Senior Backend Engineer, Platform

Department: Engineering

Location: United States of America

Compensation: $160K – $210K

Employment Type: FullTime

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! 🚀

The Role:

• Build upon and integrate customer feedback, both internal and external, into our API tooling and shared services.

• Create new architectural foundations and mission-critical distributed systems while collaborating closely with other teams.

• Work within an agile, scrum-based engineering team focused on core platform capabilities.

• Uphold the highest levels of customer satisfaction in all things you do.

• Advocate for, create, and maintain API governance across engineering through collaboration, automation, and outreach.

• Own integrations within our API Gateway layer and service lifecycles from design to production.

• Identify improvements to the design and implementation of new and existing critical shared services.

• Help grow our infrastructure engineering organization’s shared services relied upon by other engineering teams to accelerate product development.

• Support the platform capabilities that power ClickUp’s AI initiatives, including Brain and Agents.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent work experience.

• Strong understanding of API standards, design approaches, and integration patterns.

• Strong understanding of CAP Theorum and distributed systems design patterns.

• Proficient with TypeScript.

• Proficient with Golang.

• Excellent communication skills.

• Strong sense of ownership and accountability.

• Strong consideration for developer experience in everything you build.

Desirable:

• Pragmatic approach to software design, development, and delivery.

• Experience working with Kafka and related event-based patterns.

• Experience working with and designing Backend for Frontend (BFF) patterns.

• Experience supporting modern AI technologies, including MCP protocol and standards.

• Experience building shared services and platform capabilities that enable AI products and agent-based systems.

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!

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.

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