Staff Backend Engineer
Description For Staff Backend Engineer
At Webflow, we're looking for a highly skilled Staff Backend Engineer to join our SP (Service Provider) Success team. This role offers a unique 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.
As a Staff Backend Engineer, you'll be at the forefront of architecting, designing, and implementing scalable multi-tenant backend services and APIs. You'll work with cutting-edge technologies such as Node.js, TypeScript, Next.js, MongoDB, GraphQL, and various AWS services. Your expertise will be crucial in leading projects that directly contribute to the team and engineering organization's deliverables.
This role goes beyond just backend development – it's a chance to make tangible contributions to the core of Webflow's business. You'll tackle complex system challenges, drive solutions from concept to production, and leverage your full-stack expertise. Everything you build will have measurable outcomes, pushing both our product and our community forward.
We're looking for someone with 7+ years of experience in developing and deploying web applications, with a proven track record of shipping code that solves business challenges. You should be proficient with Node.js, TypeScript, and Next.js, and have experience designing scalable services and APIs using Express.js and MongoDB. Your ability to debug production issues across complex, multi-service architectures will be invaluable.
In this role, you'll not only contribute technically but also play a crucial part in mentoring junior engineers, providing technical guidance, and driving best practices. Your strong collaboration and communication skills will be essential as you work closely with product managers, designers, and other engineers in a cross-functional team environment.
At Webflow, we offer a competitive compensation package, including equity ownership in a growing, privately-owned company. We provide comprehensive benefits, including 100% employer-paid healthcare, vision, and dental insurance coverage for employees and dependents, 12 weeks of paid parental leave, and flexible PTO. We also support your professional growth with career coaching and learning & development programs.
Join us at Webflow, where you'll have the opportunity to work on impactful projects, grow your skills, and be part of a team that's revolutionizing the way websites are built. If you're ready to take on this exciting challenge and make your mark in the world of visual development platforms, we want to hear from you!
Responsibilities For Staff Backend Engineer
- 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
- 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 with product managers and designers in an autonomous, supportive team environment
- Mentor junior engineering in technical skills and Webflow culture
Requirements For Staff Backend Engineer
- 7+ years of experience developing and deploying web applications, with a proven track record of shipping code that solves business challenges
- Proficient with Node.js, TypeScript, and Next.js, and can design and write scalable services and APIs using Express.js and MongoDB
- 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
- 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)
- 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
Benefits For Staff Backend Engineer
- 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
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