Associate Infrastructure Engineer

About this role

<p>Webflow is the agentic web marketing platform for modern marketing teams, helping organizations build, manage, and optimize high-performing web experiences that drive predictable growth and strengthen brand trust. Building at Webflow will need grit, because we move fast, without ever sacrificing craft or quality.</p> <p>We’re looking for an Associate Infrastructure Engineer to help us to improve reliability and stability of Webflow’s customer-facing, production infrastructure, serving millions of page views per hour. Our product is used by over 2 million users world-wide across 190 countries, and you’ll help ensure our platform is secure and scalable for these users as tens of thousands of projects are launched on Webflow each month.</p> <h1><strong>About the role:</strong></h1> <ul> <li>Location: Remote-first (United States; BC &amp; ON, Canada)</li> <li>Full-time</li> <li>Permanent</li> <li>Exempt</li> <li>The cash compensation for this role is tailored to align with the cost of labor in different geographic markets. We've structured the base pay ranges for this role into zones for our geographic markets, and the specific base pay within the range will be determined by the candidate’s geographic location, job-related experience, knowledge, qualifications, and skills. <ul> <li>United States &nbsp;(all figures cited below are in USD and pertain to workers in the United States)<br> <ul> <li>Zone A: $<span data-sheets-root="1">158,300</span> - $<span data-sheets-root="1">190,000</span></li> <li>Zone B: $<span data-sheets-root="1">148,300</span> - $<span data-sheets-root="1">178,000</span></li> <li>Zone C: $<span data-sheets-root="1">140,000 </span>- $<span data-sheets-root="1">168,000</span></li> </ul> </li> <li>Canada (figures cited below are in CAD and pertain to workers in ON &amp; BC, Canada) <ul> <li>$<span data-sheets-root="1">173,000</span> - $<span data-sheets-root="1">207,000</span></li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> <p>This role is also eligible to participate in Webflow's company-wide bonus program. Target amounts are a percentage of base salary and vary by career level. Payouts are based on company performance against established financial and operational goals.&nbsp;</p> <p>Please visit our <a href="https://webflow.com/careers#pay-zones">Careers page</a> for more information on which locations are included in each of our geographic pay zones. However, please confirm the zone for your specific location with your recruiter.</p> <ul> <li>Application Information: <ul> <li>Application deadline: applications accepted on an ongoing basis until position is closed and filled</li> <li>This posting is for a new position</li> </ul> </li> <li>Reporting to the Senior Manager, Engineering</li> </ul> <p>As an Associate Infrastructure Engineer, you’ll …&nbsp;</p> <ul> <li>Empower engineers on other teams to take control of their services by maintaining monitoring tooling and collaborating on internal best practices for observability.</li> <li>Enhance reliability of applications running in Kubernetes by optimizing resource allocation, streamlining upgrade processes, and ensuring scalability and fault tolerance.</li> <li>Occasionally dive into the main Webflow application in Node, Python, or Go to better discern (and sometimes fix) behavior in production.</li> <li>Work with peers on Webflow’s Customer Support, Partnerships, and Sales teams to enable customers using Webflow’s services in production.</li> <li>Participate in and continuously improve on-call and incident response processes.</li> </ul> <h1><strong>About you:</strong></h1> <p>Requirements:</p> <ul> <li>BA/BS degree or equivalent experience</li> </ul> <p>You’ll thrive as an Associate Infrastructure Engineer, if you:</p> <ul> <li>Have a background as an ops engineer with growing interest in code, or a software engineer background with growing interest in systems and infrastructure.</li> <li>Have 2+ years of experience operating or debugging distributed systems in a production environment.</li> <li>Are comfortable working in at least one major cloud provider (AWS or GCP) and want to go deeper.</li> <li>Have hands-on experience with Kubernetes workloads, and ideally exposure to GitOps tools like ArgoCD or Argo Rollouts.</li> <li>Have used an observability stack (e.g., Datadog, OpenTelemetry) to debug production issues like writing dashboards, alerts, or traces, not just reading them.</li> <li>Have used at least one infrastructure-as-code tool (Terraform, Pulumi, Ansible, or similar) and want to build fluency.</li> <li>Can read and modify application code to help debug issues, even if you're not a full-stack engineer.</li> <li>Are willing to participate in an on-call rotation and follow incident management processes</li> <li>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.</li> </ul> <h3><strong>Our Core Behaviors:</strong></h3> <ul> <li><strong>Build lasting customer trust.</strong> We build trust by taking action that puts customer trust first.</li> <li><strong>Win together.</strong> We play to win, and we win as one team. Success at Webflow isn't a solo act.</li> <li><strong>Reinvent ourselves. </strong>We don't just improve what exists, we imagine what's possible.</li> <li><strong>Own it all the way. </strong>We move fast because the moment demands it, and we hold ourselves accountable to deliver outcomes — for each other, and for customers.</li> </ul> <h3><strong>Benefits</strong></h3> <ul> <li><strong>Ownership in what you help build.</strong> Every permanent Webflower receives equity (RSUs) in our growing, privately held company.</li> <li><strong>Health coverage that actually covers you.</strong> Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans for full-time employees and their dependents, with Webflow covering most premiums.</li> <li><strong>Support for every st