Lead Platform Engineer, Identity & Access

Webflow · Remote, United States

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.

Webflow is looking for a Lead Platform Engineer, Identity & Access to own how our workforce, devices, and automations authenticate and get access to what they need. Okta is our primary identity platform, and you’ll take it from a tool that works to a platform that is deliberately architected, governed, and easy to build on.
You’ll partner extensively with Security on policy, risk, and detection, bringing the engineering depth to turn their requirements into systems that run reliably. Location: Remote-first (United States)
Full-time
Permanent
The cash compensation for this role is tailored to align with the cost of labor in different geographic markets. Weve 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.
This role is also eligible to participate in Webflows 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.
Application Information:
Application deadline: applications accepted on an ongoing basis until position is closed and filled
Reporting to the Senior Director, Information Technology

As a Lead Platform Engineer, Identity & Access, you’ll:
Own the identity architecture and roadmap for workforce identity, with Okta as the core platform, including build versus buy decisions
Bring our Okta tenant under proper management, with configuration standards, hardening, change control, and configuration as code (Terraform, APIs, Okta Workflows, or scripts where the platform falls short)
Automate the identity lifecycle from joiner to leaver, using our HRIS as the source of truth and SCIM to downstream applications
Build paved roads for application onboarding, including standard SSO patterns, provisioning templates, and federated access to our cloud and source control platforms, so app owners can integrate without platform team involvement
Design the access model: role based access control (RBAC), least privilege, request and approval workflows, and access reviews, with tooling that answers “who has access to what, and why” and produces audit evidence automatically
Strengthen how access is granted through phishing resistant MFA, device trust and risk signals, and governed non human identities (service accounts, tokens, OAuth grants, and AI tools and agents), and stream identity telemetry to Security for detection and response
Serve as the top escalation point and primary responder for identity incidents and outages should they arise, including on call coverage for critical identity services, post incident reviews, and log analysis with Security
Minimum of 8 years in identity, platform, or infrastructure engineering, including ownership of a workforce identity platform at meaningful scale
Experience with identity governance, including RBAC design, HRIS driven lifecycle automation, and meeting audit requirements
Scripting ability (Python, JavaScript, or similar) and infrastructure as code experience, such as Terraform
Nice to have: experience governing identities for AI tools and agents, and Okta certifications
You’ll thrive as a Lead Platform Engineer, Identity & Access if you:
Design like an attacker, asking how every control could fail or be abused, and respect that one policy change can lock out the whole company
Get results with Security, HR, and application owners through influence, not authority
Use AI tools with good judgment
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.
Build lasting customer trust.

We build trust by taking action that puts customer trust first.
We move fast because the moment demands it, and we hold ourselves accountable to deliver outcomes — for each other, and for customers.
Ownership in what you help build. Every permanent Webflower receives equity (RSUs) in our growing, privately held company.
Health coverage that actually covers you. Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans for full-time employees and their dependents, with Webflow covering most premiums.
Flexible vacation, paid holidays, and a sabbatical program to help you recharge and come back inspired.
and support for retirement savings globally.
Monthly stipends that flex with your life. Bonus for building together. All full-time, permanent, non-commission employees are eligible for our annual WIN bonus program.
Temporary employees may be eligible for paid holiday and time off, statutory leaves of absence, and company-sponsored medical benefits depending on their Fixed Term Contract and their country/state of employment.
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