Staff Backend Engineer, Webflow
Identity, Security, Compliance
$164-263.5k
Salary dependant on location; Canadian pay range: CAD 212,000 - CAD 299,000; + Equity
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Webflow is the way to design, build, and launch powerful websites visually — without coding.
Job no longer available
Webflow is the way to design, build, and launch powerful websites visually — without coding.
501-1000 employees
Job no longer available
$164-263.5k
Salary dependant on location; Canadian pay range: CAD 212,000 - CAD 299,000; + Equity
More information about location
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To bring development superpowers to everyone.
Role
Who you are
- Have experience building and scaling access control systems such as RBAC, ReBAC, ABAC, PBAC, ACLs, etc
- Have 7-10+ years of experience in scalable, multi-tenant environments
- Have 2+ years experience tech-leading feature teams on customer-facing products, including writing technical specifications and collaborating with cross-functional partners, scoping
- Value testing and documentation equally as much as your code
- Have a move-fast attitude while keeping a high quality bar
- Are comfortable with ambiguity and scoping solutions with your teammates
- Have consistently communicated trade offs throughout a project to meet both technical and business requirements
- Enjoy high-visibility work and presenting to executive counterparts
- Get excited about encouraging and developing other engineers
What the job involves
- The Access Control team at Webflow is looking for a Staff Backend Engineer who has experience building and scaling access control systems and values building secure software with great user experience
- The Access Control team is responsible for building and maintaining the Roles & Permissions framework used by all of Engineering to make sure the right users have access to the right resources throughout the webflow.com application
- The team is also responsible for building and maintaining features that enable customers to define access control control policies for their own workspaces
- Reporting to the Senior Manager, Engineering
- Architect, design, and implement scalable backend services related to Role Based Access Control (RBAC) with configurable and granular permissions, for collaboration features
- Drive cross-pillar collaboration with software engineers, product managers, designers, and QA analysts in an autonomous, supportive team environment
- Effectively communicate team priorities and strategy to engineering and cross-functional leadership teams
- Write and update scalable software in modern stacks such as node.js, MongoDB, and AWS, coding primarily in TypeScript
- Collaborate with software engineers, product managers, designers, and QA analysts in an autonomous, supportive team environment
- Build and maintain unit and integration tests, be a stickler for quality and product excellence
- Solve problems in a highly technical platform that empowers hundreds of thousands of people
- Improve our planning, development, and deployment processes to help you and your fellow team members
- Mentor, coach, and inspire a team of engineers of various levels
- In addition to the responsibilities outlined above, at Webflow we will support you in identifying where your interests and development opportunities lie and we'll help you incorporate them into your role
Our take
No-code development systems allow users to create and publish the kind of output that was once only possible with the help of a team of developers. Webflow is one such platform that allows non-developers to create professional websites without knowing any code. It joins others such as Pantheon, Weebly, Squarespace, and Wix in a hotly-contested low-code development market. While competition is high, so too is demand, with low-code platforms accounting for more than 65% of application development activity in 2024.
The popularity of platforms such as Webflow is perhaps not surprising, as low-code development is usually cheaper for companies to implement and reduces time to market. Webflow has been used by over 3.5 million designers and teams to create sites for companies including enterprise brands such as Dell, Rakuten, UpWork, and Petal. It raised a large amount of funding in a Series C round in 2022. This is being used to further develop its platform, with a longer-term goal of pivoting to providing a no-code tool not only for websites, but software development as well.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
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Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Mar 2022
$120m
SERIES C
Jan 2021
$140m
SERIES B
Total funding: $335.1m
Company benefits
- Modern & inclusive healthcare coverage
- 401K and financial planning
- Flexible paid time off
- Annual retreat and offsites
- WFH Office setup budget
- Health and wellness stipend
- Remote work reimbursements for phone & wifi
- Webflow subscription discount
- Remote-first flexibility
Company values
- Build Lasting Customer Trust
- Win, Together
- Reinvent Ourselves
- Deliver with Speed, Quality, and Craft
Company HQ
SoMa, San Francisco, CA
Articles
Leadership
Vlad Magdalin
(Co-Founder & Chairman)Vlad Magdalin is Webflow's co-founder and Chief Vision Officer, leads the vision for a more accessible, expressive, AI-powered web, and never misses a chance to nerd out about great design.
Sergie Magdalin
(Co-Founder)Sergie spent 4 years as a freelance Graphic Designer before joining NameMuir Skate as a Web & UX Designer.
Linda Tong
(CEO)Linda became CEO in 2024 after serving as Webflow’s President and COO. She’s shaping the next era of the web and leads with a people-first approach grounded in clarity, trust, and learning.
Adrian Rosenkranz
(Chief Revenue Officer)CRO at Webflow, guiding teams that support customers at every step. He’s a seasoned GTM leader who believes AI should amplify creativity—and that strong, people-first teams drive meaningful growth.
Rachel Wolan
(Chief Product Officer)Webflow’s CPO and a builder at heart, Rachel leads product, and design teams with creativity and clarity. With 20+ years of experience, she’s focused on scaling AI-native products that empower people.
Allan Leinwand
(Chief Technology Officer)Webflow’s CTO with a passion for empowering builders. Former tech leader at Shopify, Slack, and ServiceNow, he’s spent his career scaling platforms that shape how people work, create, and connect.
Craig Mestel
(Chief Financial Officer)Webflow’s CFO, known for scaling teams, leading IPOs, and making sense of complexity with data. He’s at his best in high-growth environments where he can build, mentor, and help teams win together.
Mike Podobnik
(SVP, People)Webflow’s SVP of People, known for scaling global teams and shaping cultures where people do their best work. He brings clarity, accountability, and deep partnership to every stage of growth.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Webflow
- Webflow exists so anyone can bring ideas to life on the web. The same belief drives how we build our team. Diverse perspectives spark new ideas, and when everyone's empowered to create, we all Flow Forward faster. The web is for everyone, and so is the team building it.
- Webflow supports and funds eight identity-based affinity groups (AGs) that are designed to help foster a culture of belonging, connection, and community among historically marginalized identities.
- Behind any exceptional web experience is an effort to bring in diverse, unique perspectives that understand how different people interact with the web (and the world). We’re committed to better understanding the people we work with and build for. Our work is never done — but here’s how we’re doing so far. https://webflow.com/company/diversity-equity-inclusion
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