Senior Software Engineer, Designer Data

At Webflow, our mission is to bring development superpowers to everyone. Webflow is the leading visual development platform for building powerful websites without writing code. By combining modern web development technologies into one platform, Webflow enables people to build websites visually, saving engineering time, while clean code seamlessly generates in the background. From independent designers and creative agencies to Fortune 500 companies, millions worldwide use Webflow to be more nimble, creative, and collaborative. It’s the web, made better. 

We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer for our Designer Data team. You will be joining a world-class team tackling ambitious and complex challenges related to the storage, scaling, and syncing capabilities of our core product. This will enable Webflow’s core site data to scale beyond our current needs, move us beyond the single-player foundations of our product, and drive transformational technology changes to our core Designer product.

About the role 

• Location: Remote-first (United States; BC & ON, Canada)
• Full-time
• Permanent
• Exempt status (Relevant to US only)
• Reporting to the Engineering Manager of Designer Data
• 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 in USD and pertain to workers in the United States)
• Zone A: $162,500 - $216,050
• Zone B: $152,700 - $203,100
• Zone C: $143,000 - $190,150
• Canada  (All figures cited below in CAD and pertain to workers in ON & BC, Canada)
• CAD 184,600 - CAD 245,500

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.

As a Senior Software Engineer, you’ll … 

• Drive cross-pillar collaboration with software engineers, product managers, designers, and QA analysts in an autonomous, supportive team environment 
• Build, document, and test production code that impacts all Webflow customers
• Participate in all engineering activities including incident response, interviewing, designing and reviewing technical specifications, code review, and releasing new functionality
• Solve 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

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 on Designer Data if you…

• Have 5+ years of experience in scalable, multi-tenant environments 
• 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
• Can debug production issues across services and multiple levels of the stack
• Take pride in taking ownership and driving projects to business impact
• Deeply understand data design and modeling
• Are familiar with Node.js, React, TypeScript, framework development, component development, and server-rendering complex React applications at scale
• 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

Even if you don’t meet 100% of the above qualifications, you should still seriously consider applying. Research shows that you may still be considered for a role if you meet just half of the requirements.

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• 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, cha