[Remote] Senior Backend Engineer, Platform

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. ClickUp is an AI-native company building the future of work with a converged AI workspace. They are seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to develop API tooling, create distributed systems, and support platform capabilities that enhance ClickUp’s AI initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Build upon and integrate customer feedback, both internal and external, into our API tooling and shared services
• Create new architectural foundations and mission-critical distributed systems while collaborating closely with other teams
• Work within an agile, scrum-based engineering team focused on core platform capabilities
• Advocate for, create, and maintain API governance across engineering through collaboration, automation, and outreach
• Own integrations within our API Gateway layer and service lifecycles from design to production
• Identify improvements to the design and implementation of new and existing critical shared services
• Help grow our infrastructure engineering organization’s shared services relied upon by other engineering teams to accelerate product development
• Support the platform capabilities that power ClickUp’s AI initiatives, including Brain and Agents

Skills

• 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 Theorum 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, and delivery
• Experience working with Kafka and related event-based patterns
• Experience working with and designing Backend for Frontend (BFF) patterns
• Experience supporting modern AI technologies, including MCP protocol and standards
• Experience building shared services and platform capabilities that enable AI products and agent-based systems

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