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title: 'Software Development Engineer III - Users at HighLevel'
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# Software Development Engineer III - Users at HighLevel

- **Company:** HighLevel
- **Location:** India
- **Work type:** remote
- **Posted:** 2026-06-25
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-07
- **Apply:** https://jobs.lever.co/gohighlevel/d541f10d-0202-4327-a229-625f95843189

## Job description

About HighLevel:HighLevel is an AI-powered business operating system that gives agencies, entrepreneurs and SMBs the infrastructure to build, automate and scale. Today, HighLevel supports SMBs across 150+ countries, fueling community-driven growth rooted in real customer outcomes. To date, businesses operating on HighLevel have generated over $7 billion in ecosystem value, demonstrating the impact of shared infrastructure at scale. By centralizing conversations, automation and intelligence into one system, we help businesses move faster, reduce complexity and execute efficiently. Behind the platform, HighLevel powers more than 4 billion API hits and 2.5 billion message events daily. With 250 terabytes of distributed data, 250+ microservices and over 1 million domain names supported, our architecture is built for performance, resilience and long-term scalability.

Our people With over 2,000 team members across 10+ countries, HighLevel operates as a global, remote-first organization built for speed and ownership. We value initiative, clarity and execution, creating space for ambitious people to build systems that support millions of businesses worldwide. Here, innovation thrives, ideas are celebrated and people come first, no matter where they call home.

Our impact Every month, HighLevel enables more than 1.5 billion messages, 200 million leads and 20 million conversations for the more than 1 million businesses we support. Behind those numbers are real people building independence, expanding opportunity and creating measurable impact. We’re proud to be a part of that. Learn more about us on our YouTube Channel or Blog Posts

## About the Role

We’re looking for a seasoned Senior FullStack Engineer (SDE III) to join our Users Module team, where you'll design and build scalable, secure user management systems. This includes working on authentication, authorization, and complex permission hierarchies across a multi-tenant SaaS platform.You’ll collaborate cross-functionally to deliver reliable, performant, and secure experiences for millions of users.

This role is ideal for someone who thrives in product-oriented backend systems, has a strong full stack foundation, and is comfortable using AI tools to enhance their development speed and effectiveness.

Responsibilities:

- Write clean, maintainable code in TypeScript/JavaScript
- Build and maintain robust RESTful APIs for user management and authentication
- Design scalable multi-tenant user data models and schemas
- Implement OAuth, JWT, and secure session management
- Design and implement IAM v2 systems with RBAC and granular permissions
- Build features like user impersonation, delegation, and permission templates
- Create and manage token validation and session lifecycle flows
- Architect scalable models using MongoDB, Firestore, and SQL
- Integrate Elasticsearch for advanced user search and filtering
- Sync user data across multiple stores and implement audit logging
- Build secure auth flows with encryption, token validation, and data privacy controls
- Ensure compliance with GDPR and similar regulations
- Create audit trails and compliance reporting for user actions
- Optimize queries, implement caching strategies, and handle high-volume user operations
- Build systems that scale across enterprise-grade customer environments
- Partner with product, security, and platform teams to deliver features
- Collaborate with DevOps on deployment and infrastructure
- Mentor junior engineers and participate in architecture discussions and code reviews

Required Candidate Profile:

- 4+ years in backend engineering, preferably building user management systems
- Proven work on authentication/authorization and IAM systems
- Experience with multi-tenant SaaS and enterprise user workflows & permissions

Required Technical Skills

- Languages: TypeScript, JavaScript, Node.js
- Frameworks: NestJS, Express.js
- Databases: MongoDB, Firestore, SQL
- Authentication: OAuth 2.0, JWT, session management
- Cloud: Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
- Messaging: Google Cloud Pub/SubDevOps: Git, CI/CD
- Search: Elasticsearch, Clickhouse
- Architecture: Microservices, Event driven architecture, IAM, RBAC

EEO Statement: The company is an Equal Opportunity Employer. As an employer subject to affirmative action regulations, we invite you to voluntarily provide the following demographic information. This information is used solely for compliance with government recordkeeping, reporting, and other legal requirements. Providing this information is voluntary and refusal to do so will not affect your application status. This data will be kept separate from your application and will not be used in the hiring decision.

