Platform Engineering Lead — Remote-First & Scalable Systems

HighLevel; United States; Remote; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

HighLevel is seeking a senior engineering leader to guide the Platform Services team building shared infrastructure and core services for a global, remote-first organization. You will stay hands-on with architecture, code, and systems while owning team outcomes and platform reliability.

You will lead roadmap planning, drive cost optimization, and hire and mentor engineers, setting high technical standards across the team.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of software engineering experience, including 2+ years in a management role.
• Deep practical experience with Go, Python, or Node.js.
• Extensive work with GCP/AWS and distributed systems at scale.
• Data-driven prioritization and cross-functional collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Own roadmap planning, estimation, and delivery while balancing tech debt, new capabilities, and stability.
• Drive cost optimization and establish strong observability and incident management practices.
• Hire, mentor, and grow engineers and set technical standards for the team.

Skills

Go

Python

Node.js

Leadership

Observability

Incident management

Distributed systems

Team mentorship

Tools

GCP

AWS

Job description

HighLevel is seeking a senior engineering leader to guide the Platform Services team building shared infrastructure and core services for a global, remote-first organization. You will stay hands-on with architecture, code, and systems while owning team outcomes and platform reliability.

You will lead roadmap planning, drive cost optimization, and hire and mentor engineers, setting high technical standards across the team.