Staff Software Engineer, Developer Productivity
Webflow is a visual web development and content management platform that lets marketers, designers, developers, and agencies build, launch, and optimize websites without heavy reliance on engineering resources. It serves a broad range of clients from small businesses to large enterprises, including brands like Dropbox, Vanta, and Spin Master.
About Webflow
Webflow provides a visual-first website builder and composable CMS that combines design, content management, and code generation in one platform. Its tools span the full site lifecycle: building sites and design systems from scratch, generating clean production-ready code and reusable components, managing content and CMS collections (including AI-assisted bulk generation), and optimizing sites for conversion, SEO, and AI-driven answer engines (AEO) through native analytics, personalization, and localization features. The platform increasingly incorporates agentic AI to draft copy, generate pages, and run experiments, with integrations such as an MCP server and Cursor for developers. Webflow serves marketers, designers, developers, and agencies, and is trusted by more than 300,000 brands, including enterprise customers like Dropbox, Verifone, Lattice, Orangetheory Fitness, Vanta, Spin Master, and 21.co, as well as agencies like Verndale and Flow Ninja.
Skills
About the Role
As a Staff Software Engineer, Developer Productivity, you'll drive engineering innovation across the entire company and stay on top of emerging technologies and industry trends. You'll spearhead research initiatives exploring new tools, frameworks, and methodologies, and guide the approach and execution of a team or group of teams. You'll dig into arbitrarily complex and critical problems, finding a path forward until resolution. Working closely with product managers, designers, and other stakeholders, you'll architect, design, and deliver high-quality solutions, and conduct architectural reviews that help shape Webflow's technology stack. You'll be a model for engineering innovation, collaborating with partners, customers, and investors, while mentoring and coaching other engineers to foster a culture of continuous learning. You'll build internal platforms where agents are first-class tenants, designing APIs, guardrails, and observability that let humans and autonomous systems ship together smoothly. You'll also establish paved paths and self-service capabilities so teams can bundle, build, and deploy code with minimal friction.
Requirements
- BS / BA college degree or relevant experience
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 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
Benefits
- Equity (RSUs) in the company
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans for full-time employees and dependents
- 12 weeks of paid parental leave for all parents
- 6+ weeks of additional paid leave for birthing parents
- Inclusive care for family planning, menopause, and midlife transitions
- Flexible vacation and paid holidays
- Sabbatical program
- Mental health resources, therapy and coaching
- 401(k) with 100% employer match up to $6,000/year
- Monthly stipends for work and wellness expenses
- Annual WIN bonus program