Senior Director of Engineering, ClickUp
$325-375k
+ Equity
More information about location
Workplace productivity platform
Open for applications
Workplace productivity platform
1001+ employees
Open for applications
$325-375k
+ Equity
More information about location
1001+ employees
Company mission
To save people time by making the world more productive.
Role
Who you are
- The ideal candidate is a hands-on technical leader with deep expertise in backend system design or frontend component architecture, operational rigor, and a passion for developing high-performing teams
- You thrive in fast-paced environments, excel at driving progress on both large-scale projects and the small tasks that keep teams moving, and know how to keep teams motivated even when the bar is high
- If you’re energized by complex challenges and want to make a lasting impact at a hyper-growth, AI-driven SaaS company, this is your opportunity to lead at scale
- 10+ years of engineering experience, with 3+ years in engineering leadership roles (managing managers and multiple teams)
- Proven track record of building and scaling high-performing engineering teams in a SaaS or tech environment
- Deep technical expertise in backend system design or frontend component architecture
- Strong operational skills—able to drive incidents to resolution and implement process improvements
- Demonstrated ability to motivate teams in high-velocity, high-expectation environments
- Experience balancing feature delivery with quality, performance, and reliability
- Excellent communication, collaboration, and stakeholder management skills
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience)
What the job involves
- ClickUp is seeking a Senior Director of Engineering to lead and inspire multiple engineering teams in building the future of productivity
- In this high-impact leadership role, you’ll drive the execution, morale, hiring, and technical excellence of 2+ teams, balancing the velocity of feature development with the highest standards of quality and performance.
- You’ll play a pivotal role in shaping our engineering culture, scaling our technology, and delivering innovative solutions that empower millions of users worldwide
- Lead, mentor, and manage 2+ engineering teams, ensuring high morale, strong execution, and technical excellence
- Drive the velocity of feature development while maintaining quality, reliability, and performance in your ownership area
- Oversee hiring, onboarding, and professional development for your teams
- Balance operational urgency handling incidents and driving resolution with long-term technical strategy
- Foster a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, and innovation
- Collaborate cross-functionally with Product, Design, and other stakeholders to deliver on company priorities
- Identify and remove obstacles to team success, ensuring healthy, autonomous teams that require minimal oversight
- Champion ClickUp’s mission to unify productivity tools and shape the future of work
Our take
Clickup provides a set of professional tools for collaborative project management, spreadsheets, document processing and workplace communication which are accessed from a single platform. In contrast to most of the austere, pared-back tools you might find in the workplace, it takes a playful approach, with its programs looking more like fun consumer-focused apps while still being fully-featured.
The company isn't alone in the workplace productivity market, counting Asana, Jira, Slack, and Monday among just a few of its competitors. However its advantage comes from its unified platform which encourages users to stay in ClickUp's ecosystem rather than look outside for other tools. Indeed, the vast majority of its users utilise three or more of its products. This has led to strong success in its market, with over 800,000 teams using the platform in enterprises such as IBM, logitech and Spotify.
ClickUp has been the beneficiary of a significant amount of investment, which it has used to develop its product and expand internationally. As it grows its footprint in Asia and Europe, where nearly half of its customers are based, it has also unveiled a new version of its platform which integrates AI writing and advanced search tools. The company is well poised to deliver on its vision of becoming the one app to replace them all.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
10% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 8 rounds)
Oct 2021
$400m
SERIES C
Dec 2020
$100m
SERIES B
Total funding: $537.2m
Company benefits
- 16" MacBook Pro
- Moving Expenses
- $200/mo commuter benefits
- Team lunches each week
- 401(k) match up to 2%
- Unlimited snacks, kombucha, and cold brew
- Health insurance
- Dental insurance
- ClickUp swag
- Teammate recognition rewards
- Flexible PTO
Company HQ
East Village, San Diego, CA
Leadership
Alex Yurkowski
(Co-Founder & CTO)Previously co-founded Mango Technologies. Experience as a Software Engineer for IBM and as an iOS Developer for Notre Dame Research Group.
Zeb Evans
(Co-Founder & CEO)Previously co-founded Fast Followerz and spent one year as a Monorail Driver for Walt Disney World.
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