Staff Software Engineer, Applied AI

<p>At Webflow, we’re building the world’s leading AI-native Digital Experience Platform, and we’re doing it as a remote-first company built on trust, transparency, and a whole lot of creativity. This work takes grit, because we move fast, without ever sacrificing craft or quality. Our mission is to bring development superpowers to everyone. From entrepreneurs launching their first idea to global enterprises scaling their digital presence, we empower teams to design, launch, and optimize for the web without barriers. We believe the future of the web, and work, is more open, more creative, and more equitable. And we’re here to build it together.</p> <p> </p> <p>We are looking for a Staff Software Engineer to join our Applied AI team to help us build generative AI-powered features. The Applied AI team’s goal is to enhance speed, creativity, and quality when building and designing websites through the power of AI, in pursuit of our mission to bring development superpowers to everyone around the world. This role will collaborate directly with product and ML engineers, product managers and designers to identify and implement AI solutions that improve the Webflow user experience, while cultivating an environment of excellence, care, and curiosity.</p> <p> </p> <h2><strong>About the role </strong></h2> <ul> <li>Location: Remote-first (United States; BC & ON, Canada) </li> <li>Full-time</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>Zone A: $175,800 - $247,700</li> <li>Zone B: $164,500 - $232,200</li> <li>Zone C: $154,200 - $217,600</li> </ul> <ul> <li>CAD 199,300 - CAD 281,100</li> </ul> </li> <ul> <li>United States  (all figures cited below are in USD and pertain to workers in the United States)</li> <li>Canada (figures cited below are in CAD and pertain to workers in ON & BC, Canada)</li> </ul> </ul> <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 an existing vacancy</li> </ul> </li> <li>Reporting to the Engineering Manager</li> </ul> <p>As a <strong>Staff Software Engineer, Applied AI</strong> you’ll…</p> <ul> <li>Lead architecture and design for features that integrate with large language models, diffusion models etc.</li> <li>Consider the impact of technical decisions not just on your immediate team, but also across features and teams working on similar problems.</li> <li>Hold a high bar for technical quality of AI features at Webflow while taking a pragmatic approach to delivering value to users incrementally. </li> <li>Stay up-to-date on AI/ML advancements to assess their relevance for the organization's strategy.</li> <li>Collaborate with product engineering to identify and implement AI solutions that improve user experience and solve specific use cases.</li> <li>Develop and maintain user interfaces that integrate AI models and algorithms.</li> <li>Assist in developing and integrating third-party AI APIs into the product's architecture.</li> <li>Develop a deep understanding of our architecture and codebase while also learning about our product ... (truncated, view full listing at source)