Senior Staff Software Engineer, Distributed Systems

Webflow

Senior Staff Software Engineer leading the evolution of Convert, an AI-native Digital Experience Platform. Driving innovative backend solutions for marketing and growth teams at Webflow.

Posted 5/6/2026full-timeRemote • California • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $204,800 - $290,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Distributed SystemsGoJavaPython

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Set the long-term technical vision and architecture for backend systems powering experimentation, personalization, analytics, and conversion optimization.
Architect and evolve high-throughput distributed systems and APIs that ingest, process, and serve large volumes of data.
Lead foundational platform investments and the data infrastructure that supports them.
Partner closely with data scientists, ML engineers, and product engineers to productionize capabilities into reliable backend infrastructure.
Lead complex, multi-team technical initiatives end-to-end.
Influence the engineering roadmap and technical strategy across the Convert pillar and partner pillars.
Raise the engineering bar across the org through architecture review and quality practices.
Mentor and grow staff and senior engineers.
Stay current with industry trends in distributed systems and AI/ML infrastructure.
Translate product vision into concrete technical problems and execution plans.

Requirements

What you’ll need

BS / BA college degree or relevant experience.
Bring 12+ years of software engineering experience, including extensive expertise architecting and operating backend systems and distributed systems at significant scale.
Have a strong technical foundation across multiple programming languages such as Python, Java, or Go.
Have designed, built, and operated high-throughput, data-intensive distributed systems in production.
Have demonstrated technical leadership across ambiguous, cross-pillar initiatives.
Partner effectively with product, design, data science, and ML stakeholders.
Bring strong judgment, communicate clearly with both technical and executive audiences.
Demonstrate a proactive embrace of AI.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Ownership in what you help build.
Health coverage that actually covers you.
Support for every stage of family life.
Time off that’s actually off.
Wellness for the whole you.
Invest in your future.
Monthly stipends that flex with your life.
Bonus for building together.

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Hard Skills & Tools

backend systemsdistributed systemsAPIsdata infrastructurePythonJavaGodata-intensive systemstechnical leadershipAI/ML infrastructure

Soft Skills

mentoringcommunicationjudgmentcollaborationinfluencingproactive approachproblem-solvingexecution planningcross-team leadershipadaptability

Certifications

BS/BA degree