Senior Backend Engineer, Assets

Webflow

full-time

Posted on: 10/23/2025

Location Type: Remote

Location: Remote • California • 🇺🇸 United States

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💰 $132,050 - $207,100 per year

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About the role

Collaborate with designers, PMs, data scientists and engineers to plan and build product capabilities that enable our ambitious visual development goals.
Co-create new and improved functionality across multiple areas of the Webflow technology stack using technologies such as React, Javascript/Typescript, HTML, CSS, Node.js, and MongoDB.
Tackle complex technical challenges on a collaborative and geographically distributed team.
Solve problems in a highly technical platform that empowers hundreds of thousands of people.
Apply web best practices, including performance optimization techniques, accessibility standards and secure data exchange between different domains.
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.
Improve our planning, development, and deployment processes to help you and your fellow team members.

Have 5+ years of experience shipping features and products.
BA/BS degree or equivalent experience
Have backend development experience with Node.js, Express, and MongoDB.
Possess strong understanding of web development best practices and principles, including responsive design and accessibility standards.
Effectively communicate and collaborate with cross-functional teams.
Are eager to learn and adapt to new technologies and tools.
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.
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.

Benefits

Equity ownership (RSUs) in a growing, privately-owned company
100% employer-paid healthcare, vision, and dental insurance coverage for full-time employees (working 30+ hours per week) and their dependents. Full-time employees may also be eligible for voluntary insurance options where applicable in the respective country of employment
12 weeks of paid parental leave for both birthing and non-birthing caregivers, as well as an additional 6-8 weeks of pregnancy disability leave for birthing parents to be used before child bonding leave (note: where local requirements are more generous, employees receive the greater benefit); full-time employees also have access to family planning care and reimbursement
Flexible PTO for all locations and sabbatical program
Access to mental wellness and professional coaching, therapy, and Employee Assistance Program
Monthly stipends to support work and wellness
401k plan or pension schemes (in countries where statutorily required), and other financial wellness benefits, like CPA and financial advisor coverage

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

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