Senior SDE - Conversations
HighLevel (company site, opens in a new tab)4+ yrsRemoteDirect career pageEst. 20–36 LPA
Posted on 21 Sept
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Job description
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About This Role
- Design, build, and scale backend systems and frontend interfaces for the Threads & Composer experience within HighLevel Conversations handling billions of messages monthly.
- Own end-to-end system responsibilities including architecture, design docs, code, tests, rollout, and production health focused on high throughput, low latency, and zero data loss.
- Model and optimize data layers across SQL and NoSQL databases and build queueing, caching, and rate-limiting layers to maintain platform stability under burst traffic.
Minimum Requirements
- 4+ years of backend engineering experience with deep hands-on experience in Node.js and/or Go.
- Experience with queueing systems such as Pub/Sub, Kafka, RabbitMQ, Cloud Tasks including understanding delivery semantics and backpressure.
- Proficiency with Redis or other in-memory data stores for caching strategies and failure modes.
- Strong skills in SQL or NoSQL database schema design, indexing, and query optimization at high volume.
Ideal Candidate Profile
- Experienced in complex distributed systems including consistency trade-offs, idempotency, and fault tolerance maintaining correctness under partial failures.
- Demonstrated ability to write clear design documents and rigorous test cases as a habitual practice.
- Proficient in using AI-assisted engineering tools to produce accurate, production-quality code efficiently and with high quality review standards.