Lead Engineer - Platform Onboarding

About HighLevel:  

HighLevel is a cloud-based, all-in-one white-label marketing and sales platform that empowers marketing agencies, entrepreneurs, and businesses to elevate their digital presence and drive growth. With a focus on streamlining marketing efforts and providing comprehensive solutions, HighLevel helps businesses of all sizes achieve their marketing goals. We currently have 1000+ employees across 15 countries, working remotely as well as in our headquarters, which is located in Dallas, Texas. Our goal as an employer is to maintain a strong company culture, foster creativity and collaboration, and encourage a healthy work-life balance for our employees wherever they call home.

Our Website - https://www.gohighlevel.com/

YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXFiV4qDX5ipE-DQcsm1j4g

Blog Post - https://blog.gohighlevel.com/general-atlantic-joins-highlevel/

Our Customers:

HighLevel serves a diverse customer base, including over 60K agencies & entrepreneurs and 500K businesses globally. Our customers range from small and medium-sized businesses to enterprises, spanning various industries and sectors.

Scale at HighLevel:

We work at scale; our infrastructure handles  around 3 Billion+ API hits & 2 Billion+ message events monthly and over 25M views of customer pages daily. We also handle over 80 Terabytes of data across 5 Databases.

Key Responsibilities

1. Lead and mentor a team of engineers, fostering a culture of collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement.

2. Architect, develop, and optimize scalable solutions using Google Cloud Platform services (or equivalent platforms like AWS), including Pub/Sub, Cloud Tasks, GKE (Kubernetes), and autoscaling mechanisms.

3. Drive frontend development initiatives using Vue or React, with a focus on performance optimization and, if applicable, module federation.

4. Design and optimize database structures and queries, focusing on MongoDB and Firestore, to ensure high performance and scalability.

5. Build and scale platform infrastructure in dynamic, fast-paced environments, ensuring reliability, security, and cost-effectiveness.

6. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define technical requirements and deliver impactful solutions.

7. Solve complex technical problems, especially under pressure, with a methodical and analytical approach.

8. Stay updated on industry trends and best practices, integrating them into the team's workflows and architectures.

Must-Have Skills

1. 5+ years of experience in software engineering, with at least 1 year in a leadership role.

2. Expertise in Google Cloud Platform services (or equivalent), including hands-on experience with Pub/Sub, Cloud Tasks, Kubernetes (GKE), and autoscaling strategies.

3. Strong proficiency in modern frontend frameworks like Vue or React, with a deep understanding of frontend optimization techniques; knowledge of module federation is a plus.

4. Advanced knowledge of databases, particularly MongoDB and Firestore, with proven experience in performance optimization.

5. Demonstrated success in building and scaling platform infrastructure in high-growth or fast-paced environments.

6. Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to perform effectively under pressure.

7. Comprehensive understanding of system architecture and cloud practices.

8. Excellent communication and leadership skills, with a track record of mentoring and developing engineering teams.

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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