Senior Backend Engineer – eCommerce

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 a Senior Backend Engineer, you’ll join a growing global team at Wix, shaping the future of eCommerce. You’ll develop and maintain the core selling and order management capabilities for all Wix verticals. Working in a highly distributed, cutting-edge environment, you’ll play a central role in building scalable, resilient systems that handle millions of requests per minute.

• Build and maintain backend systems to process 1.5 million API requests and 400,000 events per minute
• Design, implement and optimize scalable and resilient systems with an API-first approach
• Solve high-scale technical challenges in a distributed microservices environment (~100 microservices)
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure seamless integration and functionality across the platform
• Lead technical initiatives to improve system performance, reliability and scalability
• Mentor and guide junior engineers to help them reach their full potential
• Write clean, test-driven code, ensuring high-quality deployments to production for millions of users

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience as a backend engineer

• Possess an in-depth understanding of Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) and SOLID principles

• Background in design, with passion for Test-Driven Development (TDD) methodology

• Knowledge and interest in microservice architectures      

• Actively up-to-date with industry trends and developments

• Team player committed to the success of the team, with proven ability to mentor and guide

Additional Information

Wix's eCommerce Platform team develops and maintains our eCommerce platform, a product that will allow Wix to provide a unified eCommerce infrastructure for all of its core verticals, including Online Stores, Wix Bookings, Wix Restaurants, Wix Velo users, agencies and more. We foster a culture where personal and professional growth is encouraged, strong friendships are forged, and accountability is valued. Our global team plays a crucial role in Wix’s strategic focus on eCommerce and brings seamless and user-friendly experiences to our customers.