At Webflow, our mission is to bring development superpowers to everyone. As the pioneer of the Website Experience Platform (WXP), we’re redefining how teams Build, Manage, and Optimize for the web — combining visual development, powerful content management systems, AI-driven personalization, seamless hosting, and end-to-end analytics in a single, unified platform. With AI at the core, Webflow helps teams move faster, create more performant digital experiences, and scale without heavy engineering support. From independent designers and creative agencies to global enterprises, hundreds of thousands of organizations use Webflow to turn ideas into reality — and to power what’s possible on the web.

We’re looking for a Staff Software Engineer to establish the best-in-class AI tools and frameworks that empower our teams to build LLM-powered applications with greater speed, quality, and scalability. Shaping the future of Webflow’s platform by integrating cutting-edge AI technologies and defining best practices.

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: $175,780 - $247,690
    • Zone B: $164,500 - $232,180
    • Zone C: $154,160 - $217,610
  • Canada (figures cited below are in CAD and pertain to workers in ON & BC, Canada
    • 199,280 - 281,060

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.

• Reporting to the Engineering Manager

As a Staff Software Engineer, you’ll … 

• Be a part of a diverse, remote-first, agile team supporting iterative and incremental shipping.
• Improve developer processes for building LLM-powered applications, helping to establish best practices in prompt engineering, experimentation, and quality assessments.
• Develop hands-on training resources, prompt guides , and best practices, and grow as the AI SME.
• Identify, evaluate, and operationalize third party AI tools, vendors, open-source tools, and custom models for compliance, security, and scalability.
• Leverage quantitative and qualitative metrics (DX Core 4) to eliminate engineering bottlenecks and make data-informed decisions.
• Communicate regularly with stakeholders, providing updates on progress, challenges, and solutions.
• Participate in all engineering activities including technical designing and implementation, testing and validation, releasing new capabilities, incident response, and interviewing.
• Solve problems in a highly technical platform that empowers hundreds of thousands of people.

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 Staff Software Engineer if you:

• Have 7+ years of experience in Developer Tooling, including 2+ years of software development focused on AI and/or AI Platform Teams
• Have 2+ years experience tech-leading platform teams on engineering build and delivery problems
• Accelerate the development of AI-based software at Webflow
• Bring software development best practices to AI toolchains and libraries
• Have an intuition of AI/ML concepts and technologies, such as LLMs, vector databases, RAG, MCP, and prompt engineering
• Have experience measuring and improving the quality of large language model outputs through the use of techniques like prompt engineering and fine tuning
• Write and update scalable software in modern stacks such as Node.js, MongoDB, and AWS, coding primarily in TypeScript
• Thrive in collaborative, cross-functional teams, and are excited to mentor and contribute to the team’s overall success
• Stay curious and open to growth — actively building fluency