Principal Data Architect

About Webflow

At Webflow, our mission is to bring development superpowers to everyone. As the pioneer of the Website Experience Platform (WXP), we’re redefining how teams Build, Manage, and Optimize for the web — combining visual development, powerful content management systems, AI-driven personalization, seamless hosting, and end-to-end analytics in a single, unified platform. With AI at the core, Webflow helps teams move faster, create more performant digital experiences, and scale without heavy engineering support. From independent designers and creative agencies to global enterprises, hundreds of thousands of organizations use Webflow to turn ideas into reality — and to power what’s possible on the web.

We’re looking for a Principal Data Architect to design, evangelize, and lead the development of our enterprise data architecture. This strategic role will shape how data flows across Webflow, enabling scalable, secure, and governed access to high-quality data for analytics, decision-making, and AI/ML use cases. You will partner closely with data and insights, product, engineering, business technology, finance, sales, marketing, and business stakeholders to ensure our data architecture is robust, extensible, and aligned with our long-term platform and business goals. This is a hands-on technical leadership role with deep influence across multiple domains.

We are looking for an empathetic, humble, curious and collaborative team member who is excited to strengthen our foundational data capabilities and provide creative solutions that maximize data utility at Webflow.

About the Role

• Location: Remote-first (United States; BC & ON, Canada)
• Employment Type: Full-time, Permanent
• Status: Exempt
• Reporting to: Director of Data & Analytics Engineering

Compensation

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.

United States (all figures cited below are in USD and pertain to workers in the United States)

• Zone A: $234,000 - $344,300
• Zone B: $220,500 - $323,600
• Zone C: $206,100 - $302,900

Canada (figures cited below are in CAD and pertain to workers in ON & BC, Canada)

• $266,400 - $391,500

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.

Please visit our Careers page 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.

Responsibilities

As a Principal Data Architect, you will:

• Develop and maintain a long-term vision for Webflow’s enterprise data architecture - aligning data models, integration patterns, and governance with business priorities and platform growth.
• Design and implement a unified semantic layer and enterprise conceptual data model that supports self-serve analytics, operational reporting, chat with your data, and advanced data science.
• Define standards for data modeling, metadata management, master data governance, data quality, lineage, and access control.
• Build architectural patterns that support composable, modular, and reusable data products.
• Lead architecture reviews for data modeling initiatives, ensuring consistency with enterprise patterns and standards.
• Collaborate with the data platform, data science, business intelligence, and analytics engineering teams to evolve our modern data stack (e.g., Snowflake, dbt, Tableau, & Hex).
• Leverage AI fluency and literacy to advocate for and drive the adoption of AI/ML technologies across data systems and business use cases.
• Serve as a thought partner and mentor to business intel