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## About HighLevel

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: HighLevel provides an all-in-one, AI-powered sales and marketing platform that agencies can white-label and resell to their clients.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Series Unknown; $60M total funding)
- **Headquarters**: Dallas, Texas, United States
- **Founded**: 2018
- **Founders**: Shaun Clark, Varun Vairavan, Robin Alex

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Marketing technology / Sales automation / Software Development
- **Target customers**: B2B – marketing agencies, entrepreneurs, and small-to-medium businesses (SMBs)
- **Mission / Purpose**: Help marketing agencies grow and scale by unifying the tools they need to capture leads, automate outreach, and manage customer relationships in a single, white-label platform.

## Products & Services
- **HighLevel Platform (SaaS)**: A unified operating system that includes CRM, landing pages, surveys, forms, calendars, inbound phone system, automated messaging (voicemail, SMS, email, Facebook Messenger), payment collection, appointment scheduling, and analytics. AI is embedded across the entire system to power lead generation, conversion, and retention.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation / Market Cap**: Not publicly disclosed.
- **Key Metric**: Annual revenue of $45M (as of most recent data); total funding of $60M.
- **Notable Investors / Partners**: General Atlantic (lead investor in 2024 private equity round), Peakequity (lead investor in 2021 round).
- **Growth Signals**: 
  - Powers 2.2 million businesses, facilitating 6.9 billion leads and $4.2 billion in sales (2025).
  - Employee headcount grew 53.7% year-over-year to ~1,497, with plans to surpass 2,000 by end of 2025.
  - 30% of workforce dedicated to R&D.
  - Expanded AI capabilities in 2024; manages 2.3 billion leads and 505 million opportunities.

## Competitive Advantages
- **White-labeling**: Agencies can fully rebrand the platform as their own, creating a stickier client relationship and recurring revenue.
- **AI-first approach**: AI embedded across the entire stack (lead scoring, automation, analytics) gives users a competitive edge without needing multiple tools.
- **Unified ecosystem**: Replaces the need for a patchwork of separate tools (CRM, email marketing, SMS, scheduling, payments), reducing complexity and cost for agencies.
- **Community-driven innovation**: Product roadmap heavily influenced by a large, active user community of 60,000+ customers.

## Strategic Focus
- **AI expansion**: Deepening AI capabilities to automate more of the marketing and sales workflow.
- **Scaling the platform**: Continuing to grow the user base (targeting 2,000+ employees) and expanding into new verticals.
- **Global reach**: Leveraging a remote-first, globally distributed team to serve customers in multiple countries and time zones.

## Why Work Here
- **Remote-first culture**: Work from anywhere; team spans 21 countries with async and real-time communication.
- **Culture of collaboration**: Emphasis on ownership, speed, continuous improvement; active Slack community and in-person retreats.
- **Benefits**: Comprehensive health & wellness, mental health support, flexible PTO, professional development stipends, mentorship, and leadership programs.
- **Engineering culture**: 30% of workforce in R&D; focus on building technology that serves millions; AI tools used in hiring process.
- **Growth opportunity**: Rapidly scaling company (53.7% YoY headcount growth) with clear plans to surpass 2,000 employees.

## Sources
1. [gohighlevel.com – Life at HighLevel](https://www.gohighlevel.com/careers-life-at-highlevel)
2. [gohighlevel.com – About Us](https://www.gohighlevel.com/about-us)
3. [LinkedIn – HighLevel Company Page](https://www.linkedin.com/company/highlevel)
4. [LeadIQ – HighLevel Overview](https://leadiq.com/c/highlevel/5b214cbe360000fc0066929d)

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