Staff Backend Engineer - Conversations
HighLevelDelhi, India
Posted January 15, 2026
Full Time
About the Company
HighLevel is an AI powered, all-in-one white-label sales & marketing platform that empowers agencies, entrepreneurs, and businesses to elevate their digital presence and drive growth.
Job Description
HighLevel is hiring a Staff Engineer - Backend (Data Systems) to own and evolve the data backbone that powers messaging at scale inside HighLevel's Conversations platform. The goal is to make data systems boring in the best possible way — predictable, fast, and easy to trust.
Requirements
- 8+ years of backend engineering experience with deep database expertise
- Proven success with ElasticSearch, MongoDB, or Firestore at massive scale
- Strong understanding of indexing, query optimization, caching, and consistency models
- Expert in Node.js (TypeScript) and comfortable designing scalable microservices
- Cloud experience with GCP (GKE, Pub/Sub, Cloud Tasks) or similar distributed infra
- Practical knowledge of observability: Grafana, Kibana, OpenTelemetry
- Passion for code quality and process: testing discipline, documentation, and design rigor
- A track record of shaping team culture — setting standards through RFCs, ADRs, and clear technical writing
Benefits
- Competitive salary
- Stock options
- Health insurance
- Retirement plan
- Generous parental leave
- Tuition reimbursement
- Relocation assistance