HighLevel
AI-powered business operating system
SoftwareDevelopmentEngineer-PlatformDataTeam
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“Software Development Engineer - Platform Data Team at HighLevel. Skills: Data System Implementation, Optimization, Reliability, Database Focus, Framework and Service Development, Cross-Functional Collaboration, Operational Support. Implement and optimize data access patterns for efficient interaction with large-scale data. Monitor, troubleshoot, and tune existing database instances”
What You'll Achieve.
Ensure sub-second latencies; Ensure operational stability; Maintain a high technical standard; Uphold SLAs; Deliver reliable, secure, and maintainable data platform capabilities
Industry & Context.
Troubleshooting; Problem-solving
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
4+ years of software engineering experience, success in backend services and data-intensive systems, Mandatory proficiency in Node.js or GoLang for scripting and debugging, Hands-on experience optimizing and scaling systems using cloud-managed databases, Proven mastery of a programming language with clean, testable code, Solid grasp of SQL, Understanding of distributed-systems principles (CAP, consistency, consensus), Understanding of observability best practices, Familiarity with CI/CD, Familiarity with containers (Docker/Kubernetes), Familiarity with IaC (Terraform/Ansible) for database automation
Nice to Have
Experience with ClickHouse-based real-time analytics, Experience with ElasticSearch-powered search at scale, Hands-on with streaming or ETL frameworks (PubSub, Kafka, Pulsar, Spark, Flink), Exposure to AI concepts for database problem-solving
What You'll Do.
Implement and optimize data access patterns for efficient interaction with large-scale data
and tune existing database instances
Contribute to the design and implementation of high-performance components that handle terabytes of data
Focus on instrumentation
and optimizing query paths
Develop and maintain reusable frameworks
and platform services
Actively participate in design reviews
Adhere to engineering best practices
Collaborate with product and platform teams to implement best-practice data-access patterns and uphold SLAs
Partner with multiple teams to deliver reliable
and maintainable data platform capabilities
Support the operational health of database environments
Contribute to processes for backup/restore
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Collaborate with product and platform teams; Partner with multiple teams
Full Job Description
## Description 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: As a Software Development Engineer on the Platform Data team, you will be a key contributor to the foundation of HighLevel’s platform. You will implement and optimize shared frameworks, libraries, and services that handle data at scale. This role is ideal for engineers who excel at hands-on development, troubleshootin
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