Senior Backend Engineer, Access Control
Description For Senior Backend Engineer, Access Control
Webflow, the leading visual development platform for building powerful websites without coding, is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer for their Access Control team. This role is crucial in developing and maintaining the Roles & Permissions framework used across Engineering, ensuring proper user access throughout the webflow.com application. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience with permission systems and a passion for building secure software with excellent user experience.
As a Senior Backend Engineer, you'll architect and implement scalable multi-tenant backend services and APIs using technologies like Node.js, TypeScript, MongoDB, GraphQL, and AWS services. Your responsibilities will include leading projects, contributing to functional strategy, and producing high-quality, maintainable code. You'll also collaborate with product managers and designers, mentor junior engineers, and participate in engineering citizenship activities.
Key qualifications include 5+ years of experience in web application development, proficiency in Node.js and TypeScript, and the ability to debug production issues across multiple stack levels. You should have a proven track record of building complex web systems and experience with testing frameworks like Jest or Mocha.
Webflow offers a competitive compensation package, including equity ownership, comprehensive health benefits, flexible PTO, and various wellness and professional development perks. The role is remote-first, with a base salary range of $158,000 - $218,000 USD, depending on your location within the United States.
Join Webflow's mission to bring development superpowers to everyone and be part of a team that values obsession over customer experience, moving with heartfelt urgency, and making your mark in the industry. If you're passionate about building secure, scalable backend systems and want to contribute to a platform used by millions worldwide, this could be the perfect opportunity for you.
Responsibilities For Senior Backend Engineer, Access Control
- 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 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
Requirements For Senior Backend Engineer, Access Control
- 5+ years developing and deploying web applications, with a proven track record of shipping code
- Familiar with Node.js and TypeScript and can write scalable services and APIs using technologies like Express.js and MongoDB
- Can debug production issues across services and multiple levels of the stack
- Proven experience building complex web systems
- Experience with testing frameworks (e.g. Jest, Mocha, Playwright, Cypress)
- Comfortable working in an agile, safe-to-fail, environment
Benefits For Senior Backend Engineer, Access Control
- 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) financial wellness benefits
- Discounted Pet Insurance offering (US only)
- Commuter benefits for in-office employees
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