Webflow is looking for a Senior Platform Engineer to help build and improve the systems and infrastructure that power its web development platform. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced engineer who enjoys solving complex infrastructure challenges, improving developer productivity, and building reliable, scalable platforms. With a US remote work arrangement and an estimated salary range of $186,000–$255,000 per year, this role offers the chance to make a meaningful impact at a leading web technology company.
Job Overview
| Field | Details |
|---|---|
| Company Name | Webflow |
| Role | Senior Platform Engineer |
| Qualification | Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience |
| Job Location | US Remote |
| Salary | $186,000–$255,000 per year |
| Work Type | Remote |
| Job Type | Full-Time |
| Job Level | Senior Level |
| Industry | Technology / Web Development / SaaS |
Job Description
As a Senior Platform Engineer, Infrastructure, you’ll…
- Design and maintain foundational shared services — VPCs, DNS, PKI, and secrets management — that other teams and self-service pathways depend on
- Own the cloud landing zone: multi-region connectivity, account/resource structure, tagging standards, and cost-efficient scaling
- Build and maintain Infrastructure as Code pipelines (Terraform, Pulumi, or Ansible) so infrastructure changes are automated, tested, and repeatable
- Design self-service pathways for code hosting (templated repo creation with standards baked in — visibility, branch protection, CI hooks) so builders can get set up without platform team involvement
- Design self-service deployment pathways — a small set of golden-path hosting patterns (e.g., static sites, lightweight services, scheduled jobs) that provision automatically into the governed landing zone
- Build the guardrails that make self-service safe: policy-as-code, tagging enforcement, cost controls, and security baselines
- Develop foundational observability infrastructure — logging, metrics, and tracing — giving builders and application teams at-a-glance visibility into system health
- Partner with SRE on platform reliability: availability, resilience, and performance of the underlying infrastructure
- Manage cloud vendor and tooling relationships at the engineering level, flagging risk and cost issues early
Requirements:
- 5+ years in platform, infrastructure, or cloud engineering, with demonstrated ownership of production cloud environments
- Hands-on experience with a major cloud provider (AWS, Azure, or GCP), including multi-account architecture
- Strong Infrastructure as Code experience (Terraform, Pulumi, or Ansible)
- Experience with GitOps-style delivery pipelines (GitHub Actions or similar)
- Solid grounding in networking and security fundamentals (VPC design, DNS, PKI, secrets management)
- Experience with observability tooling (e.g., Datadog, Prometheus, Grafana)
- Familiarity with cloud cost management (FinOps) practices
- Strong cross-functional collaboration and partnership skills with SREs, security, and developer productivity
- Nice to have: experience supporting non-engineering builders (e.g., citizen developers, AI-assisted tooling users) with infrastructure they can self-serve
You’ll thrive as a Senior Platform Engineer, Infrastructure if you:
- Prefer building the paved road over paving one request at a time
- Default to designing safe systems rather than approving individual exceptions
- Are comfortable being the sole owner and expert on critical infrastructure, with no direct reports and no safety net
- Can design for two audiences at once: engineers and non-technical builders
- Treat security and cost as design constraints, not cleanup work
- Get more done through good defaults and influence than through mandates
- Care as much about adoption as uptime
- Are comfortable defining a new discipline rather than inheriting an established one
- 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.
Selection Process
- Application Submission – Submit your application and resume through Webflow’s careers portal.
- Application Review – The recruiting team reviews your qualifications and professional experience.
- Recruiter Screening – Participate in an initial conversation about your experience, skills, and interest in Webflow.
- Technical Interviews – Complete technical discussions and assessments focused on platform engineering, infrastructure, systems, and problem-solving.
- Hiring Manager Interview – Meet with the hiring manager to discuss the role, team expectations, and your experience.
- Team Interviews – Speak with members of the engineering team to assess technical collaboration and culture fit.
- Final Review – Webflow completes the final evaluation and compensation discussion.
- Job Offer – Selected candidates receive an offer and begin the onboarding process.
How to Apply
- Visit Webflow’s official careers website.
- Search for Senior Platform Engineer.
- Review the job description and eligibility requirements carefully.
- Prepare an updated resume highlighting your platform engineering, cloud infrastructure, systems, and software engineering experience.
- Complete the online application form with accurate information.
- Submit your application and wait for the recruiting team to contact you regarding the next steps.
