Senior Backend Engineer

Clickup
Hungary +1 more
Remote

Who this role is best for

Aimed at senior backend engineers comfortable with high-throughput systems and event-based architectures, particularly in remote locations like Hungary or Ukraine.

Best fit for

  • Node.js experts with a track record in scalable, high-throughput systems.
    — “5+ years of experience engineering performant and high-throughput systems (ideally on Node.js)”
  • Developers who thrive in ambiguity and deliver with minimal direction.
    — “You are comfortable with ambiguity and have consistently delivered projects with little direction”
  • Product-minded engineers with a keen eye for user experience.
    — “You are product-minded and have a good intuition on what a great user experience looks like”

Things to consider

  • Visa sponsorship is not guaranteed and depends on business needs.
    — “Sponsorship for engineering and product roles is not guaranteed”
  • Role involves handling millions of requests daily with low latency.
    — “scalable, high-throughput, low-latency services that handle millions of requests daily”

How to stand out

  • Highlight specific instances where you optimized SQL queries at scale.
    — “You have experience writing and debugging sql queries at scale”
  • Demonstrate your ability to build event-based systems in past projects.
    — “You have experience developing event based systems”
  • Showcase your contributions to improving existing systems in previous roles.
    — “Identify and implement improvements to our existing systems”
Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · TeamLevel · Senior

Derived from job-description analysis by Serendipath's career intelligence engine.

What success looks like

  • Developed scalable, high-throughput services
  • Improved existing systems
Typical background
5+ years of backend engineering experienceExperience with distributed systems

Skills & requirements

Required

Node.jsTypeScriptSQLAWSEvent-based Systems

Preferred

dbtAirflow

Stack & domain

Node.jsTypeScriptSQLAWSEmpathetic Communication

About the role

As a Senior Backend Engineer at ClickUp, you'll dive into crafting scalable, high-throughput systems that power the company's AI-driven workspace, working alongside a team of innovators who are redefining the future of work.

Original posting from Clickup via Ashby

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. 🚀

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 their 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.

Role:

  • Build features and systems with attention to detail and performance.
  • Own end-to-end development, from conception to production.
  • Work closely with cross-functional stakeholders to deliver a world-class product.
  • Identify and implement improvements to our existing systems.
  • Help establish a fun, fulfilling, world-class engineering culture.

Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent major.
  • 5+ years of experience engineering performant and high-throughput systems (ideally on Node.js).
  • You write high quality code (ideally in TypeScript) and are uniquely productive.
  • You have a track record of building performant, high-throughput systems.
  • You have experience writing and debugging sql queries at scale.
  • You have experience developing event based systems.
  • You have experience with major cloud services (ideally AWS).
  • You are an empathetic communicator.
  • You are comfortable with ambiguity and have consistently delivered projects with little direction.
  • You are product-minded and have a good intuition on what a great user experience looks like.

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ClickUp is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin.

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Visa Sponsorship

Please note we are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa for roles outside of engineering and product at this time. Sponsorship for engineering and product roles is not guaranteed, but is instead based on the business needs for that specific role at that time. Please reach out to the recruiter with any questions.

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Source: Clickup careers (Ashby)

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