Senior Backend Engineer, Fields

About the Position

At ClickUp, we’re not just building software. We’re architecting the future of work! This role focuses on building scalable, high-throughput, low-latency backend services that handle millions of requests daily. Candidates will work closely with cross-functional teams to deliver a world-class product.

Responsibilities5

• 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.

Requirements10

• 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.