Senior Staff Software Engineer

### Who you are
- BS / BA college degree or relevant experience
- 12+ years of experience building and evolving complex, distributed SaaS systems
- Demonstrated ownership of large-scale architectural initiatives that unlocked new product capabilities or competitive advantages
- Deep backend systems experience in one or more modern server environments (e.g., Java, Go, Python, Node.js), with the ability to ramp quickly in new stacks
- Experience designing and operating API-driven systems backed by relational databases such as Postgres or Aurora
- A track record of solving difficult scalability, data modeling, or interoperability challenges
- Experience influencing cross-team architecture in platform environments
- A principled but pragmatic approach to decoupled architectures and sound design principles
- A thoughtful perspective on AI-assisted development — understanding both its leverage and its risks
- Take full ownership of ambitious technical challenges, staying calm under pressure and disciplined when making high-risk decisions to drive projects to resolution
- Enjoy mentoring emerging technical talent, along with persuasively challenging assumptions at all levels—including senior leadership—without being dogmatic
- Experience with Node.js and TypeScript in large production systems is a plus, but not required

### What the job involves
- We’re looking for a Senior Staff Software Engineer to help us push the boundaries of what Webflow’s platform can do
- As a Senior Staff Software Engineer of our Compose pillar, you will define and drive the technical future of Webflow’s CMS, Localization, and Commerce systems
- Compose powers millions of production websites and supports over 1% of global Internet traffic
- You will join a world-class team responsible not just for maintaining that scale, but for pushing the platform forward in ambitious and competitive directions
- This is a cross-team level role with real strategic ownership
- You are not bound to a single team, but accountable for driving the highest-leverage, multi-team initiatives that shape Compose’s long-term trajectory
- You will partner closely with the Pillar Lead and senior leaders across Engineering, Product, and Design to translate product vision into bold, executable technical strategy
- We are not simply maintaining what exists today—competing meaningfully in the headless CMS space requires solving hard problems in data modeling, API design, performance, scalability, and interoperability
- This role is expected to internalize where we want to go, and actively drive the technical work required to get there
- You'll be reporting to the Senior Manager, Engineering
- Own and drive the technical strategy for the Compose pillar, aligning architecture with ambitious product goals and measurable business outcomes
- Identify and lead multi-team initiatives that unlock new competitive capabilities; not just incremental improvements
- Translate product vision into concrete technical problems and execution plans
- Lead high-impact efforts from architecture through delivery, especially where scale, ambiguity, or systemic risk is highest
- Establish and evolve architectural guardrails and governance processes to prevent drift as we scale
- Strengthen cross-pillar alignment with Design, Develop, and Infrastructure to enable clean integrations and platform interoperability
- Eliminate structural sources of technical debt and recurring risk, improving reliability, determinism, and operational clarity
- Increase engineering leverage through thoughtful automation and responsible use of AI-assisted tooling
- Raise the talent bar by mentoring senior engineers, contributing to hiring, and developing future Staff-level leaders

### The application process
- Application deadline: applications accepted on an ongoing basis until position is closed and filled

### Benefits
- Modern & inclusive healthcare coverage
- Retirement saving matches and financial planning
- Flexible paid time off
- Annual retreat and offsites
- WFH Office setup budget
- Health and wellness stipend
- Remote work reimbursements for phone & wifi
- Webflow subscription discount
- Remote-first flexibility