Sr. Frontend Engineer – CMS Authoring

We’re looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our Webflow CMS Authoring Engineering team in our mission to provide the data capabilities to build, launch, and grow any data-driven website where visitors will consume or interact with dynamic data.

About the role

• Location: Remote-first (BC & ON, Canada or United States)
• Full-time
• Permanent
• Exempt
• The cash compensation for this role is tailored to align with the cost of labor in different geographic markets. We’ve structured the base pay ranges for this role into zones for our geographic markets, and the specific base pay within the range will be determined by the candidate’s geographic location, job-related experience, knowledge, qualifications, and skills.
  • United States(all figures cited below are in USD and pertain to workers in the United States)
    • Zone A: $150,100 – $207,100
    • Zone B: $141,550 – $194,750
    • Zone C: $132,050 – $182,400
  • Canada (figures cited below are in CAD and pertain to workers in ON & BC, Canada)
    • CAD 171,000 – CAD 235,600
• This role is also eligible to participate in Webflow’s company-wide bonus program. Target amounts are a percentage of base salary and vary by career level. Payouts are based on company performance against established financial and operational goals.

As a Senior Software Engineer, you’ll

• Collaborate with designers, product managers, and engineers to plan and build product capabilities that enable our ambitious visual development goals.
• Build, document, and test production code that impacts all Webflow customers
• Participate in all engineering activities including incident response, on-call rotations, interviewing, designing and reviewing technical specifications, code review, and releasing new functionality.
• Drive end-to-end delivery, solving problems in a highly technical platform that empowers hundreds of thousands of people.
• Improve our planning, development, and deployment processes to help you and your fellow team members.
• Tackle complex technical challenges on a collaborative and geographically distributed team
• Help drive the future of the Webflow CMS experience

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 Senior Software Engineer, if you:

• Have 5+ years of experience shipping features and products, with a focus on web frameworks and products
• 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 an innate interest in the Web Platform, visual development, and the intersection of building platforms that enable customers
• Love thinking through large technical problems and working through that complexity on a collaborative, distributed team
• Are comfortable building up a mental model of a product and architecture through reading code and debugging existing software
• Take pride in taking ownership and driving projects to business impact
• Deeply understand data design and modeling
• Have consistently communicated trade-offs throughout a project to meet both technical and business requirements
• Are comfortable working in an agile, safe-to-fail environment
• Have experience building or working with CMS systems

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 full-time employees (working 30+ hours per week) and their dependents. Full-time employees may also be eligible for voluntary insurance options 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 leave for birthing parents to be used before child bonding leave (note: where local requirements are more generous, employees receive the greater benefit); full-time employees also have access to family planning care and reimbursement
• Flexible PTO for all locations and sabbatical program
• Access to mental wellness and professional coaching, therapy, and Employee Assistance Program
• Monthly stipends to support work and wellness
• 401k plan or pension schemes (in countries where statutorily required), and other financial wellness benefits, like CPA and financial advisor coverage

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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