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Elevator Pitch: The Backend Guild

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24 February 2025

Elevator Pitch: The Backend Guild
  • Feb 24, 2025
  • 1 min read

Have you ever wondered what it’s like to support 8% of the internet? For the Backend Guild at Wix — also known as the Server Guild — it’s just another day at the office!


Our backend developers maintain a low-latency, high-availability environment for over 250 million users worldwide. To handle 500 billion HTTP requests per day and 500+ daily deployments, they run production across 19 distributed data centers and multiple cloud vendors, ensuring everything runs smoothly.


Want to learn more? Let Ittai, the Head of the Backend Guild, fill you in on the details in this quick 60-second elevator pitch!



CALLING all developers 📣 Check out our open positions in the Backend Guild!

7 Comments


Guest
2 days ago

Great overview of the Backend Guild at Wix. It’s impressive to see how backend teams manage such massive infrastructure while keeping systems reliable and scalable. Supporting hundreds of millions of users and handling hundreds of billions of HTTP requests daily requires strong engineering practices, distributed systems, and a culture of continuous deployment.


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MMWeber
Mar 12

Great overview of the Backend Guild at Wix. It’s impressive to see how backend teams manage such massive infrastructure while keeping systems reliable and scalable. Supporting hundreds of millions of users and handling hundreds of billions of HTTP requests daily requires strong engineering practices, distributed systems, and a culture of continuous deployment.


Stories like this show how much effort goes into building the platforms we use every day. And while technology powers our digital experiences, everyday life still centers around simple comforts at home—like choosing the perfect dining tables online to create a welcoming space for family meals and conversations.

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bellabrown
Mar 10

Handling billions of requests and keeping platforms running smoothly takes serious backend engineering. Bitlife also mirrors this complexity in a fun way—behind every life path and choice is a system that simulates how decisions shape a character’s journey.

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Amadeus
Feb 14

Crafting a perfect elevator pitch for the Backend Guild requires the same precision as a flawless run 1 through a difficult level. This post brilliantly explains how to distill complex technical expertise into a compelling, high-speed narrative for success!

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cryptorobotics
Dec 11, 2025

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