Senior Backend Engineer, Tasks

Posted 6 Days Ago
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Hiring Remotely in Bulgaria
Remote
50-150
Senior level
Cloud • Digital Media • Enterprise Web • Marketing Tech • Software
One app to replace them all. All your work in one place: Tasks, docs, chat, goals, & more.
The Role
As a Senior Backend Engineer at ClickUp, you will build and maintain high-performance distributed systems and APIs, working with cross-functional teams to enhance product features and address performance challenges.
Summary Generated by Built In

ClickUp is the world’s only all-in-one productivity platform that flexes to the way people want to work. It replaces all individual workplace productivity tools with a single, unified platform that includes project management, document collaboration, whiteboards, spreadsheets, and AI. With our headquarters based in San Diego and a rapidly expanding global presence, we are shaping the future of work. Join our team at ClickUp, one of the fastest-growing SaaS companies worldwide, and help millions of users be more productive - saving them at least one day every week. 🦄

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.
  • 8+ 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!

ClickUp was founded on a culture of hard work, consistent growth, and a desire to break norms. We’re a values-driven company and hire based on ambition, merit, and a willingness to do what it takes to succeed. We don’t care where you’re from, what you look like, or who you’re in a relationship with—we hire the best people for the job, and create an environment that supports employees on their journey to do the most exciting work of their lives! ClickUp is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin.

ClickUp collects and processes personal data in accordance with applicable data protection laws.

  • If you are a European Job Applicant, see our privacy policy for further details.
  • If you are a Philippine Job Applicant, see our privacy policy and our Philippine Data Privacy Notice for further details.

Please note we are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa for roles outside of engineering and product at this time. Sponsorship for engineering and product roles is not guaranteed, but is instead based on the business needs for that specific role at that time. Please reach out to the recruiter with any questions.

Top Skills

AWS
Node.js
SQL
Typescript
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The Company
HQ: San Diego, CA
1,000 Employees
Hybrid Workplace
Year Founded: 2016

What We Do

ClickUp is one app to replace them all. It's more than just task management - ClickUp offers docs, reminders, goals, calendars, and even an inbox. Fully customizable, ClickUp works for every type of team, so all teams can use the same app to plan, organize, and collaborate! ClickUp is trusted by millions of users and over 100,00 teams.

Why Work With Us

ClickUppers are highly passionate, energetic, and unique people that align in the mission of saving people time and making the world more productive. We're the newcomer, the underdog, but that's where we thrive. Let’s make the world more productive, together!

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