Engineering Manager
Leads a fullstack engineering team building and scaling core APIs and product experiences at ClickUp. Drives feature development, technical excellence, and team growth while requiring 7+ years engineering experience and 2+ years leadership.
About the job
Responsibilities
- Provide hands-on technical guidance to the team, ensuring best practices in software development, architecture, and design.
- Lead, mentor, and grow a team of engineers, fostering a culture of collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement.
- Drive the development of new features and enhancements, ensuring high performance, scalability, and reliability.
- Work closely with product managers, designers, and other engineering teams to align on goals, prioritize initiatives, and deliver exceptional user experiences.
- Oversee code reviews, ensure adherence to coding standards, and advocate for clean, maintainable, and testable code.
- 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.
- 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.
Skills
Node.js, Relational Databases, Frontend Framework, AWS, JavaScript, React, TypeScript, Postgres, MongoDB, Docker
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