Lead Backend Engineer - Contacts

HighLevel(29 days ago)

RemoteFull TimeSenior$134,852 - $181,307 (estimated)Engineering

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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Required Skills

Backend Development
Distributed Systems
Microservices
Event Driven Architecture
Docker
Kubernetes
Node.js
Go
Database Design
Indexing Optimization

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About HighLevel

gohighlevel.com

GoHighLevel 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.