Senior Backend Engineer, Core Infrastructure

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.
$158,000 - $218,000
Backend
Senior Software Engineer
Remote
501 - 1,000 Employees
5+ years of experience
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Description For Senior Backend Engineer, Core Infrastructure

At Webflow, our mission is to bring development superpowers to everyone. We're looking for a Senior Backend Engineer, Core Infrastructure to make our core product services more reliable, scalable, and efficient with an eye toward future growth, while also helping build new internal processes to make our engineering teams more efficient.

As a Senior Backend Engineer, Core Infrastructure, you'll:

  • Create and test reliable cloud infrastructure services that support Webflow's range of products.
  • Balance reliability, scalability, and cost efficiency concerns while refactoring and modernizing existing services.
  • Collaborate with product engineering teams to deliver new solutions for services and ways of working that might not exist yet.
  • Participate in design discussions and code reviews with your team.
  • Participate in and continuously improve on-call and incident response processes.
  • Enhance engineering speed and safety through standardized processes, automation, and cloud best practices.

You'll thrive as a Senior Backend Engineer, Core Infrastructure if you:

  • Have 5+ years of experience building, maintaining, and debugging distributed systems in a customer-facing environment that allows for little to no downtime.
  • Have hands-on experience building and scaling multi-region cloud environments on either AWS or GCP.
  • Have experience with container-centric architectures built with tools like Docker, Kubernetes (EKS, GKE, AKS, OpenShift, etc.), ECS, or Mesos.
  • Have experience with infrastructure-as-code tooling like Terraform or Pulumi.
  • Have enthusiasm for mentoring and sponsoring less-experienced engineers.
  • Have strong communication and collaboration skills.
  • Have familiarity with contributing to fullstack applications, services, and tools authored in TypeScript, Node, or Go.

At Webflow, we are committed to building teams that embrace diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging. We offer competitive compensation, comprehensive benefits, and a flexible work environment. Join us in our mission to empower everyone to create for the web and make an impact in the world of visual development.

Last updated 8 months ago

Responsibilities For Senior Backend Engineer, Core Infrastructure

  • Create and test reliable cloud infrastructure services
  • Balance reliability, scalability, and cost efficiency concerns
  • Collaborate with product engineering teams
  • Participate in design discussions and code reviews
  • Improve on-call and incident response processes
  • Enhance engineering speed and safety through standardized processes and automation

Requirements For Senior Backend Engineer, Core Infrastructure

Go
JavaScript
Node.js
TypeScript
  • 5+ years of experience building, maintaining, and debugging distributed systems
  • Hands-on experience with multi-region cloud environments (AWS or GCP)
  • Experience with container-centric architectures (Docker, Kubernetes, etc.)
  • Experience with infrastructure-as-code tooling (Terraform or Pulumi)
  • Strong communication and collaboration skills
  • Familiarity with fullstack applications in TypeScript, Node, or Go

Benefits For Senior Backend Engineer, Core Infrastructure

401k
Dental Insurance
Education Budget
Equity
Medical Insurance
Mental Health Assistance
Parental Leave
Vision Insurance
  • Equity ownership (RSUs)
  • 100% employer-paid healthcare, vision, and dental insurance
  • Health Savings Account/Health Reimbursement Account
  • 12 weeks of paid parental leave
  • Flexible PTO
  • Mental wellness and professional coaching
  • Monthly stipends for health, wellness, and professional growth
  • 401k plan
  • Commuter benefits for in-office employees

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