# Principal Engineer, Collaboration Platforms

**Company:** [ClickUp](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/clickup)
**Location:** Remote
**Role:** Fullstack Engineering
**Salary:** $250k – $300k/yr
**Skills:** Angular, Quill, WebSockets, Yjs, Node.js, Postgres, AWS, Distributed Systems, Crdts, Operational Transforms, Real-Time Collaboration
**Posted:** 2025-09-12

> Owns architectural vision and strategy for real-time collaboration platforms enabling millions of concurrent users with ultra-low latency. Hands-on leader solving complex distributed systems challenges across full stack, driving performance improvements and mentoring engineers.

## Job Description

## What You’ll Do
- Own the long-term technical strategy for ClickUp’s core collaboration platforms, including real-time editing (RTE), live canvases, file uploads, and media streaming.
- Solve our most ambiguous architectural puzzles by diving deep across our full stack (**Angular**, **Quill**, **WebSockets**, **Yjs**, **NodeJS**, **PostgreSQL**, **AWS**).
- Cultivate operational excellence across the organization by implementing architectural patterns that improve the reliability of all our systems.
- Ship complex, multi-quarter initiatives that unify our collaborative surfaces and provide an innovative advantage in the enterprise market.
- Mentor the next generation of technical guides and elevate ClickUp's engineering culture through your guidance and influence.

## Who You Are
- Hands-on technical guide who thrives on solving complex problems that span frontend, backend, and infrastructure boundaries.
- T-shaped engineer with deep expertise in at least one complex technical domain (e.g., real-time collaboration, media pipelines, distributed systems) and proven ability to apply that depth to new areas.
- Know how to transform legacy systems incrementally into scalable and maintainable platforms.
- Guide through influence, not authority, with technical credibility and pragmatic communication to align diverse stakeholders.
- See complex architecture as an opportunity for transformative improvements.
- Specific experience with collaborative technologies is a significant plus.

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