Senior Database Reliability Engineer

October 21

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SaaS • Web 3 • eCommerce

Webflow is a company that provides a visual web development platform to design and build professional websites without code. It enables designers to create and customize websites using a drag-and-drop interface and a powerful CMS, generating clean, production-ready code in the process. Webflow caters to web designers, developers, and businesses looking to streamline their web development process and improve collaboration between teams. Its platform is suited to creating responsive websites tailored to mobile, tablet, and desktop devices, offering a comprehensive solution for users needing creative and technical flexibility in web design.

501 - 1000 employees

Founded 2013

☁️ SaaS

🌐 Web 3

🛍️ eCommerce

💰 $120M Series C on 2022-03

📋 Description

• Optimize and tune database performance, including advanced query optimization. • Design, maintain, and improve libraries connecting product applications to databases, including caching layers. • Implement and manage caching strategies and database migrations. • Collaborate closely with product engineers to ensure database changes align with and support application needs. • Script regularly for automation, infrastructure, and reliability tasks (e.g., YAML, Pulumi). • Build tools and libraries to enhance database reliability and streamline developer workflows. • Work in Linux/bash environments for scripting and systems operations. • Collaborate on the main Webflow application, primarily written in Node.js. • Support and scale MongoDB and PostgreSQL in production environments. • Apply database reliability engineering practices to both SQL and NoSQL systems. • Demonstrable experience and expertise in multiple technical domains. • Contribute to building and executing on functional strategy. • Lead projects that directly contribute to team and engineering organization’s deliverables. • Author, collaborate on, and evaluate design documents. • Influence technical designs and team-level prioritization as well as participate in technical solutions. • Collaborate with product managers in an autonomous, supportive team environment. • Mentor junior engineers in technical skills and Webflow culture. • Participate in engineering citizenship activities such as co-authoring engineering blogs, strengthening and improving our hiring processes, and leading internal hackathon teams.

🎯 Requirements

• Business-level fluency to read, write and speak in English • 7+ years of professional experience in database engineering, reliability engineering, or related roles, with a proven track record of scaling and optimizing production databases • Experienced in MongoDB and PostgreSQL at scale • Strong background in database optimization, query tuning, and migration planning • Familiar with application-layer impacts of database changes and comfortable working alongside product engineers • Skilled in scripting and automation (YAML, Pulumi, bash/Linux), with the ability to build supporting tools and libraries • Exposure to Node.js or similar languages — not required to be an expert, but able to work effectively in a Node.js monolith when needed • Pragmatic problem-solver who can balance database reliability, performance, and developer productivity • Comfortable working in an agile, safe-to-fail, environment • Stay curious and open to growth — actively building fluency in emerging technologies like AI to unlock creativity, accelerate progress, and amplify impact

🏖️ Benefits

• Equity ownership (RSUs) in a growing, privately-owned company • 100% employer-paid healthcare, vision, and dental insurance coverage for full-time employees (working 30+ hours per week) and their dependents. Full-time employees may also be eligible for voluntary insurance options where applicable in the respective country of employment • 12 weeks of paid parental leave for both birthing and non-birthing caregivers, as well as an additional 6-8 weeks of pregnancy disability leave for birthing parents to be used before child bonding leave (note: where local requirements are more generous, employees receive the greater benefit); full-time employees also have access to family planning care and reimbursement • Flexible PTO for all locations and sabbatical program • Access to mental wellness and professional coaching, therapy, and Employee Assistance Program • Monthly stipends to support work and wellness • 401k plan or pension schemes (in countries where statutorily required), and other financial wellness benefits, like CPA and financial advisor coverage