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HighLevel

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SaaS • Marketing • B2B

HighLevel is an all-in-one marketing and sales platform designed to help businesses grow and succeed. The platform consolidates various marketing tools into a single solution, providing features such as lead capture through landing pages, surveys, forms, and calendars, as well as tools for nurturing leads via automated messaging across multiple channels including phone, SMS, email, and social media. HighLevel offers customizable solutions like online appointment scheduling, multi-channel follow-up campaigns, and pipeline management. Additionally, businesses can build websites, funnels, and landing pages using the intuitive page builder. HighLevel supports integrating with existing systems via API, and offers a membership platform for community building and course management. The platform is targeted towards marketers and offers white-labeling options for businesses to brand the software as their own. With a community-driven development approach and award-winning support, HighLevel is focused on empowering businesses to streamline their operations and enhance their marketing efficiencies.

201 - 500 employees

Founded 2018

☁️ SaaS

🤝 B2B

💰 Series A on 2021-11

📋 Description

• Lead the design and development of scalable, high-performance systems to improve reliability, latency, and throughput across time-sensitive APIs and workflows. • Own features end-to-end — from architecture and implementation to testing, deployment, and ongoing optimization. • Work hands-on with technologies like NestJS, Firestore, MongoDB, PostgreSQL, Redis, Queuing Systems and Service Mesh-based microservices. • Drive technical direction across both product features and platform layers to ensure stability, scalability, and maintainability. • Integrate and optimize AI-assisted development tools, improving developer productivity while ensuring accuracy and minimizing hallucinations. • Collaborate closely with Product, Design, and AI teams to deliver impactful, user-facing features and backend systems. • Mentor and support other engineers, fostering a culture of technical excellence, learning, and ownership. • Proactively identify and solve performance bottlenecks, scalability challenges, and security concerns in a multi-tenant environment.

🎯 Requirements

• 6+ years of backend engineering experience, including designing fault-tolerant systems and working on high-scale platforms. • Deep expertise in distributed systems, event-driven architectures, and asynchronous job processing. • Strong experience with relational and NoSQL data models (especially with complex temporal data). • Experience with modern front-end frameworks (e.g., React, Vue, Angular) and building full-stack web applications. • Proven track record of architecting complex systems and delivering scalable, high-performance web apps in production. • Strong understanding of software design patterns, API design, and microservices architecture in a multi-tenant environment. • Skilled in guiding technical architecture, making high-impact engineering decisions, and mentoring fellow engineers. • Experience with code quality practices, automated testing, CI/CD pipelines, and dev tooling optimization. • Excellent problem-solving skills, with clear and collaborative communication across cross-functional teams.

🏖️ Benefits

• Health insurance • Flexible work arrangements • Professional development