Principal Frontend Engineer

ClickUp

13d

About The Position

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 We’re seeking a Principal Frontend Engineer to drive the long-term technical vision for frontend engineering at ClickUp. In this role, you will lead architectural strategy across major product surfaces, solve company-wide frontend challenges, and influence how teams build and ship at scale. You will partner deeply with engineering, product, design, backend, and integrations leadership to ensure ClickUp’s frontend systems remain fast, reliable, and adaptable as the business grows. This is a hands-on technical leadership role for someone who can operate at both strategic and implementation levels, especially in a high-growth, fast-paced environment.

Requirements

10+ years of frontend engineering experience, including deep expertise in large-scale web applications
Expert-level experience with Angular 2+, React, TypeScript, RxJS, and NgRx or similar state management systems
Proven track record of architecting complex frontend systems used by large numbers of users
Deep expertise in performance optimization, frontend scalability, maintainable application design, and reusable component architecture
Experience driving technical strategy across multiple teams or product areas
Strong judgment in balancing speed, quality, and long-term architecture in fast-moving environments
Outstanding communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to influence across functions and levels
Strong mentoring background and passion for building high-performing engineering organizations

Responsibilities

Define and drive frontend architecture strategy across product areas and platform investments
Lead the design of scalable, performant systems in Angular 2+ and React that support rapid product development
Solve complex cross-team technical challenges related to performance, state management, scalability, and developer productivity
Partner with backend and integrations teams to shape end-to-end architecture for major features and systems
Raise the bar for quality, testing, maintainability, and engineering rigor across the frontend organization
Provide technical leadership on the highest-impact initiatives and unblock teams working through ambiguous or difficult problems
Guide teams toward pragmatic decisions that support both speed and long-term product quality
Mentor senior and staff engineers, and help shape frontend engineering culture and standards
Influence roadmap and organizational decisions through strong technical judgment and product partnership
Experience with testing infrastructure and ability to define testing strategies for large scale features change changes.