Lead Engineer - Courses

HighLevel is seeking a Lead Engineer to join their Courses Team, where they empower creators and educators to build a thriving learning platform. The Lead Engineer will play a critical role in shaping the frontend experience for a platform that serves over 700,000 users and thousands of creators.

Requirements

• 7+ years of professional software engineering experience, with strong expertise in frontend development.
• Experience with modern front-end frameworks (e.g., React, Vue, Angular) and building full-stack web applications.
• Prior work integrating or building AI-powered developer tools which improve developer productivity.
• Strong hands-on backend experience with Node.js and Cloud Platform, familiarity with Cloudflare CDN is a plus
• Good understanding of distributed systems, event-driven architectures, asynchronous job processing, and queuing systems
• Proven track record of architecting complex systems and delivering scalable, high-performance web apps in production.
• Strong understanding of software design patterns, API design, and microservices architecture in a multi-tenant environment.
• Skilled in guiding technical architecture, making high-impact engineering decisions, and mentoring fellow engineers.
• Experience with code quality practices, automated testing, CI/CD pipelines, and dev tooling optimization.
• Excellent problem-solving skills, with clear and collaborative communication across cross-functional teams.