Staff Backend Engineer, Whiteboards

<div class="content-intro"><p><span class="ql-bg-blue">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.</span> 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. 🦄</p></div><div class="ql-block" data-block-id="block-fa2bea0f-b1af-408f-a796-727b45add3cd">Come to join our Whiteboards Squad and transform how teams collaborate visually. We've successfully integrated tldraw's powerful diagramming capabilities into ClickUp's Angular infrastructure, creating an intuitive experience for brainstorming and planning. As part of our team, you'll solve complex technical challenges, build features used by millions, and shape the future of collaborative visual tools. You'll work on a system that balances performance and scalability while meeting the needs of our diverse customer base. If you're passionate about visual collaboration and making an impact at scale, we want to hear from you!</div> <div class="ql-block" data-block-id="block-8e5f8369-5ccb-4727-9733-f75d818c18bb"> </div> <div class="ql-block" data-block-id="block-17654a10-b81c-450f-a4ce-6b5da30a3672"><strong>Role:</strong></div> <ul> <li>Build features and systems with attention to detail and performance.</li> <li>Own end-to-end development, from conception to production.</li> <li>Engineer not only solutions but also tools to understand the problem.</li> <li>Work closely with cross-functional stakeholders to deliver a world-class product.</li> <li>Identify and implement improvements to our existing systems.</li> <li>Help establish a fun, fulfilling, world-class engineering culture.</li> </ul> <div class="ql-block" data-block-id="block-bf90bb4e-a283-46d8-a2d6-8feff307f4ad"><strong>Qualifications:</strong></div> <ul> <li>Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience.</li> <li>8+ years of experience engineering performant and high-throughput systems.</li> <li>You write high quality code and are uniquely productive.</li> <li>You have a track record of building performant, high-throughput systems.</li> <li>You have experience working with no-sql databases at scale.</li> <li>You have experience with major cloud services.</li> <li>You are an empathetic communicator.</li> <li>You are comfortable with ambiguity and have consistently delivered projects with little direction.</li> <li>You are product-minded and have a good intuition on what a great user experience looks like.</li> </ul> <div class="ql-block" data-block-id="block-fd9899e5-5cf8-434c-9534-1e0f3806175b"><strong>Preferred:</strong></div> <ul> <li>Familiarity with multiplayer applications that leverage WebSockets, e.g., yjs, hocuspocus, OTs, CRDTs, etc.</li> <li>Experience building large-scale SaaS platforms supporting millions of users.</li> <li>Experience with micro-services and event-driven architecture.</li> <li>Expertise with technologies such as Docker, Kubernetes, DynamoDB and PostgreSQL.</li> <li>Passionate about saving people time by making the world more productive!</li> </ul> &l ... (truncated, view full listing at source)