Director of Engineering, Expansion & Growth
RenderFull Time
Senior (5 to 8 years)
The ideal candidate will have a strong technical background and a learning mindset, demonstrating humility and curiosity. They should have experience leading engineering initiatives across critical areas such as AI onboarding, growth experiments, extensibility APIs, marketplace development, and subscription infrastructure. Proven ability to drive end-to-end execution and delivery of major growth levers like AI Site Builder, pricing platforms, developer ecosystems, and tools for freelancers and agencies is essential. Collaboration with product teams to improve monetization, reduce churn, and grow the third-party ecosystem is required. The role also demands ownership of cross-functional platform surfaces like the dashboard, onboarding flows, and internal APIs, ensuring cohesive user and developer experiences. Setting architectural direction for new products, including Designer APIs and billing platforms, while balancing scalability with product velocity, is a key requirement. Strong partnerships with product and engineering managers, along with mentoring and supporting emerging leaders, are also necessary. Maintaining high velocity and execution quality while investing in the long-term health and stability of the core platform is expected.
The Director of Engineering will provide hands-on technical leadership by staying close to the codebase and deeply understanding system architecture, contributing meaningfully to technical discussions and design reviews. They will lead engineering initiatives across core growth and extensibility surfaces, including AI Site Builder, pricing infrastructure, the app ecosystem, freelancers and agencies workflows, and the API platform. Responsibilities include driving the execution and delivery of key growth levers, collaborating with Product to enhance monetization and reduce churn, and owning cross-functional platform surfaces for cohesive user and developer experiences. Additionally, they will set architectural direction for new products, foster strong partnerships with product and engineering managers, mentor emerging leaders, and maintain high velocity and execution quality while ensuring platform health and stability.
Visual web design and development platform
Webflow provides a platform for designing, building, and launching responsive websites without the need for coding. Users can create websites visually, making it accessible to those without technical skills. The platform caters to a wide range of clients, including freelancers, small businesses, and large enterprises, and is particularly favored by designers and marketers. Webflow operates on a subscription-based model, offering various pricing plans that accommodate different needs, from personal websites to advanced e-commerce solutions. Additionally, it provides hosting services and a marketplace for templates and design assets. Unlike traditional web development tools, Webflow's user-friendly interface and comprehensive features set it apart, aiming to simplify web design for everyone.