Staff Software Engineer, Assets - Distributed Systems

Webflow; Canada; Remote; CAD 199,000 - 282,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading website experience platform is seeking a Staff Software Engineer for distributed systems. You will architect user interfaces and enhance backend reliability. The ideal candidate has 7+ years of web application experience and a commitment to inclusive practices. This role offers competitive compensation and flexible working conditions.

Benefits

Equity ownership (RSUs)

100% employer-paid healthcare

12 weeks paid parental leave

Flexible PTO with minimum 10 days

Access to mental wellness resources

Professional career coaching

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in web applications development.
• Experience in delivering high-quality, performant code.
• Curiosity for complex challenges and scalable solutions.

Responsibilities

• Architect and design user interfaces and APIs.
• Contribute to distributed backend systems.
• Mentor other engineers and foster an inclusive environment.

Skills

Developing and deploying complex web applications

Debugging production issues

Testing frameworks (Jest, Mocha, Playwright, Cypress)

Mentorship and knowledge-sharing

Collaborating with cross-functional teams

Education

BA/BS degree or equivalent experience

Job description

Staff Software Engineer, Assets - Distributed Systems

U.S. Remote

Webflow is the Website Experience Platform (“WXP”) that brings development superpowers to everyone. More than 300,000 brands and 3.5M users leverage Webflow to bring their brand to life on the web. Webflow’s WXP redefines how teams create and collaborate to drive performance, with a single solution providing a visual development environment, a powerful content management system, AI‑driven personalization, seamless hosting, and end‑to‑end analytics. With Webflow, everyone from Fortune 500 marketing teams to independent designers and creative agencies can build, manage, and optimize dynamic web experiences that drive real business results.

The Assets team is building a next‑generation, AI‑native Digital Asset Manager (DAM) as a core component of Webflow’s WXP vision. Today, critical assets (images, video, PDFs) are scattered across tools and teams, making reuse, governance, organization, and performance insights hard. The Webflow DAM integrates these asset workflows with the overarching WXP platform, enabling customers to manage their content at enterprise scale while keeping creation fast and on‑brand.

We’re a zero‑to‑one team building a startup within a startup. We’re looking for a Staff Engineer who’s excited to solve challenging problems to address emerging customer needs and behaviors. The ideal candidate can move fast but with high quality, and views the early stages of product development as a creative canvas and opportunity for high impact. If that’s you, we’d love to talk.

About the role

• Location: San Francisco HQ, US Remote, or ON/BC, Canada
• Full‑time
• Permanent
• Reporting to the Engineering Manager
• 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: $175,800 - $247,700
• Zone B: $164,500 - $232,200
• Zone C: $154,200 - $217,600
• Canada (All figures cited below in CAD and pertain to workers in ON & BC, Canada)
• CAD 199,300 - CAD 281,100

As a backend‑leaning Staff Fullstack Engineer, you’ll

• Architect, design, and implement accessible user interfaces, scalable data architectures, distributed tasks, and API endpoints.
• Improve reliability and scalability by contributing to distributed backend systems, including concurrent, synchronous, and asynchronous processes and evolving eventually‑consistent algorithms.
• Leverage state‑of‑the‑art AI tools to enhance your impact.
• Coordinate projects that directly impact team and engineering organization deliverables.
• Drive architectural solutions for our team and shape technical approaches across Webflow engineering.
• Lead with technical expertise and guidance that strengthens multiple teams and drives progress on the engineering organization’s strategy.
• Produce and elevate the quality of maintainable, tested, performant, and scalable code.
• Author and collaborate on design documents and influence pillar‑level technical priorities.
• Foster an inclusive environment that motivates and empowers teammates to do their best work.
• Collaborate with product managers and designers in an autonomous, supportive team environment.
• Mentor other engineers in technical skills, best practices, and quality.
• Participate in engineering citizenship activities such as co‑authoring engineering blogs, strengthening and improving our hiring processes, and leading internal hackathon teams.

About you

• Bring 7+ years of experience developing and deploying complex web applications, with a track record of delivering high‑quality, performant code.
• BA/BS degree or equivalent experience.
• Curious and motivated by complex challenges, with a commitment to finding thoughtful, scalable solutions.
• Able to debug production issues across services and multiple levels of the stack.
• Experienced in designing and evolving complex web systems that balance reliability, performance, and maintainability.
• Familiar with testing frameworks such as Jest, Mocha, Playwright, and Cypress.
• Find energy in highly collaborative, cross‑functional environments, working closely with engineers, designers, and product managers.
• Comfortable working in an agile, iterative, and supportive environment, clarifying ambiguous requirements and designing well‑scoped solutions.
• Valuementorship, knowledge‑sharing, and empowering teammates to do their best work.
• Committed to inclusive practices, whether in coding standards, design discussions, or strengthening team culture.

Benefits & wellness

• Equity ownership (RSUs) in a growing, privately‑owned company.
• 100% employer‑paid healthcare, vision, and dental insurance coverage for employees and dependents (full‑time employees working 30+ hours per week).
• 12 weeks of paid parental leave for both birthing and non‑birthing caregivers, plus an additional 6‑8 weeks of pregnancy disability for birthing parents.
• Flexible PTO with a mandatory annual minimum of 10 days paid time off and a sabbatical program.
• Access to mental wellness and professional coaching, therapy, and Employee Assistance Program.
• Monthly stipends to support health, wellness, smart work, and professional growth.
• Professional career coaching and internal learning & development programs.
• 401k plan and pension schemes (in countries where statutorily required).
• Discounted pet insurance (US only) and commuter benefits for in‑office employees.

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.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Upon interview scheduling, instructions for confidential accommodation requests will be administered.

To join Webflow, you'll need a valid right to work authorization depending on the country of employment.

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