Senior Backend Engineer, Collaboration

About the role 

• Location: San Francisco HQ, US Remote, or ON/BC, Canada
• Full-time 
• 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 in USD and pertain to workers in the United States)
• Zone A: $162,500 - $216,050
• Zone B: $152,700 - $203,100
• Zone C: $143,00 - $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.

As Senior Backend Engineer, you’ll: 

• Architect, design, and implement scalable multi-tenant backend services and APIs.
• Work on technologies such as Node.js, Javascript/Typescript, MongoDB, GraphQL, Apollo, Amazon Web Services EC2, S3, Lambdas, Kafka, and more.
• Demonstrable solid experience and deep expertise in multiple technical domains.
• Contribute to building and executing on functional strategy.
• Lead projects that directly contribute to team and engineering organization's deliverables.
• Produce and elevate the quality of maintainable, tested, performant, and scalable code.
• Author, collaborate on, and evaluate design documents.
• Influence technical designs and team-level prioritization as well as participate in technical solutions.
• Collaborate product managers and designers in an autonomous, supportive team environment.
• Mentor junior engineering in technical skills and Webflow culture.
• Participate in engineering citizenship activities such as co-authoring engineering blogs, strengthening and improving our hiring processes, and leading internal hackathon teams.

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 in this role if you:

• Have 5+ years developing and deploying web applications, with a proven track record of shipping code.
• 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.
• Proven experience building complex web systems that include multiple users and roles working concurrently. Experience creating test harnesses, load/scalability testing, regression testing with multiple users, and creating metrics to validate correct functionality.
• Experience with testing frameworks (e.g. Jest, Mocha, Playwright, Cypress, K6).  Can discuss testing strategies, tools, frameworks, and metrics.
• 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.

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
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