About This Role
This senior role involves owning the technical architecture of a multi-site marketing system for a B2B software client. The focus is on building a reusable system with a governed component library, a relational CMS, and a foundation for AI agents, rather than just polished websites. The role suits a Webflow builder who thinks in systems and enjoys working closely with designers.
Responsibilities
- Architect the foundation: components with properties, variants and slots, variables and design tokens, naming, and clear custom-code boundaries across three sites, with performance and accessibility (WCAG) built in
- Work with designers from the start: review Figma components and variables for platform feasibility before they become rebuilds
- Model the CMS: a relational structure connecting products, ecosystems, connectors, use cases, personas and resources, tested across all three sites
- Make the system agent-ready: set up Webflow's MCP server, write agent instructions and reusable skills, and define what agents may and may not change
- Define the connection to the client's products: set the requirements and review the result for performance and security for integrations written by the client's developers
- Build code components and search: React components for tools such as product finders and assessments, and the cross-site Algolia search layer (index strategy, shared taxonomy, ranking)
- Set up governance and handoff: define what marketers and agents can change, how changes are reviewed and published, and documentation so the client's team can run the system
- Guide the team: review other developer's work and keep quality consistent across sites
Requirements
- Systems thinker and accountable: design for the team that will use the system next year, and stand behind your architecture decisions
- Collaborative: work with designers early, challenge ideas constructively, and make the people around you better
- Honest about the edges: know which Webflow features are solid and which are still evolving
- 5+ years of web development, including 3+ years of professional Webflow work at system level (component libraries, complex CMS), not just page builds
- Has architected a component-based Webflow system and a relational content model for a large site
- Has handed a system to a non-technical marketing team that now runs it without developers
- Real MCP experience, and has shipped an LLM integration or agent workflow to production, with prompts, instructions and guardrails
- Experience with Algolia or comparable search, ideally multi-index or federated
- Live work that can be reviewed, including significant custom code, integrations or AI
- Webflow and Figma (essential), including reading Figma variables and components and translating them into Webflow-native structure
- JavaScript and React for code components, the Webflow Data API, webhooks and REST integrations (enough to specify and review other developers' work), plus Git and Node.js
- Sound judgment on performance, accessibility (WCAG), security (API keys, auth, data privacy) and the line between native and custom code
- Clear written communication, and enjoyment in documenting and teaching
- Fluent English (written and verbal)
Nice to have:
- A component library shared across several sites, or Webflow Localization
- GSAP or Webflow interactions as a reusable motion system
- Experience writing agent skills for Claude, ChatGPT or similar, or mentoring junior developers
Important Details
- Schedule: full-time freelance engagement
- Contract: 6-month
- Time Zone: Europe-based due to time-zone alignment
Application Process
- Application Review: portfolio and a cover letter
- Video Call with HR: fit, availability, and expectations
- Portfolio Deep Dive with the Dev and Design Team: walk through a system you architected, who you worked with, and the trade-offs you made
- Working Session: about 2–3 hours on a realistic task to further understand how you work
- Welcome to Afternow!
About the Company
Afternow creates digital systems for brilliant companies, bringing together strategy, identity, web and product design, and technology that scales. Since 2012, the company has grown from its roots on Island Krk, Croatia, to a fully remote team of more than thirty talented people working across the globe. They have partnered with companies including AWS, ThoughtSpot, Progressive, Descartes, ShipBob, Quillbot, Teachable, Crisp, CloudZero, Kinetik, and many more.
