About ClickUp
At ClickUp, we’re not just building software. We’re architecting the future of work! In a world overwhelmed by work sprawl, we saw a better way. That’s why we created the first truly converged AI workspace, unifying tasks, docs, chat, calendar, and enterprise search, all supercharged by context-driven AI, empowering millions of teams to break free from silos, reclaim their time, and unlock new levels of productivity. At ClickUp, you’ll have the opportunity to learn, use, and pioneer AI in ways that shape not only our product, but the future of work itself. Join us and be part of a bold, innovative team that’s redefining what’s possible! 🚀
Role Overview
ClickUp is on the lookout for talented backend engineers to join the Work Analytics squad at ClickUp! ClickUp is looking for a Senior Backend Engineer to architect, develop, and optimize scalable backend services powering our Workload and Pulse features. As a technical leader, you’ll drive the evolution of our platform’s core infrastructure—ensuring reliability, performance, and seamless integration across our ecosystem.
Responsibilities
- Build features and systems with attention to detail and performance.
- Own end-to-end development, from conception to production.
- Work closely with cross-functional stakeholders to deliver a world-class product.
- Identify and implement improvements to our existing systems.
- Help establish a fun, fulfilling, world-class engineering culture.
At ClickUp, we assess every candidate based on the potential impact they can have. We hire the best people for the job and support each person’s journey to build their boldest career.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent major.
- 5+ years of experience engineering performant and high-throughput systems (ideally on Node.js).
- You write high quality code (ideally in TypeScript) and are uniquely productive.
- You have a track record of building performant, high-throughput systems.
- You have experience writing and debugging sql queries at scale.
- You have experience developing event based systems.
- You have experience with major cloud services (ideally AWS).
- You are an empathetic communicator.
- You are comfortable with ambiguity and have consistently delivered projects with little direction.
- You are product-minded and have a good intuition on what a great user experience looks like.
