Webflow is hiring a
Senior Backend Engineer

Summary

Webflow is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to join the SP Success team. The role involves developing end-to-end API, writing scalable services, collaborating with cross-functional teams, solving complex problems, improving processes, mentoring engineers, and identifying development opportunities. The candidate should have 5+ years of experience in web application development, excellent communication skills, experience with complex issues, and familiarity with Javascript type systems. Compensation is based on the candidate's geographic location within specified zones.

Requirements

• Have 5+ years developing and deploying web applications, with a proven track record of shipping to market
• 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 Flow here)
• Are comfortable working in an agile, safe-to-fail environment

Responsibilities

• Develop a comprehensive knowledge of how areas of business integrate to accomplish our business goals
• Build amazing end-to-end API and developer experiences, ensuring that they are reliable and scalable
• Write scalable services, as well as new APIs and rewriting old ones, in Node.js, Express.js, Mongo, GraphQL, Apollo and AWS Lambda
• Collaborate with software engineers, product managers, designers, and QA analysts in an autonomous, supportive team environment
• Solve problems in a highly technical platform that empowers hundreds of thousands of people
• 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
• 401k plan and pension schemes (in countries where statutorily required)