Data Engineer Student Program 2026

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 299 million users and their visitors worldwide. At Wix, we push you to innovate and evolve in non-traditional ways. We operate in collaborative, high-performing teams, building cutting-edge products and leveraging AI to redefine how our users create, manage and grow their dreams online.

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 company. 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.

The Wix Data Student Program is your launchpad to a thriving career in data. Start your Data Engineering career by working on real systems at Wix. This immersive program is designed for students who want hands-on experience with modern data infrastructure in a product-driven environment, where you'll dive headfirst into the world of big data serving over 300 million users worldwide.

Through technical training, engaging lectures, workshops, and projects led by experienced Data Engineers and industry experts, you’ll gain exposure to how large-scale data platforms are designed, developed, and operated. You’ll also explore how AI, LLMs, and GenAI are reshaping data engineering by learning to integrate best-in-class AI tools in your development workflow. By the end of the program, you'll join one of our Data teams as a part-time Student Data Engineer. In your day-to-day, you will:

 

• Learn to ask the right questions, understand business needs, and translate them into robust data solutions 

• Design, build, and maintain scalable and reliable data architecture to support business needs 

• Develop data pipelines and workflows that move and transform data reliably at scale 

• Strengthen core engineering practices, including orchestration, testing, data quality, observability, debugging, and performance optimization 

• Collaborate with analysts, software engineers, data scientists, and product teams to deliver trusted data solutions 

• Gain hands-on experience with enterprise-level data frameworks and technologies like Python, SQL, Spark, Trino, Iceberg, Airflow, Snowflake, BigQuery, and AWS

• A BS/BA student in a quantitative field with 2+ years left to complete your degree (graduating in July 2028 or later) 

• Availability to attend the program's training at the Wix Campus at least 4 days a week before the school year starts (August–October) and 2.5 days a week during the school year 

• Proficiency in presenting work and communicating in English 

• Ambitious and business-oriented, with an eagerness to learn how data engineering impacts businesses, products, and users worldwide 

• Passionate about data and its applications in solving business problems 

• A self-directed learner with a proven ability for independent self-learning

• Experience using various AI tools (e.g., Claude, Cursor, Codex, etc.) in your development workflow – an advantage

We are Wix's Data Engineering Guild, building the data backbone that powers decision-making and product innovation across a platform serving over 300 million users. We tackle complex challenges in large-scale data processing and modeling, delivering reliable, high-quality datasets to engineers, analysts, and product teams – all while pushing boundaries by integrating AI, LLMs, and GenAI into how data is discovered, understood, and operated.