Position: RnD Manager
Company: Wix
Category: JavaScript
Experience required: 5y
English level: fluent
Published: 2022-11-01T00:00:00+02:00

We build a strong and robust ecosystem for application development inside Wix. The success of our group is mission-critical for opening Wix for third-party developers and serving more use cases and users than Wix can serve on its own.

**We Are:**

The Editor Platform team. We build a strong and robust ecosystem for application development inside Wix. The success of our group is mission-critical for opening Wix for third-party developers and serving more use cases and users than Wix can serve on its own. We allow developers to build applications and business solutions to enrich the Wix experience and scale positive impact. We are a group of professionals who know how to design great APIs, build libraries, SDKs and ecosystems for developers. We have the freedom to innovate and uncover breakthroughs that influence the product roadmap.

**You Are:**
A hands-on software engineer with 6+ years experience. You’re well versed in JavaScript, Scala, Java or Python and have experience managing 2 or more engineering teams. You’re an ambitious and humble leader with experience building and scaling engineering groups with multiple teams and managers. You've coordinated large-scale, cross-functional efforts and know how to scale yourself and your group. You are a product-oriented person who wants to contribute your vision and experience to the success of the whole company. You're a problem solver who enjoys tackling bigger challenges. You're passionate, intelligent, opinionated, humble, and respectful of other people's opinions. You're willing and able to mentor others. You can build robust architecture while delivering the best product for our users.

**As a R&D Manager - Editor Platform, you will:**

- Lead a team of engineers across multiple sites
- Recruit, mentor and advise top talent on your team, focusing on growing team leads within the group.
- Empower the Engineering team to achieve a high level of reliability, simplicity, and productivity.
- Translate your engineering vision into high-level workforce planning, knowledge distribution, and organizational structure.
- Encourage collaboration between the Engineering, Product and Operations teams within the Editor platform, as well as with different stakeholders throughout Wix.