Software Development Engineer III - Full Stack Development (Platform Experience) - Remote

About the Role

We are seeking a talented Software Development Engineer III - Full Stack Development (Platform Experience) remote to join our dynamic team at HighLevel. In this role, you will play a pivotal part in enhancing our platform's user experience and driving customer success. Our team is dedicated to optimizing Time-to-Productivity (TTP) metrics and ensuring that our users can derive maximum value from our platform.

What You'll Do

• Design and build highly reliable, scalable systems to ensure mission-critical applications maintain near 100% uptime.
• Proactively identify, debug, and eliminate performance bottlenecks and production issues.
• Drive incident prevention through root cause analysis and systemic fixes.
• Own end-to-end feature delivery from design to production.
• Establish and enforce high coding standards, review practices, and clean architecture principles.
• Practice and promote Test-Driven Development (TDD).
• Collaborate with product and data teams to measure, analyze, and optimize conversion funnels.
• Contribute to long-term technical vision and architectural decisions.
• Drive cross-team collaboration to improve platform-wide engineering standards.
• Identify opportunities to implement AI-driven bots, intelligent workflows, and automation systems to improve customer productivity and internal efficiency.
• Integrate AI capabilities within Onboarding, Launchpad, and Global Search to enhance user experience and personalization.

Requirements

• 5+ years of full-stack engineering experience with significant backend/system design exposure.
• Deep expertise in distributed systems and event-driven architecture.
• Strong experience with asynchronous job processing and background workers.
• Solid understanding of both relational and NoSQL databases (MongoDB, ClickHouse preferred).
• Strong experience with modern frontend frameworks (Vue.js, React, or Angular).
• Ability to design and optimize interactive dashboards and data-heavy UIs.
• Excellent understanding of software design patterns, API design, and microservices.
• Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines, TDD, and automated testing frameworks.
• Strong performance tuning, profiling, and optimization skills (especially Node.js).
• Experience with caching, rate limiting, and queuing systems.
• Strong knowledge of Elasticsearch for search, indexing, and analytics.
• Experience using Redis for caching, session storage, or background queues.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to work cross-functionally.
• Ability to make clear architectural trade-offs and guide team decision-making.

Nice to Have

• Contributions to open-source tools, internal platforms or engineering blogs.
• Exposure to AI-driven content tools or automation systems.

What We Offer

• Competitive salary ranging from $140,000 to $180,000 annually.
• Flexible working hours and a fully remote work environment.
• Opportunities for professional development and career growth.
• A collaborative and innovative team culture.
• Health, dental, and vision insurance.
• Generous paid time off and holidays.
• Access to learning resources and training programs.
• Supportive work environment that values diversity and inclusion.