Lead Backend Engineer

About HighLevel:
HighLevel is an AI powered, all-in-one white-label sales & marketing platform that empowers agencies, entrepreneurs, and businesses to elevate their digital presence and drive growth. We are proud to support a global and growing community of over 2 million businesses, comprised of agencies, consultants, and businesses of all sizes and industries. HighLevel empowers users with all the tools needed to capture, nurture, and close new leads into repeat customers. As of mid 2025, HighLevel processes over 4 billion API hits and handles more than 2.5 billion message events every day. Our platform manages over 470 terabytes of data distributed across five databases, operates with a network of over 250 microservices, and supports over 1 million hostnames.

Our People
With over 1,500 team members across 15+ countries, we operate in a global, remote-first environment. We are building more than software; we are building a global community rooted in creativity, collaboration, and impact. We take pride in cultivating a culture where innovation thrives, ideas are celebrated, and people come first, no matter where they call home.

Our Impact
As of mid 2025, our platform powers over 1.5 billion messages, helps generate over 200 million leads, and facilitates over 20 million conversations for the more than 2 million businesses we serve each month. Behind those numbers are real people growing their companies, connecting with customers, and making their mark - and we get to help make that happen.

About the Role:
Looking for an experienced Technical Lead to manage a growing team of engineers. The ideal candidate will be responsible for managing and inspiring his or her team to achieve their performance metrics. Apart from building robust products, your role will involve strategising and project management.

Responsibilities::
• Architecture - Design the architecture and make sure it is cost-efficient and aligned to the overall architectural vision
• Implementation - Implementing major/complex parts of the product
• Ownership - Take ownership of the delivery timeline and coordinate the complete development of products
• Releases - Take ownership of the product releases, pre-plan and scale the infrastructure accordingly
• Leadership - Communicate clear goals, provide constructive feedback, manage, coach, and support the engineering team
• Quality - Maintain high standards of code quality through regular design and code reviews

Requirements::
• Extensive hands-on experience with Node.Js and Vue.js (or React/Angular)
• Experience with scaling the services to at least 200k+ MAUs
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in Engineering or related field of study
• 5+ years of engineering experience with 1+ years of management experience
• Expertise with MongoDB, and fluency with sharding, and indexing
• Proficiency in Message Queues
• Strong people, communication, and problem-solving skills

EEO Statement:
At HighLevel, we value diversity. In fact, we understand it makes our organisation stronger. We are committed to inclusive hiring/promotion practices that evaluate skill sets, abilities, and qualifications without regard to any characteristic unrelated to performing the job at the highest level. Our objective is to foster an environment where really talented employees from all walks of life can be their true and whole selves, cherished and welcomed for their differences while providing excellent service to our clients and learning from one another along the way! Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

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