Engineering Manager - Custom Objects Team

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About the Role:

We’re seeking an experienced Engineering Manager to lead the Custom Objects team. The team responsible for designing, building, scaling, and supporting the foundation of flexible data models within the HighLevel CRM. This team enables users to model and manage any entity their business tracks, beyond standard CRM objects, empowering powerful workflows, relations, reporting, and automation.This is not a ticket-pushing or process-only role. You’ll be a technical leader who owns architectural direction, team outcomes, platform quality, and the future of one of HighLevel’s most strategic building blocks.

Requirements:

• 8+ years in software engineering, with at least 2+ years managing teams building complex, high-scale, product-driven systems.
• Experience with scalable, high-availability distributed systems.
• Demonstrated success mentoring engineers and developing leaders.
• Strong track record influencing architectural direction for multi-surface platforms.
• Preferable but not required: Experience with GoHighLevel’s stack or similar (e.g., Node.js/TypeScript, Go, GCP, Firestore, MongoDB, Redis, Elasticsearch, ClickHouse).
• A team of ~10-15 engineers building the Custom Objects platform, including backend services, APIs, UI integrations, and automation support.
• Systems that allow customers to define, extend, associate, and use custom data objects with scale, performance, and safety in mind.
• A distributed system that sits at the heart of HighLevel automation, workflows, reporting, and data relationships.
• Engineering excellence from architecture and reliability to observability and performance.
• Architecture & Extensibility: Evolve the Custom Objects platform into a modular, reliable, extensible service that can support dynamic schemas, associations, and integrations across products.
• Execution & Reliability: Ensure clarity of shipping timelines, high quality, observability, and operational stability as new capabilities roll out.
• People & Culture: Hire effectively, develop talent, set engineering standards, and foster a psychologically safe, high-impact culture.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner closely with Product, Design, and other engineering teams to define and deliver new capabilities users love.
• Your team ships predictable, well-tested features that expand Custom Objects adoption and delight customers.
• The Custom Objects platform scales smoothly with usage, automation, and data complexity.
• Engineers feel empowered and supported, and you’re recognized as a leader people trust.
• The platform becomes a foundation other teams build on, with clear APIs, documentation, and reliability guarantees.

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