Lead Engineer – AI

HighLevel

Lead Engineer on Users team at HighLevel managing permissions and user access flows in a global sales platform. Focusing on backend improvements and security-sensitive user experience.

Posted 6/29/2026full-timeRemote • 🇮🇳 IndiaSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

GoNode.jsNoSQLPostgresVue.js

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own day-to-day execution across business-critical and sensitive parts of the platform: permissions, tokens, and user-facing access flows.
End-to-end ownership of permissions and access control features including roles, scopes, and user assignments.
Execute on token-related workflows including creation, rotation, revocation, and expiry flows.
Reduce tech debt in identity and access systems by untangling legacy logic and removing duplicated paths.
Deliver security-sensitive user flows, focusing on permission visibility and debugging experiences.
Improve developer ergonomics by providing cleaner APIs, better abstractions, and safer defaults.
Partner with Staff Engineers to operationalize architecture and turn RFCs into shippable code.

Requirements

What you’ll need

6+ years of backend engineering experience, including distributed system design and high-scale platform development
Strong proficiency in Go (Golang) for building high-performance, concurrent backend services, alongside Node/NestJS experience
Hands-on experience building and operating edge/serverless services with Cloudflare Workers and Cloudflare KV (or comparable edge compute and distributed key-value stores)
Deep expertise in event-driven architectures, asynchronous workflows, and high-throughput data pipelines.
Strong command of relational (PostgreSQL) and NoSQL data models, query optimization, and complex transactional data
Fluency in LLM integrations, vector search, embeddings, RAG patterns, and generative AI frameworks
Familiarity with frontend architecture using Vue, and a solid understanding of UI/UX principles
Experience with monitoring, alerting, and incident response for production systems
Strong instincts for scaling, latency optimization, and reliability under real-world load
Experience implementing structured generation, verification layers, retrieval-based grounding, and guardrails to reduce hallucinations
Understanding of prompt engineering patterns, context injection, and model evaluation
Exceptional communication and cross-functional leadership capabilities.

Benefits

Comp & perks

EEO Statement: The company is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Voluntary demographic information collection for compliance with government regulations.
Remote work opportunities with a global team.
A culture that promotes creativity, collaboration, and impact.

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Hard Skills & Tools

Go (Golang)Node/NestJSDistributed System DesignRelational Data ModelsNoSQL Data ModelsEvent-Driven ArchitecturesAsynchronous WorkflowsData Pipeline OptimizationToken Management WorkflowsPrompt Engineering Patterns

Soft Skills

Exceptional CommunicationCross-Functional Leadership