Database Architect

Job Description

• Responsible for designing and optimizing Wix’s large-scale database infrastructure according to high availability, scalability, and performance principles
• Identify new areas for cost-effective improvement in current databases
• Explore new features, versions, and databases according to requirements
• Work with developers and software architects in modeling, creating and maintaining data structures and Wix’s data layer
• Lead and execute technical DB-related POCs and benchmarks
• Auditing database design regularly to maintain quality and SLA demands
• Quickly identify and resolve critical and hard production issues
• Provide on-call support when needed
  
  

Qualifications:

• A diligent Senior Database Engineer, a technical leader, or DBA TL/ex-TL who led major database agendas
• 8+ years in-depth, hands-on production experience in either MySQL, MongoDB, Relational DBMS and NoSQL data stores
• Experience with Data Solution Architecture, High Availability, Scalability, Backups and DR, Data Modeling, Performance tuning, POCs and benchmark An advantage if you have:
• Experience with 24/7 production environments
• Passion for automating things - worked with Ansible/Jenkins/puppet/chef
• Experience with the design of new systems, tools, and products
• A lot of experience working with developers and best practices
• Experience with k8s, Kafka, and BI methodologies
• Monitoring tools and methods experience
• Excellent attention to detail
• A fast learner with deep infrastructure knowledge in Unix/Linux systems.
• You’ve worked with Cloud products like AWS and GCP Data products
• Excellent interpersonal communication to work with professionals from different departments
  
  

About The Team

Wix’s Database Group - Talented and professional DB Engineers who are part of Wix’s Infrastructure Group. We’re in charge of hundreds of MySQL, MongoDB, and ElasticSearch production database clusters with PBs of data on AWS Cloud platforms in terms of deployment, development, management, and monitoring. We work tightly coupled with System, DevOps Production Engineers and R&D Developers on all of our databases’ infrastructure & applicative aspects.

About Wix:

Wix makes it possible for anyone to succeed online.

Since 2006, we've grown to 5,000 employees in 17 countries, launched over 40 products, and serve over 230 million users and their visitors worldwide.

At Wix, we push you to innovate, evolve in non-traditional ways, and grow outside your comfort zone. We operate in small teams that work closely together to create incredible things.

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.