Webflow
Company Website: https://webflow.com/
Remote Locations: San Francisco HQ or remote
Job Type: Full Time
Job Overview:
Senior Backend Software Engineer, Core
San Francisco HQ or remote
- Webflow is a visual web development platform that empowers everyone to create incredible experiences for the web — without writing any code.
- The Core team is focused on transforming Webflow into foundational building blocks that will enable internal and 3rd party developers to extend and multiply Webflow’s value in a visual-first, scalable and secure way.
- We’re looking for a Senior Software Engineer to help us build a scalable infrastructure that will support this Platform initiative.
About the role
- Location: San Francisco HQ or remote (anywhere in the Western Hemisphere)
- Full-time
At Webflow, we believe that our success will be defined not only by what we do — but also by how and why we do it. So, here is the Webflow “why” and our “how”:
Our dual missions — one for the world, one for us
- For the world: To empower everyone to create for the web and spark an unprecedented wave of digital innovation.
- For ourselves: Lead fulfilling, impactful lives.
Our core behaviors (how we act)
- Start with customers
- Practice extraordinary kindness
- Be radically candid
- Move uncomfortably fast
- Just fix it
- Lead by serving others
- Dream big
Job Responsibilities:
- Lead new feature work and refactoring efforts across our stack
- Design and implement scalable services in Node.js and AWS Lambda
- Write performant UI components (React) that delight users and amplify their abilities as creative problem solvers (check out CSS Grid, E-commerce, Interactions, and more!)
- Work on a highly technical platform that empowers hundreds of thousands of people, and serves millions of page views an hour
- Cross-collaborate with software engineers, product managers, designers and QA analysts in an autonomous, supportive team environment
- Create new APIs and rewrite old ones using REST, GraphQL, and Apollo
- Build and maintain unit and integration tests (Jest and Cypress)
- Mentor other engineers on best practice, design considerations, and quality
- Support others on your team in a technical capacity
- Receive support designed to help you grow as an impactful engineer and a healthy human being
Job Requirements:
You’ll thrive as a Senior Backend Software Engineer if you:
- Have contributed to building scalable, multi-tenant environments
- Previous experience in either Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, Chef, Puppet, or Ansible
- Previous experience in JavaScript, Node.js, and React
- Deep understanding of data design and modeling
- Built and worked on complex web applications
- A deep understanding of design patterns — and an even better knowledge of when to apply them
- Very comfortable behind a Linux terminal
If you don’t meet 100% of the above qualifications, you should seriously consider applying. Studies show that you can still be considered for a role if you meet just 50% of the role’s requirements.
Benefits:
- We’ll pay you! This is a full-time, salaried position that includes equity
- We’ll invest in your physical and mental well-being with health, dental, and vision benefits and a monthly stipend for health and wellness expenses
- We’ll pay you to take a vacation … seriously. We’ll give you a $1,000 bonus for taking your first vacation with us that is more than 5 days
- We offer flexible parental leave
- We provide remote employees with the equipment they need to create a great remote work environment
- We will offer you the support you need to help you grow as an impactful Senior Backend Software Engineer and a human being
How To Apply:
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More Information
- Specific Job Location San Francisco HQ or remote
- Salary Offer to be discussed
- Experience Level Senior Level
- Education Level Bachelor's Degree
- Working Hours to be arranged (full time based )
- Closing Date September 24, 2020
- Job Application Via Custom Application Page
