Staff Software Engineer, Structure

Webflow; Canada; Remote; CAD 199,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading web development platform is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to empower creators with intuitive tools. This role involves collaboration across teams, mentoring engineers, and tackling complex technical challenges. Candidates should have 7+ years in web frameworks and a strong background in Node.js, React, and TypeScript. This is a remote position open to applicants in Canada with competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits.

Benefits

Equity ownership (RSUs)

100% employer-paid healthcare

Flexible PTO

Access to mental wellness and professional coaching

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience shipping features and products.
• Experience in web frameworks, design systems, and building platforms.
• Ability to debug production issues across services.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with designers, PMs, and engineers on product capabilities.
• Mentor and inspire a team of engineers.
• Lead projects contributing to team and engineering deliverables.

Skills

Web frameworks

Node.js

React

TypeScript

Data design and modeling

Agile methodologies

Education

BA/BS degree or equivalent experience

Job description

At Webflow, our mission is to bring development superpowers to everyone. As the pioneer of the Website Experience Platform (WXP), we’re redefining how teams Build, Manage, and Optimize for the web — combining visual development, powerful content management systems, AI‑driven personalization, seamless hosting, and end‑to‑end analytics in a single, unified platform. With AI at the core, Webflow helps teams move faster, create more performant digital experiences, and scale without heavy engineering support. From independent designers and creative agencies to global enterprises, hundreds of thousands of organizations use Webflow to turn ideas into reality — and to power what’s possible on the web.

We’re looking for a Staff Software Engineer, Structure to help us empower creators with intuitive tools for creating and managing components, guiding them toward component‑first design by surfacing and elevating components when and where they’re most needed. We’re seeking an empathetic engineer who values scalable architecture and exceptional user experience—someone eager to blend technical depth with product vision at the foundation of Webflow’s platform.

About the role

• Location: Remote‑first (United States; BC & ON, Canada)
• Job type: Full‑time, Permanent, Exempt
• Compensation: Base pay ranges by geographic zone
  • United States (USD):
    • Zone A: $175,000 – $220,000
    • Zone B: $164,000 – $209,000
    • Zone C: $154,000 – $195,000
  • Canada (CAD):
    • $199,000 – $250,000
• Eligible for Webflow’s company‑wide bonus program.
• Reporting to the Manager, Engineering.

This role is also eligible to participate in Webflow's company-wide bonus program. Target amounts are a percentage of base salary and vary by career level. Payouts are based on company performance against established financial and operational goals.

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.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with designers, PMs, and engineers beyond your team to plan and build product capabilities that enable our Structure product goals.
• Effectively communicate team priorities and strategy to engineering and cross‑functional leadership teams.
• Work as part of a team to champion technical standards while balancing business strategies and requirements.
• 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.
• Lead projects that directly contribute to team and engineering organization's deliverables.
• Solve problems in a highly technical platform that empowers hundreds of thousands of people.
• Improve our planning, development, and deployment processes to help you and your fellow team members.
• Tackle complex technical challenges on a collaborative and geographically distributed team.
• Participate in engineering citizenship activities such as co‑authoring engineering blogs, strengthening and improving our hiring processes, and leading internal hackathon teams.
• Mentor, coach, and inspire a team of engineers of various levels.

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:

• BA/BS degree or equivalent experience.

You’ll thrive as a Staff Software Engineer, Structure if you:

• Have 7+ years of experience shipping features and products, with a focus on web frameworks and products.
• Have an innate interest in the Web Platform, Design Systems, and the intersection of building platforms that enable customers.
• 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.
• Deeply understand data design and modeling.
• Are familiar with Node.js, React, TypeScript, framework development, and design systems.
• 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.
• Stay curious and open to growth — actively building fluency in emerging technologies like AI to unlock creativity, accelerate progress, and amplify impact.

Our Core Behaviors

• Build lasting customer trust. We build trust by taking action that puts customer trust first.
• Win together. We play to win, and we win as one team. Success at Webflow isn't a solo act.
• Reinvent ourselves. We don't just improve what exists, we imagine what's possible.
• Deliver with speed, quality, and craft. We move fast because the moment demands it, and we do so without lowering the bar.

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.
• 401(k) plan or pension schemes (in countries where statutorily required), and other financial wellness benefits, like CPA and financial advisor coverage.

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.

If you are extended an offer, that offer may be contingent upon your successful completion of a background check, which will be conducted in accordance with applicable laws. We may obtain one or more background screening reports about you, solely for employment purposes.

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