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 ~1200 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 operate at scale, managing over 40 billion API hits and 120 billion events monthly, with more than 500 micro-services in production. Our systems handle 200+ terabytes of application data and 6 petabytes of storage
About the Role:
We’re looking for a Team Lead – Full Stack (Node.js & Vue.js) to drive technical excellence, lead a team of high-caliber engineers, and build next-generation CRM marketing solutions.
Responsibilities:
Lead & Mentor: Guide a team of developers, ensuring best practices in software development, clean architecture, and performance optimization
Architect & Scale: Design and build highly scalable and reliable backend services using Node.js, MongoDB, and ElasticSearch, ensuring optimal indexing, sharding, and query performance
Frontend Development: Develop and optimize user interfaces using Vue.js (or React/Angular) for an exceptional customer experience
Event-Driven Systems: Design and implement real-time data processing pipelines using Kafka, RabbitMQ, or ActiveMQ
Optimize Performance: Work on autoscaling, database sharding, and indexing strategies to handle millions of transactions efficiently
Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with Product Managers, Data Engineers, and DevOps teams to align on vision, execution, and business goals
Quality & Security: Implement secure, maintainable, and scalable codebases while adhering to industry best practices
Code Reviews & Standards: Drive high engineering standards, perform code reviews, and enforce best practices across the development team
Ownership & Delivery: Manage timelines, oversee deployments, and ensure smooth product releases with minimal downtime
Requirements:
5+ years of hands-on software development experience with at least 2+ year in a leadership role
Strong proficiency in Node.js, Vue.js (or React/Angular), MongoDB, and Elasticsearch
Experience in real-time data processing, message queues (Kafka, RabbitMQ, or ActiveMQ), and event-driven architectures
Scalability expertise: Proven track record of scaling services to 200k+ MAUs and handling high-throughput systems
Strong understanding of database sharding, indexing, and performance optimization.
Experience with distributed systems, microservices, and cloud infrastructures (AWS, GCP, or Azure)
Proficiency in CI/CD pipelines, Git version control, and automated testing
Strong problem-solving, analytical, and debugging skills.
Excellent communication and leadership abilities—able to guide engineers while collaborating with stakeholders
Good to Have:
Experience with big data technologies like Apache Flink, Spark, Hadoop, or Data Lakes
Familiarity with real-time analytics, data ingestion pipelines, and large-scale event processing systems
Previous experience in CRM or SaaS environments
EEO Statement:
The company is an Equal Opportunity Employer. As an employer subject to affirmative action regulations, we invite you to voluntarily provide the following demographic information. This information is used solely for compliance with government recordkeeping, reporting, and other legal requirements. Providing this information is voluntary and refusal to do so will not affect your application status. This data will be kept separate from your application and will not be used in the hiring decision.
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