Senior Backend Engineer, Subscriptions & Payments

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. 

The Subscriptions & Payments team works at the intersection of several key, company-wide initiatives, collaborating extensively across functions to enhance payment systems for enterprise-level and self-serve products. Our mission is to develop and expand billing infrastructures with speed and precision, crafting solutions that are not only robust and scalable but also tailored to facilitate Webflow's growth while anticipating and meeting the evolving needs of our customers.

We are currently seeking a seasoned Senior Backend Engineer to join the Subscriptions & Payments team. This role is pivotal in leading and executing strategic projects aimed at augmenting and scaling our backend services. The immediate challenges ahead include laying the groundwork for Subscriptions and Plan Management, as well as optimizing and expanding our dynamic integration with Stripe. You will be working on systems like low latency API for entitlement services used by all teams, payment APIs, taxation/compliance systems, expanding payment offerings and pricing experimentation. The focus is to build strong pricing and packaging foundations for Webflow as we scale up product led growth (PLG) while growing enterprise business.

About the role 

• Location: Remote-first (United States; BC & ON, Canada; Ireland; United Kingdom)
• Full-time
• Exempt status 
• 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.
  • Zone A: $162,500 - $216,050
  • Zone B: $152,700 - $203,100
  • Zone C: $143,00 - $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.

• Reporting to the Senior Engineering Manager.

As a Senior Backend Engineer, Subscriptions & Payments, you’ll…

• Architect, design, and implement scalable backend services
• Design and build high-volume APIs to support internal and external developers 
• Improve integrations with partners like Stripe, where we process millions of transactions every year
• Develop a comprehensive knowledge of how areas of business, such as architecture and infrastructure, integrate to accomplish our business goals
• Cross-collaborate with software engineers, product managers, designers, and QA analysts in an autonomous, supportive team environment
• Build and maintain unit and integration tests
• Mentor other engineers on best practices, code design considerations, and quality

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 Backend Engineer, Subscriptions & Payments if you:

• Have 5+ years of experience in scalable, multi-tenant environments.
• Have 2+ years experience leading projects, including helping scope and breakdown work.
• Are comfortable working on Javascript/Typescript, MongoDB and Node. 
• Value testing and documentation equally as much as your code
• Are comfortable with ambiguity and scoping solutions with your teammates
• Have consistently communicated trade offs throughout a project to meet both technical and business requirements
• Get excited about encouraging and developing other engineers

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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 industr