Remote Lead Engineer - Wordpress

Description:

• HighLevel is a cloud-based, all-in-one white-label marketing and sales platform that supports over 2 million businesses globally.
• The company operates in a remote-first environment with over 1,500 team members across 15+ countries, fostering a culture of creativity, collaboration, and impact.
• The Lead Engineer will have deep expertise in Node.js, MongoDB, and a modern front-end framework, focusing on AI-assisted development.
• This role involves leading the end-to-end development of new features, making critical architectural decisions, and ensuring the performance and security of high-performance WordPress sites.
• Responsibilities include designing scalable web applications, owning features from architecture to deployment, driving technical decision-making, integrating AI tools, mentoring engineers, and resolving performance issues.

Requirements:

• Candidates must have 6+ years of expert-level proficiency in Node.js and MongoDB, with a strong understanding of backend architecture and performance optimization.
• Solid experience with modern front-end frameworks (e.g., React, Vue, Angular) and building full-stack web applications is required.
• Knowledge of the WordPress ecosystem, including themes and plugins, and basic PHP knowledge is necessary.
• A proven track record of architecting complex systems and shipping scalable, high-performance web applications in production is essential.
• Strong understanding of software design patterns, API design, and microservices architecture is required.
• Familiarity with AI-assisted development tools and a passion for advancing AI in the software engineering lifecycle is important.
• Candidates should have the ability to guide technical architecture, make impactful decisions, and mentor other engineers.
• Experience with code quality, testing, deployment pipelines, and optimizing development workflows is necessary.
• Excellent problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills are required.

Benefits:

• The company offers a remote-first work environment, allowing flexibility in work location.
• Employees are part of a global community that values creativity and collaboration.
• The role provides an opportunity to work on high-impact projects that drive real business value.
• There is a focus on continuous improvement and technical excellence within the engineering team.
• The company is an Equal Opportunity Employer, promoting diversity and inclusion in the workplace.