Backend Software Engineer

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 at Wix, you’ll collaborate with various teams each quarter on targeted and strategic projects, adapting quickly and bringing your high-level expertise to make significant contributions. In your day-to-day, you will:

• Adapt to the coding styles of different teams, ensuring seamless integration and building trust

• Work with a variety of AI platforms and tools

• Be fully hands-on with Scala, Java, and Node.js

• Collaborate closely with other teams and product managers to lead complex projects

• Enjoy rapid professional growth by tackling unique challenges and delivering key projects

Qualifications

• A Backend Engineer with 3+ years of experience

• Experience collaborating with product managers, UX specialists, and stakeholders

• Strong communication skills in English

• Able to transition smoothly between platforms to meet diverse needs

• Committed to delivering consistent, timely results, ensuring tasks are completed efficiently and within tough deadlines

• Enthusiastic about solving critical business problems and conceiving unconventional solutions, but also prioritizing simple solutions

• Ready to engage in very important projects every quarter, meeting stringent timelines with excellence

Additional Information

We are Wix's Backend Engineering Guild. We provide integrated tools for microservice development within Wix to help improve developer productivity and best practices. These tools streamline the development process and reduce cognitive load allowing Wix engineers to concentrate on their domain, architecture, and business logic. To handle high-scale traffic (over 500B HTTP requests per day) and 500+ daily deployments, our team of 500 backend engineers runs production across 19 distributed data centers and cloud vendors worldwide.

We offer:

• Equity (RSUs) and discount stock purchasing plans (ESPP)

• Health and personal accident insurance

• Daily lunch and snacks at the office

• Commuting allowance

• Discounted phone operator services and compensation for a new phone

• Free exercise classes and wellness activities

• Online courses and professional development

• Fun activities and team events

Salary range is 4000 - 8000 Eur GROSS / month (Total compensation, including RSUs package)