ClickUp
Staff Backend Engineer, Hierarchy
Remote role where the employee must remain based in a particular country.
United States only
Employer listed it 5 months ago · Added yesterday
Been open since 5 months ago. Long-running listings are sometimes left up after the role is filled.
Salary
$200,000–$250,000
Location
United States only
Timezone
US East
Contract
Full-time
Experience
Lead
Category
Software
Published by the employer
Remote flexibility
Work from home
This is a remote role, but the employee must be based in United States. It is work from home rather than work from anywhere.
What the employer says
- Source listing states candidate location: "United States, Remote"
What Nomaders makes of it
- Residency required in United States
- Payroll and tax are likely handled in that country only
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About the role
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. 🚀
Come join the Hierarchy Squad to build and optimize a set of tier 1 services that are at the core of ClickUp’s all-in-one productivity platform! Hierarchy owns the ClickUp filesystem that is at foundation of everything we build. We are searching for passionate engineers with exceptional critical thinking skills and technical prowess to help maintain, develop and scale high throughput services to support the company through accelerated growth. The ideal candidate will find the idea of architecting distributed systems that are reliable and highly performant exciting, has a knack for debugging and writing complex code and is excited by the challenge of building and maintaining a platform that every team in the company integrates with. Our key technologies include Typescript, Postgres, Kafka, NestJS running on Amazon Web Services. If this sounds interesting to you, we'd love to have you join our team!
Responsibilities:
- Develop and maintain robust, scalable backend systems using Node.js (Express and NestJS).
- Collaborate with engineers, designers, and product managers to drive projects forward.
- Tune and optimize database queries for maximum efficiency and performance.
- Optimize and improve existing code for better performance and user experience.
- Troubleshoot and debug issues, ensuring smooth operations.
- Share your knowledge and expertise to foster a culture of learning and growth.
Requirements:
- 8+ years of professional experience building backend services for SaaS products.
- Proven track record of building and scaling backend systems.
- Expertise in relational database query optimizations (prefer PostgreSQL).
- Extensive background working with databases (SQL and NoSQL) and data modeling.
- Strong understanding of RESTful API design and implementation.
- Experience with agile development methodologies (Scrum, Kanban, etc.).
- Familiarity with version control systems like Git.
- Excellent problem-solving skills and a passion for tackling challenges.
- Strong communication skills, as collaboration is key to our success.
- Experience with microservices architecture and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes).
Preferred Qualifications:
- Familiarity with frontend technologies (Angular, React, Vue).
- Professional experience with NodeJs, Express, and NestJS
What We Offer:
Requirements
- ·- 8+ years of professional experience building backend services for SaaS products.
- ·- Proven track record of building and scaling backend systems.
- ·- Expertise in relational database query optimizations (prefer PostgreSQL).
- ·- Extensive background working with databases (SQL and NoSQL) and data modeling.
- ·- Strong understanding of RESTful API design and implementation.
Benefits
- ·- Competitive salary and benefits package.
- ·- Remote work options.
- ·- A supportive, dynamic, and fast-paced work environment.
- ·- The opportunity to make a meaningful impact on a rapidly growing company.
- ·- Opportunities for personal and professional growth.
How to apply
- 1Check the flexibility label above, work from home, matches where you plan to live and work.
- 2Tailor your CV to the role at ClickUp, mentioning your remote working experience and working hours (US East).
- 3Apply directly on the employer's careers page using the button below. Nomaders never handles your application.
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