Senior Staff Engineer, Developer Productivity

Webflow is a remote-first company focused on building an AI-native Digital Experience Platform. They are seeking a Senior Staff Engineer to drive engineering innovation, mentor other engineers, and shape the company's technology stack while collaborating with various stakeholders to deliver high-quality solutions.

Responsibilities:

• Drive engineering innovation across the entire company
• Stay abreast of industry trends and emerging technologies
• Spearhead research initiatives to explore new tools, frameworks, and methodologies
• Guide the approach and execution of a particular team or group of teams
• Dig deep into arbitrarily complex and critical problems and find an appropriate path forward until resolution
• Collaborate with product managers, designers, and other stakeholders to understand requirements to architect, design and deliver high-quality solutions
• Conduct thorough architectural reviews to help guide and shape Webflow’s technology stack
• Be a model for engineering innovation in the industry working with partners, customers, and investors
• Mentor and coach other engineers, fostering a culture of continuous learning

Requirements:

• BA/BS degree or equivalent experience
• You have a genuine passion for building internal platforms that treat the developer experience as a first-class product, ensuring web application delivery is both scalable and seamless
• You exhibit proficiency in a diverse set of programming languages such as JavaScript, TypeScript, and Python and hands-on experience with modern web technology such as React, Node.js, Tailwind.css, and frameworks such as Next.js and Remix
• You have a solid grasp of containerization and orchestration tools like Docker and Kubernetes and extensive experience designing RESTful APIs, GraphQL APIs, and integrating third-party APIs
• You have experience architecting and productionizing safe, observable, self-service agentic AI solutions for developer workflows including driving CI/CD throughput improvements, and establishing usage and governance telemetry
• You possess a deep understanding of monorepo management, including the design and architectural patterns required to maintain performance and developer sanity at scale
• You can navigate the trade-offs between Developer Experience (DX) and platform-native technologies, ensuring our stack (JavaScript, TypeScript, React, etc.) remains both modern and maintainable
• You have a proven track record of implementing safe deployment patterns (e.g., canary, blue/green) and automated rollback capabilities to ensure high availability
• You are committed to establishing 'paved paths' and self-service capabilities that allow teams to bundle, build, and deploy code—both within and outside the monorepo—with minimal friction
• You effectively connect the dots across multiple engineering teams, collaborating with senior leaders to architect high-quality solutions that balance speed with security and stability
• You are committed to cultivating an inclusive team culture and mentoring other engineers to foster a high-performance, continuous-learning environment
• Stay curious and open to growth — actively building fluency in emerging technologies like AI to unlock creativity, accelerate progress, and amplify impact