Senior Backend Engineer, Styles

At Webflow, our mission is to bring development superpowers to everyone. Webflow is a Website Experience Platform (WXP) that empowers modern marketing teams to visually build, manage, and optimize stunning websites. With AI-driven personalization baked in, Webflow enables teams to significantly boost conversion rates, translating directly into measurable business growth. From independent designers and creative agencies to Fortune 500 companies, millions worldwide use Webflow to be more nimble, creative, and collaborative.

The Styles team is responsible for building and investing in the design capabilities of our core product to empower millions of designers worldwide to easily adopt Webflow to build, manage and scale any number of sites efficiently. We’re looking for a Senior Backend Engineer to join the Styles team and work with the team to deliver impactful features for our customers to build highly personalized web experiences. In this role you will execute the technical direction and be a mentor & partner to other engineers on the team. Additionally, you will help lead cross-functional efforts to drive even greater impact.

About the role:

• Location: Remote-first (Mexico City)
• Full-time 
• Permanent
• The cash compensation for this role is tailored to align with the cost of labor in different geographic markets. The specific base pay within this range will be determined by the candidate’s geographic location, job-related experience, knowledge, qualifications, and skills.
  
  • Mexico (Figures cited below are in MXN and pertain to workers in Mexico)
    • MXN 836,400 - MXN 1,100,000
• 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 Senior Engineering Manager

As a Senior Backend Engineer, Styles  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:

Requirements:

• Business-level fluency to read, write and speak in English
• Must live in Mexico City and/or the surrounding 16 boroughs

You’ll thrive as a Senior Backend Engineer, Styles 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.
• Experience with testing frameworks (e.g. Jest, Mocha, Playwright, Cypress). 
• Are comfortable working in an agile, safe-to-fail, environment.

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
• 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

Temporary employees may be eligible for paid holiday and time off, statutory leaves of absence, and company-sponsored medical benefits depending on their Fixed Term Contract and their country/state of employment.

Remote, together

At Webflow, equality is a core tenet of our culture. We are an Equal Opportunity (EEO)/Veterans/Disabled Employer and are committed to building an inclusive global team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, beliefs, and experiences. Employment decisions are made on the basis of job-related criteria without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other classification protected by applicable law. Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, Webflow will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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