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ClickUp

Senior Backend Engineer

ClickUp is hiring a Senior Backend Engineer for a remote role open to applicants in Czechia. Level rates it ; you can apply on ClickUp.

Level's read on this job

  • On Level's scale, this software engineer role is Little AI ●○○○: aI is not part of the work.
  • This is listed as a remote role.
  • The posting mentions Node.js, TypeScript and AWS among its tools and skills.
  • Level classes it as a senior role.
  • ClickUp has 48 other open roles on Level.

AI in this role

Build high-throughput backend services and APIs for custom task data while leveraging AI daily in an AI-native workspace.

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fine-tuningbackend-developmentdistributed-systemsapi-designdatabase-management

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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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.

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AI Processing Notice

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How we rate this

Senior Backend Engineer at ClickUp rates 20 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Little AI (AI Level 1 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.

Classification

Little AI. AI is not part of the work.

  1. ●●●● Builds AI80 to 100
  2. ●●●○ Works on AI60 to 79
  3. ●●○○ Uses AI40 to 59
  4. ●○○○ Little AI0 to 39

Levels come from how often the tools, models and workflows of the role are named in the posting itself. Read the description and count the AI tools, models and workflows it names.

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Skills and AI tools this role asks for

Fine-tuningBackend DevelopmentDistributed SystemsAPI DesignDatabase ManagementNode.jsTypeScriptAWS

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  2. Tell me about a project where backend development was part of your work. What did you do?
  3. Tell me about a project where distributed systems was part of your work. What did you do?
  4. Tell me about a project where api design was part of your work. What did you do?
  5. Tell me about a project where database management was part of your work. What did you do?

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