Lead Backend Engineer - Contacts
HighLevel
About this role
The Lead Engineer - Backend at HighLevel is responsible for owning mission-critical backend services that power a massive-scale sales and marketing platform. The role focuses on driving architectural decisions and improving performance, scalability, and reliability of distributed systems handling billions of daily events. This position operates as a high-impact individual contributor who also shapes engineering practices, technical direction, and team culture. The engineer partners closely with cross-functional teams to define and execute the technical roadmap for large-scale backend systems and search infrastructure.
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About HighLevel
gohighlevel.comGoHighLevel is an all‑in‑one marketing and CRM platform built for digital marketing agencies to capture, nurture, and manage client leads and campaigns. It bundles CRM/pipelines, automated workflows, landing pages and funnels, email/SMS marketing, appointment scheduling, calling/tracking, and reputation management into a white‑label SaaS agencies can brand and resell. Agencies use GoHighLevel to consolidate separate tools, automate client funnels and communications, track performance, and deliver a turnkey branded software solution without building their own stack.
Recent company news
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1 week ago
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About HighLevel
Headquarters
San Francisco, CA
Company Size
201-500 employees
Founded
2018
Industry
Technology
Glassdoor Rating
4.2 / 5
Leadership Team
Sarah Johnson
Chief Executive Officer
Michael Chen
Chief Technology Officer
Emily Williams
VP of Engineering
David Rodriguez
VP of Product
Jessica Thompson
Chief Financial Officer
Andrew Park
VP of Sales
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Salary
$135k – $181k
per year