Lead Engineer - Prospecting

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

About The Role You’ll be joining our Prospecting team, where we harness cutting-edge technology and AI to identify high-quality leads for agencies. We’ve built powerful systems that allow us to analyze any business in depth, uncovering weaknesses, opportunities, and actionable insights that drive meaningful growth. By combining advanced tools with strategic thinking, we help agencies connect with the right prospects faster and more effectively than ever. We’re looking for a Lead Engineer with deep expertise in Node.js, MongoDB, and a modern front-end framework, paired with a bold vision for AI-assisted development. If you’ve architected complex systems, shipped high-performance web applications at scale, built modular and pluggable components, and pushed the boundaries of how AI can empower engineers, this role is for you. As a key member of the Prospecting team, a product built to help agencies find their next customers, you’ll lead end-to-end development of new features, own critical architectural decisions, and drive innovation at the intersection of AI and software engineering. Your work will ensure that AI-generated code is not just created, but accurate, efficient, and production-ready. This is a hands-on role where your contributions will make a real impact for real businesses. You’ll also play a major role in shaping how AI accelerates development across the entire stack.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and development of scalable, high-performance web applications using Node.js, MongoDB, and a modern front-end framework
• Own features end-to-end—from architecture and implementation to testing, deployment, and optimization
• Architect and maintain modular, pluggable components that can be reused across the platform
• Drive technical decision-making across the Reputation Management product, ensuring stability, scalability, and maintainability
• Integrate and optimize AI-assisted development tools, enhancing reliability, minimizing hallucinations, and improving developer productivity
• Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams including Product, Design, and AI Research to deliver impactful features
• Mentor and support fellow engineers, contributing to a culture of technical excellence and continuous improvement
• Proactively identify and resolve performance, scalability, and security issues

Requirements

• Expert-level proficiency in Node.js and MongoDB, with a strong understanding of backend architecture and performance optimization (5+ Years)
• Solid experience with modern front-end frameworks (e.g., React, Vue, Angular) and building full-stack web applications
• Proven track record of architecting complex systems and shipping scalable, high-performance web apps in production
• Experience building modular, pluggable UI components & widgets for reuseing across platform and third party solutions
• Strong understanding of software design patterns, API design, and microservices architecture
• Familiarity with AI-assisted development tools and a passion for pushing the boundaries of AI in the software engineering lifecycle
• Ability to guide technical architecture, make high-impact decisions, and mentor other engineers
• Experience with code quality, testing, deployment pipelines, and optimizing dev workflows
• Excellent problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills

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. We encourage you to review our Privacy Policy before submitting your application. We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses and identifying potential inconsistencies or verification signals in application materials based on available information. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.