Senior Backend Engineer Bazel Team

At Wix we care deeply about developer experience and fast reliable builds are a huge part of that. Our Bazel team builds the tools pipelines and integrations that keep more than 500 backend developers productive every day. Were tackling challenges of scale performance and developer velocity in one of the largest monorepos in the industry (20GB).

We use Bazel as our build system and work across Scala Java Python Starlark Go and Bash to build and maintain the internal tooling that powers our CI/CD pipelines and local development environments. We focus on improving build performance dependency management and developer workflows all to make builds faster more reliable and more scalable.

As a senior backend engineer in the Bazel team youll:

• Be responsible for all aspects of software development - plan design build and maintain our systems while working closely with Wix developers to improve their day-to-day experience and eliminate velocity killers

• Build and maintain highly scalable backend services providing unique CI/CD experiences to support Wixs backend code

• Create infrastructure systems as needed by the DevEx group

• Design and implement integrations for internal and external systems such as GitHub AWS EngFlow

Qualifications :

• In-depth understanding of Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) and SOLID principles

• Skilled in debugging and investigating production issues and youre also able to recognize and address bad code

• You have a good knowledge and interest in microservice architecture

• Youre responsible and can work independently

• You actively keep up with industry trends and developments and youre continuously searching for better solutions

• Quick grasp of large and complex systems and their inner workings

• Familiar with software engineering best practices (testing code reviews immutability scalability etc.)

• Knowledgeable about bad practices and anti-patterns

An advantage if you:

• Have experience using Bazel or other large-scale build systems (e.g. Buck Pants)

• Are familiar with Scala

• Have experience building scalable web services using non-blocking or asynchronous I/O frameworks (e.g. Akka HTTP Netty Vert.x or similar)

• Have worked with Docker and Kubernetes

• Have a passion for DevEx-related topics: developer tooling development environments and build tools

Additional Information :

Were Bazel team part of Wixs Infrastructure Developer Experience (DevEx) group a group that builds the tools and platforms empowering over 2000 Wix engineers. 

Our mission is to make development at Wix faster smoother and more enjoyable. We own key parts of Wixs CI/CD ecosystem based on Bazel which powers around 1000 builds and 600 deployments per day.

If youre excited by scale impact and building tools that make other engineers happier and more productive this is the place for you.

We offer:

• 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 5000 - 8000 Eur GROSS / month (Total compensation including RSUs package)

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time