Webflow - Engineering Manager, Datastores
Responsibilities
• Bring deep expertise in operating and scaling production databases (e.g., replication, failover, indexing, query planning, migrations) and have led teams supporting stateful, multi-region systems with strict uptime requirements. • Balance strong architectural judgment with pragmatism — evolving our datastore strategy while enabling product teams to ship quickly and safely. • Think in terms of SLOs, capacity models, and long-term architectural trade-offs, with hands-on experience in infrastructure as code (Pulumi/Terraform), Kubernetes, and AWS. • Bring strong systems-level thinking to performance and reliability, identifying root causes across application, database, and infrastructure layers and building preventative solutions. • Lead calmly through high-severity incidents, drive blameless postmortems and systemic improvements, and build strong cross-functional relationships grounded in craftsmanship and continuous improvement. • Stay curious and open to growth — actively building fluency in emerging technologies like AI to unlock creativity, accelerate progress, and amplify impact. • Our Core Behaviors: • Our Core Behaviors: • Build lasting customer trust. We build trust by taking action that puts customer trust first. • Build lasting customer trust. • Win together. We play to win, and we win as one team. Success at Webflow isn't a solo act. • Win together. • Reinvent ourselves. We don't just improve what exists, we imagine what's possible. • Reinvent ourselves. • Deliver with speed, quality, and craft. We move fast because the moment demands it, and we do so without lowering the bar. • Deliver with speed, quality, and craft.
Benefits
• Ownership in what you help build. Every permanent Webflower receives equity (RSUs) in our growing, privately held company. • Ownership in what you help build. • Health coverage that actually covers you. Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans for full-time employees and their dependents, with Webflow covering most premiums. • Health coverage that actually covers you. • Support for every stage of family life. 12 weeks of paid parental leave for all parents and 6+ weeks of additional paid leave for birthing parents. Plus inclusive care for family planning, menopause, and midlife transitions. • Support for every stage of family life • Time off that’s actually off. Flexible vacation, paid holidays, and a sabbatical program to help you recharge and come back inspired. • Time off that’s actually off. • Wellness for the whole you. Access to mental health resources, therapy and coaching. • Wellness for the whole you. • Invest in your future. A 401(k) with 100% employer match (up to $6,000/year) in the U.S., and support for retirement savings globally. • Invest in your future. • Monthly stipends that flex with your life. Localized support for work and wellness expenses — from Wi-Fi to workouts. • Monthly stipends that flex with your life. • Bonus for building together. All full-time, permanent, non-commission employees are eligible for our annual WIN bonus program. • Bonus for building together. • Temporary employees may be eligible for paid holiday and time off, statutory leaves of absence, and company-sponsored medical benefits depending on their Fixed Term Contract and their country/state of employment. • Be you, with us • Be you, with us
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