Staff Engineer Platform Engineering
Summary
About HighLevel: HighLevel is an AI-powered business operating system that gives agencies, entrepreneurs and SMBs the infrastructure to build, automate and scale. Today, HighLevel supports SMBs across 150+ countries, fueling community-drive
About the role
About HighLevel: HighLevel is an AI-powered business operating system that gives agencies, entrepreneurs and SMBs the infrastructure to build, automate and scale. Today, HighLevel supports SMBs across 150+ countries, fueling community-driven growth rooted in real customer outcomes.To date, businesses operating on HighLevel have generated over $7 billion in ecosystem value, demonstrating the impact of shared infrastructure at scale. By centralizing conversations, automation and intelligence into one system, we help businesses move faster, reduce complexity and execute efficiently.Behind the platform, HighLevel powers more than 4 billion API hits and 2.5 billion message events daily. With 250 terabytes of distributed data, 250+ microservices and over 1 million domain names supported, our architecture is built for performance, resilience and long-term scalability.
Our PeopleWith over 2,000 team members across 10+ countries, HighLevel operates as a global, remote-first organization built for speed and ownership. We value initiative, clarity and execution, creating space for ambitious people to build systems that support millions of businesses worldwide. Here, innovation thrives, ideas are celebrated and people come first, no matter where they call home.
Our ImpactEvery month, HighLevel enables more than 1.5 billion messages, 200 million leads and 20 million conversations for the more than 1 million businesses we support. Behind those numbers are real people building independence, expanding opportunity and creating measurable impact. Weâre proud to be a part of that.Learn more about us on our YouTube Channel or Blog Posts \n
Requirements
- + years of software engineering experience with demonstrated success building distributed systems or large-scale backend services
- Hands-on experience designing, optimizing, and scaling large-scale backend systems and data-intensive applications
- Strong understanding of distributed systems, microservices, APIs, CI/CD pipelines, and observability frameworks
- Experience leveraging AI-assisted engineering workflows and building systems/processes that improve SDLC effectiveness and engineering productivity
- Proven ability to lead technically, navigate ambiguity, and deliver impactful engineering outcomes
- Experience operating systems at high scale with a strong focus on performance, reliability, and resiliency
Skills
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