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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Software Engineer - **Company:** Webflow, Inc. - **Location:** Bakersfield, CA, United States (Remote available) - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $205,000.0 - $290,000.0 - **Contract:** Temporary contract - **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Artificial Intelligence, Data Analysis, Data Infrastructure, Distributed Systems, Fault Tolerance, Python (Programming Language), Machine Learning, Performance Tuning, Software Engineering, Systems Architecture, Web Application Frameworks, System Availability, Backend, Low Latency, Real Time Data, Machine Learning Operations, Webflow - **Published:** August 20, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.workingnomads.com/job/go/1806043/ ## About the Role * BS / BA college degree or relevant experience, * 12+ years of software engineering experience, including extensive expertise architecting and operating backend systems and distributed systems at significant scale. * Have a strong technical foundation across multiple programming languages such as Python, Java, or Go, with deep fluency in modern frameworks, distributed systems patterns, and large-scale system design. * Have designed, built, and operated high-throughput, data-intensive distributed systems in production - with deep understanding of scalability, fault tolerance, consistency tradeoffs, observability, and performance optimization. * Have demonstrated technical leadership across ambiguous, cross-pillar initiatives, influencing architecture, execution, and engineering strategy well beyond your immediate team. * Partner effectively with product, design, data science, and ML stakeholders to translate evolving business needs and customer outcomes into scalable technical solutions. * Bring strong judgment, communicate clearly with both technical and executive audiences, and make pragmatic tradeoffs in fast-moving environments. * Demonstrate a proactive embrace of AI, and actively building and applying fluency in emerging technologies to elevate how we work, drive faster outcomes, and expand collective impact. * Stay curious and open to growth - demonstrating a proactive embrace of AI, and actively building and applying fluency in emerging technologies to elevate how we work, drive faster outcomes, and expand collective impact. ## Description + Application deadline: applications accepted on an ongoing basis until position is closed and filled + This posting is for a new position * Reporting to the Director, Engineering As a Senior Staff Software Engineer, you will: * Set the long-term technical vision and architecture for backend systems powering experimentation, personalization, analytics, and conversion optimization across Webflow. * Architect and evolve high-throughput distributed systems and APIs that ingest, process, and serve large volumes of visitor and event data with low latency, high availability, and strong consistency guarantees where it matters. * Lead foundational platform investments and the data infrastructure that supports them, that unlock new product capabilities for years to come. * Partner closely with data scientists, ML engineers, and product engineers to productionize statistical and AI/ML capabilities into reliable, real-time backend infrastructure. * Lead complex, multi-team, multi-quarter technical initiatives end-to-end: from problem framing and technical strategy through implementation, launch, and long-term operational ownership. * Influence the engineering roadmap and technical strategy across the Convert pillar and partner pillars, identifying the highest-leverage investments and aligning teams behind them. * Raise the engineering bar across the org through architecture review, technical standards, observability and operational excellence practices, and the systems and tooling that support long-term quality. * Mentor and grow staff and senior engineers, multiplying your impact through the people you develop and the technical culture you help shape. * Stay current with industry trends in distributed systems, experimentation platforms, real-time data, and AI/ML infrastructure, and proactively identify opportunities to advance Webflow's backend platform and engineering practices. * Translate product vision into concrete technical problems and execution plans. ## Related Videos - [Coffee with Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/354-coffee-with-developers) - [Swapping Low Latency Data Storage Under High Load](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/746-swapping-low-latency-data-storage-under-high-load) - [Developing the Backend with Stefan Lingler, CTO at Shpock](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100360-developing-the-backend-with-stefan-lingler-cto-at-shpock) - [The Software Engineer 2030: From Coder To AI Orchestrator? 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