# Staff Engineer – Distributed Data Systems & Infrastructure at Gohighlevel

> Design and build distributed data systems and backend infrastructure that handle multi-terabyte datasets at high throughput.

- Company: Gohighlevel (gohighlevel.com)
- Location: India (remote)
- Places: Remote, India
- Posted: 2026-10-19
- Level: Staff
- Team: Data Systems & Infrastructure
- Work mode: Remote
- Apply: https://jobs.lever.co/gohighlevel/30e5e3c1-c7e6-49fc-8598-2fd10b937ce0
- Page: https://ye.saranatour.dev/jobs/staff-engineer-distributed-data-systems-infrastructure-gohighlevel-kn7ezyhstp9f97t1z3mbk0n0398hd10e

## The posting

Staff Engineer – Distributed Data Systems & Infrastructure
Gohighlevel · India

**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](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXFiV4qDX5ipE-DQcsm1j4g) or [Blog Posts](https://www.gohighlevel.com/blog-on-the-move).

### About the Role:

### What You'll Do:

### What We're Looking For:

- 9+ years of strong software engineering experience, including significant hands-on experience designing and building distributed systems, backend infrastructure, or large-scale data platforms, with demonstrated Staff-level technical impact.
- Strong software engineering background with experience designing and building production infrastructure, not only operating or administering it.
- Experience architecting systems handling multi-terabyte datasets and 30K–50K+ operations per second, or comparable large-scale distributed workloads.
- Deep understanding of distributed systems concepts, including partitioning, sharding, replication, consistency, concurrency, fault tolerance, and data distribution.
- Strong hands-on experience with both relational and NoSQL database architectures, including their design principles, scalability characteristics, and trade-offs.
- Experience leading complex architectural initiatives involving multiple systems and engineering teams.
 Ability to identify systemic technical problems and design solutions that improve infrastructure across the organization.
- Strong technical judgment, ownership, and the ability to influence architectural decisions without formal authority.

### Tech Experience:

### What Makes Someone Successful in This Role:

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