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ClickUp is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead a full-stack team responsible for APIs and core product experiences. The role combines people leadership with hands-on technical direction across frontend development, Node.js-oriented backend services, relational databases, AWS infrastructure, and platform reliability. The manager will partner closely with product, design, and engineering stakeholders to deliver scalable features, improve operational performance, and address technical debt. Candidates need 7+ years of software engineering experience, including at least two years of leadership experience, along with strong communication and mentoring capabilities. Daily AI fluency is an explicit expectation and is evaluated during hiring.
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Dear Hiring Team,
I am excited to apply for the Engineering Manager role at ClickUp. My background leading full-stack engineering teams, delivering scalable customer-facing products, and strengthening system reliability aligns closely with the needs of the Tasks platform.
I would bring a practical, collaborative leadership style focused on mentoring engineers, maintaining high code-quality standards, and partnering effectively with product and design to turn priorities into reliable releases.
I am particularly motivated by ClickUp’s AI-native approach and would welcome the opportunity to help build high-performing, context-driven experiences for your customers.
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I establish clear ownership and operating rhythms so engineers can make day-to-day decisions independently, while I stay engaged on architectural choices, risks, and high-impact reviews. I reserve regular time for one-on-ones, coaching, planning, and technical design discussions, using metrics and feedback to adjust where I need to be most involved.
I would begin with observable service-level indicators, incident data, latency profiles, and capacity trends to identify the highest-impact bottlenecks. From there, I would prioritize a roadmap covering instrumentation, performance fixes, resilience improvements, load testing, and technical-debt reduction, with clear owners and measurable reliability targets.
I would use shared technical designs and explicit interface contracts to align work across the stack. I would ensure teams consider user experience, API behavior, data integrity, security, observability, rollout plans, and rollback paths early, rather than treating infrastructure and operational concerns as post-release work.
I tailor development plans to each engineer’s goals and current strengths, combining actionable feedback, stretch assignments, pairing opportunities, and regular career conversations. I also create team mechanisms such as design reviews, postmortems, and knowledge sharing so mentorship scales beyond one-to-one interactions.
I would encourage responsible use of AI tools for tasks such as research, prototyping, test generation, documentation, and operational analysis, while maintaining human ownership of design and code quality. I would set expectations around validating outputs, protecting sensitive data, and sharing effective workflows so AI improves team leverage without weakening engineering rigor.
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 looking for an experienced Engineering Manager to lead our fullstack team responsible for building and scaling our flagship products. As the leader of the team that owns the APIs and core experiences powering ClickUp, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the future of our platform. You will guide engineers working across the stack, from frontend experiences to backend infrastructure. Your focus will be on driving the development of new features, addressing performance and reliability challenges, and ensuring operational excellence as we continue to grow. This is an opportunity to make a significant impact on our core product while fostering a culture of technical excellence and collaboration.
The Role:
Technical Leadership: Provide hands-on technical guidance to the team, ensuring best practices in software development, architecture, and design.
Team Management: Lead, mentor, and grow a team of engineers, fostering a culture of collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement.
Product Development: Drive the development of new features and enhancements, ensuring high performance, scalability, and reliability.
Collaboration: Work closely with product managers, designers, and other engineering teams to align on goals, prioritize initiatives, and deliver exceptional user experiences.
Code Quality: Oversee code reviews, ensure adherence to coding standards, and advocate for clean, maintainable, and testable code.
Innovation: Stay up-to-date with the latest trends and technologies in collaborative editing, cloud infrastructure, and web development, and apply them to improve our product.
Operational Excellence: Ensure the stability and performance of the Tasks platform, proactively addressing technical debt and optimizing system architecture.
Qualifications:
Technical Expertise:
Proficiency in modern programming language (Node.js preferred), relational databases, and at least one modern frontend framework.
Experience with AWS cloud services and infrastructure.
Leadership Experience:
Proven track record of managing and scaling engineering teams.
Strong ability to mentor and develop technical talent.
Problem-Solving Skills:
Ability to tackle complex technical challenges and make data-driven decisions.
Communication:
Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to articulate technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
Education & Experience:
Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent industry experience.
7+ years of software engineering experience, with at least 2 years in a leadership role.
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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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