Webflow is hiring a
Senior Backend Engineer

Summary

Webflow is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to join their Shared Services team. The role involves developing and maintaining shared services, collaborating with other teams, and improving processes. The candidate should have 5+ years of experience in web application development, excellent communication skills, and experience with complex issues. Compensation is based on the candidate's geographic location within specified zones.

Requirements

• Have 5+ years developing and deploying web applications
• Excellent organization and communication skills, both verbal and written
• Have worked on complex issues where the analysis requires an in-depth knowledge of the company and existing architecture
• Can debug production issues across services and multiple levels of the stack
• Take pride in taking ownership and driving projects to business impact
• Proven experience building complex web systems
• Are familiar with one or more Javascript type systems (we use TypeScript here)
• Are comfortable working in an agile, safe-to-fail environment

Responsibilities

• Develop a comprehensive knowledge of how areas of business, such as architecture and infrastructure, integrate to improve developer productivity and accomplish our business goals
• Collaborate with software engineers, product managers, designers, and QA analysts in an autonomous, supportive team environment
• Build and maintain shared services, including, but not limited to: In-app / Email Notification platform and Feature Flag framework
• Identify, develop, and document APIs for Webflow’s service catalog as well as provide quick start guides for developer best practices
• Solve problems in a highly technical platform that empowers hundreds of engineers
• Improve our planning, development, and deployment processes to help you and your fellow team members
• Mentor, coach, and inspire a team of engineers of various levels

Benefits

• Equity ownership (RSUs) in a growing, privately-owned company
• 100% employer-paid healthcare, vision, and dental insurance coverage for employees and dependents
• 12 weeks of paid parental leave for both birthing and non-birthing caregivers
• Flexible PTO with a mandatory annual minimum of 10 days paid time off
• Access to mental wellness and professional coaching, therapy, and Employee Assistance Program
• Monthly stipends to support health and wellness, smart work, and professional growth
• Professional career coaching, internal learning & development programs