# Software Development Engineer III - Contacts

**Company:** [GoHighLevel](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/gohighlevel)
**Location:** Remote
**Role:** Backend Engineering
**Experience:** 5+ years
**Skills:** TypeScript, Node.js, JavaScript, Go, Java, Python, C#, REST APIs, Microservices, Distributed Systems, Docker, AWS, GCP, Kubernetes, Kafka
**Posted:** 2026-09-10

> Build and operate scalable backend services and APIs for the Contacts CRM domain, focusing on performance, reliability, and distributed systems. The role requires 5+ years of backend development experience and strong TypeScript and Node.js expertise.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities

### Backend Development
- Design, develop, and maintain scalable backend services and APIs.
- Build high-performance, reliable microservices for large-scale workloads.
- Write clean, efficient, maintainable, production-quality code.
- Develop reusable components and services following engineering best practices.
- Participate in technical design discussions and contribute to system architecture.

### System Performance and Reliability
- Optimize backend services for scalability, performance, and availability.
- Troubleshoot production issues and implement sustainable solutions.
- Improve reliability through monitoring, logging, testing, and observability.
- Participate in incident resolution and root-cause analysis.

### Collaboration
- Work with Product Managers, Designers, QA, and engineers to deliver high-quality features.
- Participate in code reviews.
- Share knowledge and collaborate on technical challenges.
- Contribute to improvements in engineering practices, testing, and software development lifecycle processes.

## Requirements
- 5+ years of hands-on backend software development experience.
- Strong experience with TypeScript and Node.js.
- Experience with JavaScript, Go, Java, Python, C#, or similar backend technologies, with willingness to work extensively with TypeScript and Node.js.
- Experience designing and building RESTful APIs and microservices.
- Strong understanding of distributed systems and event-driven architectures.
- Experience with relational and/or NoSQL databases, including schema design and query optimization.
- Knowledge of caching strategies, asynchronous processing, and message queues.
- Hands-on experience with Docker and containerized applications.
- Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS or Google Cloud.
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and modern software development practices.
- Experience with observability and monitoring tools such as Grafana, Sentry, ELK, or similar.
- Strong understanding of software engineering principles, testing, and debugging.

## Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with high-scale SaaS products.
- Familiarity with Kafka, Redis, Elasticsearch, or similar distributed-systems technologies.
- Experience optimizing backend systems for performance and scalability.
- Exposure to Kubernetes and cloud-native architectures.
- Experience in Agile development environments.
- Strong communication and collaboration skills.

## Additional Expectations
- Ability to independently design, develop, test, and deploy scalable backend solutions.
- Passion for clean, maintainable, well-tested code.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Collaborative approach across engineering, product, and infrastructure teams.
- Focus on performance, scalability, reliability, and developer productivity.

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