Senior Backend Engineer, Tasks

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! 🚀

 ClickUp is seeking talented engineers to help build our flagship product, Tasks. Our team owns the APIs that form the backbone of ClickUp, so you’ll have the opportunity to have a huge impact. We work on everything from creating new features (like enhancing task relationships and enabling deeper customization) to addressing performance challenges and ensuring operational excellence.We’re looking for passionate engineers with exceptional critical thinking and technical skills to maintain, develop, and scale high-throughput services as the company grows rapidly. The ideal candidate is excited by the challenge of architecting reliable, high-performance distributed systems, enjoys debugging and working with complex code, and thrives on maintaining a platform that powers the apps core functionality.

Role:

• 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.

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.

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Unsure if you meet all the qualifications of this job description but are deeply excited about the role? We hire based on ambition, grit, and a passion for improving the way people work. If you think ClickUp is the company for you, we encourage you to apply!

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