Senior Backend Engineer

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Our client – Wix, is a leading cloud-based platform for website creation and online business solutions. Since its founding in 2006, Wix has grown to 5300 employees across 22 countries, launched over 40 products, and served more than 282 million users and visitors worldwide. 

At Wix, innovation and collaboration are at the heart of everything they do. They encourage unconventional thinking, foster continuous growth, and operate in small, agile teams that work closely together.

Although Wix is already a leader in web development and online business solutions, their mission is far from complete. Their goal is to become the main engine of the Internet so that they can create a more open web for all.

You are

A passionate team player who can confidentely express and justify opinions, as well as accept others’ approaches. You’re proactive, never taking the present state for granted and always striving to understand the reasoning behind the process.You write clean, readable, and maintainable code. You can recognize bad code and actively seek better solutions. You quickly grasp large & complex systems, understanding thei inner workings.You’re experienced with software engineering best practices (testing, code reviews, immutability, etc.) and aware of anti-patterns and bad practices.You habe deep expertice in the tools, libraries, and frameworks that you’ve worked with and feel at home in a POSIX production environment. You can also debug and investigate production issues effectively.
 
Bonus points if you

• Understand and write multi-threaded code, specifically a web server's request lifecycle
• Have practiced TDD
• Have an understanding of reactive patterns and toolkits
• Have contributed to open-source software
• Have spoken at developer meetups, conferences, or have a blog about software engineering
• Have an excellent understanding of database systems, relational and otherwise, including sharding for big data applications
• Are able to conduct performance analysis for a system and find its bottlenecks
• Have been a “go-to” person in your previous teams/organizations

As a Senior Engineer for Backend Engineering, you will

• Work on cutting-edge technologies and become an industry leader
• Proficiency in at least one programming language (While prior experience with Scala is not required, the role will involve working with Scala. The company will provide comprehensive training to ensure proficiency)
• Improve your skills and learn from top-notch engineers
• Tackle tough problems and find creative ways to solve them
• Push your code to millions of users every day
• Solve hard problems in a simple way using TDD and clean code
• Influence the developer community

• Discounted stock purchasing options (ESPP)
• Health and personal accident insurance
• Daily lunch and snacks at the office
• Commuting allowance
• Discounted phone operator services and compensation for a new phone
• Free exercise classes and wellness activities
• Online courses and professional development
• Fun activities and team events

Additional information
Contact person – Agne, +370 616 16316, agne.jankute@amston.lt