About the role
- Location: San Francisco HQ, US Remote, or ON/BC, Canada
- Full-time
- Exempt
- The cash compensation for this role is tailored to align with the cost of labor in different geographic markets. We've structured the base pay ranges for this role into zones for our geographic markets, and the specific base pay within the range will be determined by the candidate’s geographic location, job-related experience, knowledge, qualifications, and skills.
Compensation by Zone:
- United States (all figures cited below in USD):
- Zone A: $162,500 - $216,050
- Zone B: $152,700 - $203,100
- Zone C: $143,000 - $190,150
- Canada (All figures cited below in CAD):
- CAD 184,600 - CAD 245,500
Please visit our Careers page for more information on which locations are included in each of our geographic pay zones.
As Senior Backend Engineer, you’ll:
- Architect, design, and implement scalable multi-tenant backend services and APIs.
- Work on technologies such as Node.js, Javascript/Typescript, MongoDB, GraphQL, Apollo, Amazon Web Services EC2, S3, Lambdas, Kafka, and more.
- Demonstrable solid experience and deep expertise in multiple technical domains.
- Contribute to building and executing on functional strategy.
- Lead projects that directly contribute to team and engineering organization's deliverables.
- Produce and elevate the quality of maintainable, tested, performant, and scalable code.
- Author, collaborate on, and evaluate design documents.
- Influence technical designs and team-level prioritization as well as participate in technical solutions.
- Collaborate with product managers and designers in an autonomous, supportive team environment.
- Mentor junior engineers in technical skills and Webflow culture.
- Participate in engineering citizenship activities such as co-authoring engineering blogs and leading internal hackathon teams.
In addition to the responsibilities outlined above, at Webflow we will support you in identifying where your interests and development opportunities lie and we'll help you incorporate them into your role.
About you
You’ll thrive in this role if you:
- Have 5+ years developing and deploying web applications, with a proven track record of shipping code.
- Are familiar with Node.js and TypeScript and can write scalable services and APIs using Express.js, GraphQL, Apollo, and MongoDB.
- Can debug production issues across services and multiple levels of the stack.
- Proven experience building complex web systems that include multiple users and roles working concurrently.
- Experience with testing frameworks (e.g. Jest, Mocha, Playwright, Cypress, K6). Can discuss testing strategies, tools, frameworks, and metrics.
- Are comfortable working in an agile, safe-to-fail environment.
Our Core Behaviors:
- Obsess over customer experience. We deeply understand what we’re building and who we’re building for and serving.
- Move with heartfelt urgency. We have a healthy relationship with impatience, channeling it thoughtfully.
- Say the hard thing with care. We speak our minds and don’t sugarcoat things — and we do so with respect.
- Make your mark. We seek out new and unique ways to create meaningful impact.
Benefits & wellness
- 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.
- Discounted Pet Insurance offering (US only).
- Commuter benefits for in-office employees.
Remote, together
At Webflow, equality is a core tenet of our culture. We are an Equal Opportunity (EEO)/Veterans/Disabled Employer.
Stay connected
Not ready to apply, but want to be part of the Webflow community? Consider following our story on our Webflow Blog, LinkedIn, X (Twitter), and/or Glassdoor.
Please note:
We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process.
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