HighLevel - Engineering Manager II

• 8+ years in software engineering, with at least 2+ years managing teams building complex, high-scale, product-driven systems. • Experience with scalable, high-availability distributed systems. • Demonstrated success mentoring engineers and developing leaders. • Strong track record influencing architectural direction for multi-surface platforms. • Preferable but not required: Experience with GoHighLevel’s stack or similar (e.g., Node.js/TypeScript, Go, GCP, Firestore, MongoDB, Redis, Elasticsearch, ClickHouse). • What You’ll Lead: • A team of ~10-15 engineers building the Custom Objects platform, including backend services, APIs, UI integrations, and automation support. • Systems that allow customers to define, extend, associate, and use custom data objects with scale, performance, and safety in mind. • A distributed system that sits at the heart of HighLevel automation, workflows, reporting, and data relationships. • Engineering excellence from architecture and reliability to observability and performance. • What You’ll Drive: • Architecture & Extensibility: Evolve the Custom Objects platform into a modular, reliable, extensible service that can support dynamic schemas, associations, and integrations across products. • Execution & Reliability: Ensure clarity of shipping timelines, high quality, observability, and operational stability as new capabilities roll out. • People & Culture: Hire effectively, develop talent, set engineering standards, and foster a psychologically safe, high-impact culture. • Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner closely with Product, Design, and other engineering teams to define and deliver new capabilities users love. • What Success Looks Like: • Your team ships predictable, well-tested features that expand Custom Objects adoption and delight customers. • The Custom Objects platform scales smoothly with usage, automation, and data complexity. • Engineers feel empowered and supported, and you’re recognized as a leader people trust. • The platform becomes a foundation other teams build on, with clear APIs, documentation, and reliability guarantees.