Senior Backend Engineer, Fields

<div class="content-intro"><div class="ql-block" data-block-id="block-ac776bb3-c45a-49bd-9ccd-6eee2eb78c97">ClickUp is revolutionizing the way the world works. As the only all-in-one productivity platform built from day one for true convergence, ClickUp unifies tasks, docs, chat, calendar, enterprise search, and more—supercharged by context-driven AI. While others scramble to bundle fragmented tools or bolt on AI, we anticipated this future and made it our foundation from the start. Headquartered in San Diego with a rapidly expanding global footprint, we empower over three million teams to break free from silos and reclaim their time—saving at least one day every week. Join ClickUp, one of the fastest-growing SaaS companies on the planet, and help millions of users transform the way they work. We’re not just building software. We’re shaping the future of work. Come join us in building the future—together. 🦄</div> <div class="ql-block" data-block-id="block-ac776bb3-c45a-49bd-9ccd-6eee2eb78c97"> </div></div><div class="ql-block" data-block-id="block-faaec8b7-42ab-45b3-b083-7f245dd0daa0">ClickUp is on the lookout for talented backend engineers to join the Fields squad at ClickUp! Fields is the heart and soul behind our custom task data - think dynamic schemas, high-volume updates, and the flexibility that lets users tailor ClickUp to <em>their</em> individual workflows. We’re building scalable, high-throughput, low-latency services that handle millions of requests daily. If wrangling distributed systems, fine-tuning performance, and designing robust APIs sounds like your idea of fun, let’s chat.</div> <div class="ql-block" data-block-id="block-faaec8b7-42ab-45b3-b083-7f245dd0daa0"> </div> <div class="ql-block" data-block-id="block-1f79b397-6705-4970-a05e-78220f5fb261"><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>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-fff99679-d370-41b3-a4cc-9ca2c7fd168f"><strong>Qualifications:</strong></div> <ul> <li>Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent major.</li> <li>8+ years of experience engineering performant and high-throughput systems (ideally on Node.js).</li> <li>You write high quality code (ideally in TypeScript) and are uniquely productive.</li> <li>You have a track record of building performant, high-throughput systems.</li> <li>You have experience writing and debugging sql queries at scale.</li> <li>You have experience developing event based systems.</li> <li>You have experience with major cloud services (ideally AWS).</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-e05a3bb7-adfd-4194-ade8-57e0493ecb28"> </div> <div class="ql-block" data-block-id="block-a76df516-6159-4c14-bfe7-d26d91d45f76">#LI-REMOTE</div> <div class="ql-block" data-block-id="block-a76df516-6159-4c14-bfe7-d26d91d45f76">#LI-MA ... (truncated, view full listing at source)