-source projects (an advantage)
• Thrives in fast-paced environments and adapts quickly to changing priorities
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to collaborate effectively across teams and countries

Additional Information

The Dev Tools group at Wix. We are a group of top-notch developers, passionate engineers, and problem solvers with a mission to improve the productivity of thousands of developers. Our goal is to build cutting-edge tools that improve the velocity and quality of our users' products. Our users are both internal Wix developers and external developers.

Currently, we are focusing on building the Wix CLI, the next-generation toolkit that allows professional developers to easily build applications and websites on top of the Wix platform. We intend for the CLI to be similar to community open source solutions and support building applications in React.