Senior Backend Engineer, Core Services

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. ClickUp is looking for a driven senior software engineer to join our Core Services team. As a Senior Software Engineer, Core Services at ClickUp, you will help to design and deliver scalable distributed shared tools & services used by all other engineering teams. If you’re an accountable, pragmatic, and invested go-getter that thrives when faced with new challenges and enjoys lots of cross-team collaboration…this role is meant for you!

• Build upon and integrate customer feedback both internal and external into our API tooling and services.
• Create new architectural foundations and mission critical distributed systems while collaborating with other teams.
• Work within an agile scrum-based engineering team reporting to the Senior Manager of Core Services.
• Uphold the highest levels of customer satisfaction in all things you do.
• Advocate, create, and maintain API governance across engineering through collaboration, automation and outreach.
• Own integrations within our API Gateway layer and API lifecycles from design to production.
• Identify improvements to the design and implementation of various new and existing critical shared services.
• Help to grow our infrastructure engineering organization’s shared services relied upon by other engineering teams to accelerate product development.

• 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 Theorem 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.

• Pragmatic approach to software design, development & delivery.
• Experience working with Kafka and related event based patterns.
• Experience working with and designing Backend for Frontend (BFF) patterns
• Experience working with modern AI technologies, specifically MCP protocol and standards

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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!

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