Staff Software Engineer

Description

• Architect, design, and implement accessible user interfaces, scalable data architectures, distributed tasks, and API endpoints. • Co-create new and improved functionality across multiple areas of the Webflow technology stack using technologies such as React, Javascript/Typescript, HTML, CSS, Node.js, and MongoDB. • Improve reliability and scalability by contributing to distributed backend systems, including concurrent, synchronous, and asynchronous processes, and evolving eventually-consistent algorithms. • Leverage state-of-the-art AI tools to enhance your impact. • Coordinate projects that directly impact team and engineering organization's deliverables. • Drive architectural solutions for our team and shape technical approaches across Webflow engineering. • Lead with technical expertise and guidance that strengthens multiple teams and drives progress on the engineering organization’s strategy. • Produce and elevate the quality of maintainable, tested, performant, and scalable code. • Author and collaborate on design documents and influence pillar-level technical priorities. • Foster an inclusive environment that motivates and empowers teammates to do their best work. • Collaborate with product managers and designers in an autonomous, supportive team environment. • Mentor other engineers in technical skills, best practices, and quality. • Participate in engineering citizenship activities such as co-authoring engineering blogs, strengthening and improving our hiring processes, and leading internal hackathon teams.

Requirements

• Bring 7+ years of experience developing and deploying complex web applications, with a track record of delivering high-quality, performant code. • BA/BS degree or equivalent experience • Skilled with modern web technologies, including web browsers, Node.js and TypeScript and experienced building user interfaces and scalable APIs using React, Express.js, and MongoDB. • Curious and motivated by complex challenges, with a commitment to finding thoughtful, scalable solutions. • Able to debug production issues across services and multiple levels of the stack. • Experienced in designing and evolving complex web systems that balance reliability, performance, and maintainability. • Familiar with testing frameworks such as Jest, Mocha, Playwright, and Cypress. • Find energy in highly collaborative, cross-functional environments, working closely with engineers, designers, and product managers • Comfortable working in an agile, iterative, and supportive environment, clarifying ambiguous requirements and designing well-scoped solutions. • Value mentorship, knowledge-sharing, and empowering teammates to do their best work. • Committed to inclusive practices, whether in coding standards, design discussions, or strengthening team culture.

Benefits

• Equity ownership (RSUs) in a growing, privately-owned company. • 100% employer-paid healthcare, vision, and dental insurance coverage for employees and dependents (full-time employees working 30+ hours per week), as well as Health Savings Account/Health Reimbursement Account, dependent care Flexible Spending Account (US only), dependent on insurance plan selection where applicable in the respective country of employment; Employees may also have voluntary insurance options, such as life, disability, hospital protection, accident, and critical illness where applicable in the respective country of employment • 12 weeks of paid parental leave for both birthing and non-birthing caregivers, as well as an additional 6-8 weeks of pregnancy disability for birthing parents to be used before child bonding leave (where local requirements are more generous employees receive the greater benefit); Employees also have access to family planning care and reimbursement • Flexible PTO with a mandatory annual minimum of 10 days paid time off for all locations (where local requirements are more generous employees receive the greater benefit), and sabbatical program • 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) financial wellness benefits, like CPA or financial advisor coverage • Discounted Pet Insurance offering (US only) • Commuter benefits for in-office employees

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