Staff Engineer — Platform Engineering

Company: HighLevel

About the Company: HighLevel is an AI-powered all-in-one business operating system for agencies, entrepreneurs, and SMBs. They give agencies and SMBs the infrastructure to build, automate, and scale — CRM, funnel builder, email marketing, SMS, website builder, reputation management, and more, all on one white-label platform. Supports SMBs across 150+ countries. Rapidly growing, remote-first company. Job Category: Platform Engineering / Software Architecture / Infrastructure

Contract Type: Full-Time, Permanent

Location: Remote — Worldwide

Salary: Competitive (estimated $170,000–$220,000 based on Staff-level market data) + equity

Application Link: https://remoteok.com/remote-jobs/remote-staff-engineer-platform-engineering-highlevel-1131588

Posted: May 14, 2026 (confirmed live on RemoteOK May 14)

Job Description: A senior technical leadership role on HighLevel's platform engineering team. You'll help architect and build the foundational systems that hundreds of thousands of agencies and SMBs around the world depend on daily. As a Staff Engineer, you'll drive technical direction, define platform standards, and mentor engineers across the organization.

Key Responsibilities:

• Drive technical direction and architecture for HighLevel's platform engineering initiatives
• Design and build scalable, reliable foundational services powering the HighLevel platform
• Mentor senior engineers and contribute to a high-quality engineering culture
• Partner with product and infrastructure leadership to align platform capabilities with growth needs
• Establish engineering standards and best practices across the platform organization
• Lead complex technical projects from scoping through production delivery

Skills Required: Platform engineering, distributed systems, Node.js or Go, cloud infrastructure (AWS), microservices architecture, system design, technical leadership, Kubernetes/Docker.

Requirements:

• Staff or principal-level software engineering experience
• Deep platform engineering background with experience in high-scale distributed systems
• Experience with multi-tenant SaaS platforms at significant scale
• Technical leadership and mentoring track record
• Strong communication skills for a globally distributed remote team

Benefits: Fully remote, competitive compensation, equity, flexible working environment, global team.