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Webflow is hiring an Associate Infrastructure Engineer to improve the reliability, scalability, and security of customer-facing production infrastructure serving millions of page views per hour. The role centers on Kubernetes operations, cloud infrastructure, observability, infrastructure as code, and incident response. The engineer will collaborate with product engineering and customer-facing teams while occasionally debugging application code in Node.js, Python, or Go. This is a full-time, permanent remote-first position open to candidates in the United States and British Columbia or Ontario, Canada.
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I would start by establishing impact and scope, then use metrics, logs, traces, recent deployments, and infrastructure events to form and test hypotheses. I would communicate status clearly, mitigate customer impact first, document the timeline, and lead a blameless follow-up focused on durable corrective actions.
I would review resource requests and limits, autoscaling configuration, health probes, disruption budgets, rollout settings, and dependency failure modes. I would then improve observability and test changes through staged deployments so reliability gains do not create new operational risk.
It combines service-level indicators and objectives with actionable dashboards, alerts, structured logs, and distributed traces. I focus alerts on user impact and symptoms rather than noisy infrastructure signals, while ensuring engineers can quickly drill down to likely causes.
I use version-controlled, peer-reviewed infrastructure definitions with reusable modules, automated validation, and controlled deployment pipelines. This makes changes auditable and repeatable, reduces configuration drift, and enables dependable rollback or recovery procedures.
I would provide a concise, accurate explanation of impact, affected functionality, mitigation status, and expected update timing without speculating. I would maintain a shared incident channel or status cadence so customer-facing teams can communicate consistently while engineering resolves the issue.
Webflow is the agentic web marketing platform for modern marketing teams, helping organizations build, manage, and optimize high-performing web experiences that drive predictable growth and strengthen brand trust. Building at Webflow will need grit, because we move fast, without ever sacrificing craft or quality.
We’re looking for an Associate Infrastructure Engineer to help us to improve reliability and stability of Webflow’s customer-facing, production infrastructure, serving millions of page views per hour. Our product is used by over 2 million users world-wide across 190 countries, and you’ll help ensure our platform is secure and scalable for these users as tens of thousands of projects are launched on Webflow each month.
About the role:
- Location: Remote-first (United States; BC & ON, Canada)
- 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: $158,300 – $190,000
- Zone B: $148,300 – $178,000
- Zone C: $140,000 – $168,000
- Canada (figures cited below are in CAD and pertain to workers in ON & BC, Canada)
- $173,000 – $207,000
- United States (all figures cited below are in USD and pertain to workers in the United States)
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.
Please visit our Careers page for more information on which locations are included in each of our geographic pay zones. However, please confirm the zone for your specific location with your recruiter.
- Application Information:
- Application deadline: applications accepted on an ongoing basis until position is closed and filled
- This posting is for a new position
- Reporting to the Senior Manager, Engineering
As an Associate Infrastructure Engineer, you’ll …
- Empower engineers on other teams to take control of their services by maintaining monitoring tooling and collaborating on internal best practices for observability.
- Enhance reliability of applications running in Kubernetes by optimizing resource allocation, streamlining upgrade processes, and ensuring scalability and fault tolerance.
- Occasionally dive into the main Webflow application in Node, Python, or Go to better discern (and sometimes fix) behavior in production.
- Work with peers on Webflow’s Customer Support, Partnerships, and Sales teams to enable customers using Webflow’s services in production.
- Participate in and continuously improve on-call and incident response processes.
About you:
Requirements:
- BA/BS degree or equivalent experience
You’ll thrive as an Associate Infrastructure Engineer, if you:
- Have a background as an ops engineer with growing interest in code, or a software engineer background with growing interest in systems and infrastructure.
- Have 2+ years of experience operating or debugging distributed systems in a production environment.
- Are comfortable working in at least one major cloud provider (AWS or GCP) and want to go deeper.
- Have hands-on experience with Kubernetes workloads, and ideally exposure to GitOps tools like ArgoCD or Argo Rollouts.
- Have used an observability stack (e.g., Datadog, OpenTelemetry) to debug production issues like writing dashboards, alerts, or traces, not just reading them.
- Have used at least one infrastructure-as-code tool (Terraform, Pulumi, Ansible, or similar) and want to build fluency.
- Can read and modify application code to help debug issues, even if you’re not a full-stack engineer.
- Are willing to participate in an on-call rotation and follow incident management processes
- Stay curious and open to growth — demonstrating a proactive embrace of AI, and actively building and applying fluency in emerging technologies to elevate how we work, drive faster outcomes, and expand collective impact.
Our Core Behaviors:
- Build lasting customer trust. We build trust by taking action that puts customer trust first.
- Win together. We play to win, and we win as one team. Success at Webflow isn’t a solo act.
- Reinvent ourselves. We don’t just improve what exists, we imagine what’s possible.
- Own it all the way. We move fast because the moment demands it, and we hold ourselves accountable to deliver outcomes — for each other, and for customers.
Benefits
- Ownership in what you help build. Every permanent Webflower receives equity (RSUs) in our growing, privately held company.
- Health coverage that actually covers you. Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans for full-time employees and their dependents, with Webflow covering most premiums.
- Support for every stage of family life. 12 weeks of paid parental leave for all parents and 6+ weeks of additional paid leave for birthing parents. Plus inclusive care for family planning, menopause, and midlife transitions.
- Time off that’s actually off. Flexible vacation, paid holidays, and a sabbatical program to help you recharge and come back inspired.
- Wellness for the whole you. Access to mental health resources, therapy and coaching.
- Invest in your future. A 401(k) with 100% employer match (up to $6,000/year) in the U.S., and support for retirement savings globally.
- Monthly stipends that flex with your life. Localized support for work and wellness expenses — from Wi-Fi to workouts.
- Bonus for building together. All full-time, permanent, non-commission employees are eligible for our annual WIN bonus program.
Temporary employees may be eligible for paid holiday and time off, statutory leaves of absence, and company-sponsored medical benefits depending on their Fixed Term Contract and their country/state of employment.
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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Please note:
We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Upon interview scheduling, instructions for confidential accommodation requests will be administered.
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. We may obtain one or more background screening reports about you, solely for employment purposes.
For information about how Webflow processes your personal information, please review Webflow’s Applicant Privacy Notice.
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