Remote (Global)

Webflow is hiring a Principal Software Engineer

About the Role

Lead high-impact software initiatives, guide architectural decisions, and mentor engineers while driving performance, reliability, and scalability across core systems.

Responsibilities

  • Define and execute long-term technical roadmaps for critical platform components
  • Collaborate with product and design teams to shape feature development
  • Mentor engineers and promote best practices in code quality and system design
  • Evaluate and adopt new technologies to improve system efficiency
  • Drive incident response and resolution for production systems
  • Ensure scalability and reliability of backend and frontend services
  • Lead cross-team initiatives to reduce technical debt
  • Champion engineering excellence through code reviews and system documentation
  • Work closely with security teams to enforce robust safeguards
  • Improve developer tooling and internal workflows
  • Support platform stability during high-traffic events
  • Contribute to API design and evolution
  • Foster a culture of continuous learning and innovation
  • Participate in hiring and technical evaluation processes
  • Advocate for user-centric engineering solutions
  • Optimize build and deployment pipelines
  • Monitor system performance and implement improvements
  • Guide technical discussions in agile planning sessions
  • Ensure compliance with data privacy standards
  • Collaborate on disaster recovery and business continuity planning

Nice to Have

  • Experience with visual programming or no-code platforms
  • Background in frontend performance at scale
  • Knowledge of web accessibility standards
  • Prior work with real-time collaboration systems
  • Familiarity with containerization and orchestration tools
  • Experience in high-growth technology companies
  • Contributions to open-source software projects
  • Public speaking or conference presentation experience
  • Advanced degree in computer science or related field
  • Leadership in engineering community initiatives

Compensation

Competitive salary with equity and benefits

Work Arrangement

Remote with flexibility for global time zones

Team

Part of a collaborative engineering team focused on scalable product development

About the Role

This position plays a key role in shaping the future of a visual development environment by leading technical direction and influencing product strategy.

What We Value

We prioritize technical depth, clear communication, initiative, and a user-focused mindset in our engineering leaders.

Available for qualified candidates

Required Skills
TypeScriptNode.jsReactWeb PlatformNext.jsAPI DesignDistributed SystemsDatabase OptimizationCI/CDKubernetes
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Webflow
Webflow is building the world’s leading AI-native Digital Experience Platform. The company empowers teams to design, launch, and optimize for the web without barriers, serving everyone from entrepreneurs to global enterprises.
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Posted 6 months ago