Staff Software Engineer, Assets

Webflow is building the world’s leading AI-native Digital Experience Platform as a remote-first company. They are seeking a Staff Software Engineer, Assets to architect and design backend systems, partner with data scientists, and lead technical initiatives to enhance their platform.

Responsibilities:

• Architect, design, and evolve backend systems, platform services, and APIs using Python and related technologies
• Partner closely with data scientists and machine learning engineers to productionize AI/ML capabilities and integrate models into reliable backend infrastructure
• Design and scale distributed systems that process large volumes of data with strong performance, availability, and operational excellence
• Build secure, resilient data storage and retrieval systems, with a focus on data integrity, privacy, and governance
• Work across the full product lifecycle, from early concept exploration and technical design through implementation, launch, and ongoing production ownership
• Lead complex, cross-team technical initiatives that influence roadmap execution and raise the engineering bar across the organization
• Produce maintainable, well-tested, observable code and improve the systems, tooling, and standards that support long-term engineering quality
• Mentor engineers across the team, sharing expertise in backend architecture, distributed systems, and engineering best practices
• Stay current with industry trends and emerging technologies, and proactively identify opportunities to improve our backend platform, infrastructure, and development workflows

Requirements:

• BA/BS degree or equivalent experience
• 7+ years of software engineering experience, including deep expertise in backend engineering and distributed systems at scale
• Strong technical foundation in software design and development, with experience across multiple programming languages such as Python, Java, or Go, and a strong grasp of modern frameworks, system design, and architectural patterns
• Designed, built, and operated reliable distributed systems and data-intensive services in production, with a strong understanding of scalability, fault tolerance, observability, and performance optimization
• Highly proficient in backend API design, service-oriented architecture, asynchronous processing, and data modeling
• Experience building secure systems and implementing robust approaches to data integrity, privacy, and access control
• Comfortable working hands-on in the code and use your technical depth to lead through implementation, not just direction-setting
• Demonstrated technical leadership across ambiguous, cross-functional initiatives, influencing architecture, execution, and engineering strategy beyond your immediate team
• Partner effectively with product, design, data, and ML stakeholders to translate evolving business needs into scalable technical solutions
• Excel at code review, technical mentorship, and raising the quality bar for system design, engineering practices, and operational excellence
• Strong judgment, communicate clearly, and make pragmatic tradeoffs in fast-moving environments
• Experience supporting and growing other engineers through mentorship, and ideally have helped shape hiring and team-building efforts
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or bring equivalent practical experience