Frontend Team Lead in Wix

Wix makes it possible for anyone to succeed online. Since 2006, we’ve grown to 5,000 employees in 17 countries, launched over 30 products, and serve over 230 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 believe solving complex problems starts by building strong infrastructure and platforms supported by engineers working with cutting-edge technology.

As a dev-centric company, we rely on testing, implementing smart feedback loops, measuring impact, and using “fail fast” methodologies to keep our high-scale traffic and advanced products in constant progress with a 99.99% uptime.

We are Wix’s Frontend Engineering Guild. We build unique, scalable, resilient products and technologies that empower anyone to succeed online. Our mission is to develop complex micro-frontends and maintain the highest development standards. We embrace cutting-edge technologies, TDD, and clean code. We work in small teams, follow agile work methods and use continuous integration and delivery methodologies. We love sharing knowledge and contributing back to the open-source community.

Job Description

As a Frontend Team Lead you will be joining our frontend community of over 1000 talented frontend developers. At Wix, a Frontend Team Lead is responsible for the technical side of projects and people management. As a team leader your goal is to ensure that the product is feasible, can be done in a fair timeline and deliver it to production. Working closely with product managers, designers, developers, QAs and other team leaders is part of your day-to-day responsibilities. 

• Manage a team of 4-5 frontend developers
• Participate in the discovery phase of the features and help them to become a reality 
• Lead or manage the technical researches for new products
• Be responsible for team growth and development (people management and team management)
• Mentor and advise the team in code review, pair programming etc.
• Share knowledge and collaborate with other teams
• Discover the technical debt and help with its liquidation

Qualifications

• Experienced in team leading for at least 3+ years
• Possess strategic thinking and a strong grasp of the product life cycle, from research to prototyping, technical design, development, post production support.
• Proficient in modern frontend technologies (Typescript, React, Webpack, Redux, RxJS, etc.)
• Excellent communication, organizational, and analytical skills with a passion for learning new things.
• Exceptional problem-solving skills.
• Capable of collaborating and brainstorming with individuals of varying skill levels.
• Proficient in leading and mentoring team members in complexprojects.

Additional Information

Wix Editor group. We make products that help people build & complete their professional and stunning sites, while providing high quality & great experience. Our main product is Wix Editor. It’s a complex project with complex dependencies which makes our group a challenging and interesting environment to work at.

Solutions you’ll develop here will reach more than 2 million users daily around the world.