Job Description
We're seeking a visionary Architect to lead the technical direction of our production platform group. In this pivotal role, you'll have the opportunity to oversee and design cutting-edge, cross-functional systems that power our global operations. You'll collaborate with diverse stakeholders to translate business needs into robust technical solutions & drive architectural excellence.
- Develop and implement architectural strategies for production systems
- Ensure alignment of technical solutions with business goals and objectives
- Manage technical agendas, including contributing to project planning, execution and reviewing
- Work closely with cross-functional stakeholders including engineering, operations and quality assurance teams
- Act as a liaison between production engineering and other departments to facilitate smooth workflows and communication
- Advocate for production engineering initiatives and innovations both internally and externally
- Implement best practices and standards to enhance production efficiency and effectiveness
Qualifications:
- Minimum of 10 years of experience in system architecture and technical leadership roles
- Extensive experience with large-scale, distributed and fault-tolerant production system architectures, including cloud and on-premises solutions
- Extensive experience with containerization and orchestration technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes)
- Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to think critically about complex technical challenges and optimizing production systems.
- Data driven, able to support architectural design with data points and KPIs
- Outstanding communication skills, with the ability to explain complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences
- Strong collaboration and leadership skills, with experience in mentoring engineers, influencing cross-functional teams and building effective cross-departmental working relationships
About the team
We are Wix’s Infrastructure Guild. We’re at the core of building and maintaining the production and CI/CD environment. Our mission is to improve production performance, security and resilience to ensure 99.99% uptime for millions of users and drive our developer velocity. We design, develop and operate cutting-edge technology and robust tools to service Wix’s Infrastructure needs.
About Wix:
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.
