Senior Backend Engineer

About The Role

As a Senior Backend Engineer at Webflow, you will be responsible for architecting, designing, and implementing scalable multi-tenant backend services and APIs. You will work with technologies such as Node.js, JavaScript/TypeScript, MongoDB, GraphQL, Apollo, Amazon Web Services EC2, S3, Lambdas, Kafka, and more. This role requires demonstrable solid experience and deep expertise in multiple technical domains.

Key Responsibilities

• 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.
• 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, strengthening and improving our hiring processes, and leading internal hackathon teams.

About You

You’ll thrive in this role if you:

• Have 5+ years of experience 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.
• Have proven experience building complex web systems that include multiple users and roles working concurrently.
• Have experience creating test harnesses, load/scalability testing, regression testing with multiple users, and creating metrics to validate correct functionality.
• Are comfortable working in an agile, safe-to-fail environment.

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.
• 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 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.

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.