Staff Frontend Engineer

Clickup
United States
Remote

Who this role is best for

A natural match if you have 7+ years of frontend engineering experience in Angular and React, and a background in leading complex technical initiatives.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with 7+ years of frontend experience and a history of leading major technical initiatives
    — “7+ years of frontend engineering experience, with deep expertise in Angular and React
  • Individuals who can influence technical decisions and balance long-term and short-term priorities
    — “Help teams make strong technical decisions under tight timelines and evolving priorities
  • Candidates with a track record of mentoring engineers and improving team processes
    — “Strong mentorship skills and a track record of leveling up other engineers

Things to consider

  • Visa sponsorship is not guaranteed for this full-time role in the US
    — “Please note we are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa
  • The role requires cross-functional collaboration with multiple teams
    — “Partner with backend, integrations, product, design, and QA to deliver high-quality user experiences

How to stand out

  • Highlight your experience with Angular and React in your resume and interview responses
    — “Lead development of complex product features and frontend systems in Angular and React
  • Demonstrate your ability to architect scalable frontend systems and improve developer velocity
    — “Architect scalable, reusable frontend patterns that improve product quality and developer velocity
  • Emphasize your experience with performance optimization and debugging in large-scale apps
    — “Deep knowledge of performance optimization, debugging, and building for large-scale web applications
  • Showcase your success in leading technical initiatives and influencing decisions across teams
    — “Demonstrated success leading major technical initiatives and influencing across teams
  • Demonstrate your testing strategy expertise with Jest, Playwright, or similar tools
    — “Strong experience with unit, integration and end 2 end testing using jest, vilest, playwright or related frameworks
Pace · SteadyCollaboration · MediumAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · Team

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Skills & requirements

Required

React

Stack & domain

AngularReactTypeScriptRxjsNgrxModern Frontend Architecture PatternsUnit, Integration And End 2 End Testing Using Jest, Vilest, Playwright Or Related FrameworksCommunicationExecutionMentorshipFinanceHealthcare

About the role

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. 🚀

ROLE OVERVIEW

We’re looking for a Staff Frontend Engineer to lead the design and development of major frontend systems and product initiatives at ClickUp. You’ll work across teams to solve complex technical challenges, improve engineering velocity, and help shape the direction of our frontend architecture. This role is for someone who thrives in fast-paced environments, drives clarity in ambiguity, and can influence both technical decisions and execution across the organization.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

  • Lead development of complex product features and frontend systems in Angular and React.
  • Partner with backend, integrations, product, design, and QA to deliver high-quality user experiences at speed
  • Architect scalable, reusable frontend patterns that improve product quality and developer velocity
  • Identify and address performance bottlenecks, UI architecture issues, and scalability risks
  • Drive engineering best practices across testing, observability, code quality, and maintainability
  • Help teams make strong technical decisions under tight timelines and evolving priorities
  • Own delivery across large initiatives, balancing immediate product needs with long-term technical health
  • Mentor engineers and elevate frontend craftsmanship across the team
  • Contribute to improving how frontend engineers work together across domains

QUALIFICATIONS

  • 7+ years of frontend engineering experience, with deep expertise in Angular and React
  • Strong command of TypeScript, RxJS, NgRx, and modern frontend architecture patterns
  • Experience building reusable component systems and scalable frontend application structures
  • Deep knowledge of performance optimization, debugging, and building for large-scale web applications
  • Strong product sense and ability to work cross-functionally in a fast-moving company
  • Demonstrated success leading major technical initiatives and influencing across teams
  • Strong mentorship skills and a track record of leveling up other engineers
  • Excellent communication and execution skills, especially in high-urgency environments
  • Strong experience with unit, integration and end 2 end testing using jest, vilest, playwright or related frameworks and ability to come up with testing strategies.

Equal Opportunity Employer

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.

Privacy Notice

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If you are a Philippine Job Applicant, please also see our Philippine Data Privacy Notice https://t333.s.clickup-attachments-stg.com/t333/d9a53ce2-6d2c-48cd-84b1-ed4e525f9613/Philippine%20Data%20Privacy%20Notice_2024.pdf?view=open for further details.

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.

Fraud Alert

ClickUp Talent Acquisition will only initiate contact via an @clickup.com http://clickup.com email or through our official careers portal on clickup.com http://clickup.com. We will never request fees, payments, or sensitive personal information. Please disregard any offers received outside these channels and report them to support@clickup.com.

AI Processing Notice

ClickUp may use artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies to help review and screen candidates' employment applications against role-related criteria. These tools support, but do not replace, human decision‑making. If you have questions or need an accommodation in the recruitment process, please contact us at AskPeople@ClickUp.com.

Source: Clickup careers (Ashby)

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