Staff Engineer - Platform Engineering

Gohighlevel
IN
Remote

Who this role is best for

Aimed at senior engineers comfortable with large-scale distributed systems, working in a remote-first global team environment.

Best fit for

  • Candidates who thrive in globally distributed, remote-first engineering teams
    — “global, remote-first organization built for speed and ownership
  • Platform engineers focused on performance and long-term scalability
    — “our architecture is built for performance, resilience and long-term scalability

Things to consider

  • Role involves working with a complex microservices architecture
    — “250+ microservices and over 1 million domain names supported
  • Team operates across multiple time zones with global coordination
    — “team members across 10+ countries

How to stand out

  • Demonstrate experience scaling systems handling billions of daily events
    — “powers more than 4 billion API hits and 2.5 billion message events daily
  • Highlight contributions to distributed systems with petabyte-scale data
    — “250 terabytes of distributed data
  • Show initiatives taken in previous remote-first engineering roles
    — “remote-first organization built for speed and ownership
Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · CompanyLevel · Senior

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What success looks like

  • support over 4 billion API hits daily
  • manage 250 terabytes of distributed data
Typical background
software engineeringplatform architecture

Skills & requirements

Required

Platform EngineeringAPI DevelopmentMicroservicesDistributed Systems

Preferred

AI IntegrationPerformance Optimization

Stack & domain

AIPlatform EngineeringAutomationMicroservicesApiMessage EventsDistributed Data

About the role

Original posting from Gohighlevel via Lever

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 People

With 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 Impact

Every 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. We’re proud to be a part of that.

Learn more about us on our YouTube Channel or Blog Posts

Source: Gohighlevel careers (Lever)

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