Senior Database Engineer

Company Description

Wix makes it possible for anyone to succeed online. Since 2006, we’ve grown to around 5,300 employees in 22 countries, launched over 40 products, and serve over 282 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.

We’re looking for a highly skilled Senior Database Engineer to join our DBA team. In this role, you’ll design and optimize Wix’s large-scale database infrastructure while ensuring high availability, scalability, and performance. In your day-to-day, you will:

• Design and optimize Wix’s large-scale database infrastructure to meet high availability and performance standards 

• Identify cost-effective areas for improvement in current databases 

• Collaborate with developers and software architects to model, create, and maintain robust data structures and the Wix data layer 

• Lead and execute technical database-related POCs and benchmarks 

• Conduct regular audits of database design to ensure quality and compliance with service level agreements (SLAs) 

• Quickly identify and resolve critical production issues and provide on-call support as needed

• 10+ years of hands-on production experience with MySQL, MongoDB, RDBMS, and NoSQL databases 

• Proven track record as a Senior Database Engineer, Technical Leader, or DBA TL with significant experience leading major database initiatives 

• Strong expertise in Data Solution Architecture, including high availability, scalability, backups, and disaster recovery (DR), data modeling, performance tuning, as well as conducting POCs and benchmarks 

• Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS and/or GCP and their data products 

• Fast learner with extensive infrastructure knowledge of Unix/Linux systems 

• Excellent interpersonal communication skills to collaborate effectively with professionals across various departments 

• Passion for automation, experience with tools like Ansible/Jenkins/Puppet/Chef – an advantage 

• Knowledge of AI technologies and their applications in database management or optimizations, including experience with AI-driven analytics or machine learning models – an advantage

Wix’s Database Platform Group is a group of talented database and DevOps engineers dedicated to managing hundreds of MySQL, MongoDB, and ElasticSearch production database clusters, totaling petabytes of data on AWS Cloud platforms. Our teams work closely with Systems Engineers, DevOps, and R&D Developers to oversee all aspects of our database infrastructure and applications.