Senior Backend Engineer, Platform
About The Position
At ClickUp, we're building the future of work: the first truly converged AI workspace unifying tasks, docs, chat, calendar, and enterprise search, all supercharged by context-driven AI. We are an AI-native company. Every team member is expected to leverage AI daily, and we evaluate AI fluency as part of our hiring process. Join us and help redefine 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. 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.
Requirements
- 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.
Nice To Haves
- 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.
Responsibilities
- 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.
- 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.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
Associate degree
