Lead Engineer – AI Studio

HighLevel

Lead Software Engineer for HighLevel developing AI-driven React application builder. Driving technical direction and mentoring while collaborating across product, infra, and design teams.

Posted 7/1/2026full-timeRemote • 🇮🇳 IndiaSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Distributed SystemsGoGrafanaMicroservicesNode.jsNoSQLPostgresPrometheusVue.js

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Drive the technical direction for our AI-driven application-builder architecture
Lead complex system design decisions
Serve as a hands-on technical leader and mentor for the engineers building AI Studio’s app generation engine
Partner closely with product, infra, and design to shape the roadmap
Build scalable, fault-tolerant LLM pipelines for content generation, layout creation, experimentation, and AI-driven user guidance
Work hands-on with technologies like Go, NestJS, Node, PostgreSQL, Firestore, Vector Databases, Cloudflare Workers, Cloudflare KV, and microservices
Design distributed systems that handle high-throughput generative and analytical workloads while ensuring correctness and low latency
Drive improvements in observability using Prometheus/Grafana, OpenTelemetry, and structured logging
Mentor engineers through code reviews, design discussions, and pairing
Participate in reviews, deep dives, and on-call rotations to maintain a culture of accountability and operational excellence

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
Pragmatic decision-making with a balance of long-term vision and iterative execution

Benefits

Comp & perks

Competitive salary
Remote work options

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Hard Skills & Tools

Distributed System DesignHigh-Scale Platform DevelopmentRelational Database (PostgreSQL)NoSQL Data ModelsAsynchronous WorkflowsData Pipeline DevelopmentQuery OptimizationPrompt Engineering PatternsModel EvaluationLatency Optimization

Soft Skills

Exceptional CommunicationCross-Functional LeadershipPragmatic Decision-Making