Staff Backend Engineer

At Webflow, our mission is to bring development superpowers to everyone. Webflow is a Website Experience Platform (WXP) that empowers modern marketing teams to visually build, manage, and optimize stunning websites. With AI-driven personalization baked in, Webflow enables teams to significantly boost conversion rates, translating directly into measurable business growth. From independent designers and creative agencies to Fortune 500 companies, millions worldwide use Webflow to be more nimble, creative, and collaborative.

We’re looking for a highly skilled Staff Backend Engineer to join our SP (Service Provider) Success team. Here, you’ll have the opportunity to directly impact Webflow’s trajectory by empowering our partners and creators to thrive on the platform. You'll work on critical engineering projects that touch Webflow Marketplace, ensuring our partners' success and helping them unlock new opportunities for growth.

This is more than just a backend role — it’s a chance to make tangible contributions to the core of Webflow’s business. Whether you're tackling complex system challenges, driving solutions from concept to production, or leveraging your full-stack expertise, your work will be at the intersection of technology and business growth.

If you're a dynamic engineer with a blend of frontend and backend skills, a strong systems mindset, and a passion for creating products that drive business success, this role will allow you to own impactful projects from start to finish. Everything you build will have measurable outcomes, pushing both our product and our community forward.

About the role 

• Location: Remote-first (United States; BC & ON, Canada)
• Full-time
• Permanent 
• Exempt
• Reporting to the Engineering Manager, SP Success
  • United States  (all figures cited below in USD and pertain to workers in the United States)
    • Zone A: $187,000 - $263,600
    • Zone B: $175,000 - $247,000
    • Zone C: $164,000 - $231,500
  • Canada  (All figures cited below in CAD and pertain to workers in ON & BC, Canada)
    • CAD 212,000 - CAD 299,000

Please visit our Careers page for more information on which locations are included in each of our geographic pay zones. However, please confirm the zone for your specific location with your recruiter.

As a  Staff Backend Engineer, you’ll … 

• Architect, design, and implement scalable multi-tenant backend services and APIs.
• Work on technologies such as Node.js, Javascript/Typescript, Next.js, 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.
• Motivate and empower teammates to achieve a higher level of performance.
• Collaborate product managers and designers in an autonomous, supportive team environment.
• Mentor junior engineering in technical skills and Webflow culture.
• Participate in engineering citizenship activities such as co-authoring engineering blogs, strengthening and improving our hiring processes, 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 as a/an Staff Backend Engineer if you:

• Have 7+ years of experience developing and deploying web applications, with a proven track record of shipping code that solves business challenges.
• Are proficient with Node.js, TypeScript, and Next.js, and can design and write scalable services and APIs using Express.js and MongoDB.
• Have experience debugging production issues across complex, multi-service architectures, and at multiple levels of the stack.
• Proven experience building complex web systems that scale efficiently while delivering a seamless user experience.
• Are adept at working with Stripe and/or billing systems to build reliable, secure payment processing solutions.
• Experience with testing frameworks (e.g. Jest, Mocha, Playwright, Cypress). 
• Are comfortable working in an agile, safe-to-fail, environment.
• Have a growth mindset, continually looking for opportunities to improve code, systems, and team processes.
• Possess strong collaboration and communication skills, thriving in a cross-functional team environment where you work closely with product managers, designers, and other engineers.
• Have experience leading or mentoring other engineers, providing technical guidance, code reviews, and driving best practices.
• Are product-focused and able to balance technical excellence with delivering meaningful business outcomes.

Our Core Behaviors:

• Obsess over customer experience. We deeply understand what we’re building and who we’re building for and serving. We define the leading edge of what’s possible in our industry and deliver the future for our customers
• Move with heartfelt urgency. We have a healthy relationship with impatience, channeling it thoughtfully to show up better and faster for our customers and for each other. Time is the most limited thing we have, and we make the most of every moment
• Say the hard thing with care. Our best work often comes from intelligent debate, critique, and even difficult conversations. We speak our minds and don’t sugarcoat things — and we do so with respect, maturity, and care
• Make your mark. We seek out new and unique ways to create meaningful impact, and we champion the same from our colleagues. We work as a team to get the job done, and we go out of our way to celebrate and reward those going above and beyond for our customers and our teammates

Benefits & wellness

• 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

Temporary employees are not eligible for paid holiday time off, accrued paid time off, paid leaves of absence, or company-sponsored perks unless otherwise required by law.

Remote, together

At Webflow, equality is a core tenet of our culture. We are an Equal Opportunity (EEO)/Veterans/Disabled Employer and are committed to building an inclusive global team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, beliefs, and experiences. Employment decisions are made on the basis of job-related criteria without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other classification protected by applicable law. Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, Webflow will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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Please note:

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Upon interview scheduling, instructions for confidential accommodation requests will be administered.

To join Webflow, you'll need a valid right to work authorization depending on the country of employment.

If you are extended an offer, that offer may be contingent upon your successful completion of a background check, which will be conducted in accordance with applicable laws. We may obtain one or more background screening reports about you, solely for employment purposes.

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