Staff Frontend Engineer

Reposted 19 Days Ago
Hiring Remotely in United States
Remote or Hybrid
200K-250K Annually
Senior level
Cloud • Digital Media • Enterprise Web • Marketing Tech • Software
The everything app, for work. One app for projects, knowledge, conversations, and more. Get more done faster—together
The Role
The Staff Frontend Engineer will lead frontend system development, architect scalable solutions, mentor engineers, and drive best practices while collaborating cross-functionally.
Summary Generated by Built In

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. 🚀

Role Overview

We’re looking for a Staff Frontend Engineer to lead the design and development of major frontend systems and product initiatives at ClickUp. You’ll work across teams to solve complex technical challenges, improve engineering velocity, and help shape the direction of our frontend architecture. This role is for someone who thrives in fast-paced environments, drives clarity in ambiguity, and can influence both technical decisions and execution across the organization.

What You’ll Do
  • Lead development of complex product features and frontend systems in Angular 2+ and React.

  • Partner with backend, integrations, product, design, and QA to deliver high-quality user experiences at speed

  • Architect scalable, reusable frontend patterns that improve product quality and developer velocity

  • Identify and address performance bottlenecks, UI architecture issues, and scalability risks

  • Drive engineering best practices across testing, observability, code quality, and maintainability

  • Help teams make strong technical decisions under tight timelines and evolving priorities

  • Own delivery across large initiatives, balancing immediate product needs with long-term technical health

  • Mentor engineers and elevate frontend craftsmanship across the team

  • Contribute to improving how frontend engineers work together across domains

Qualifications
  • 7+ years of frontend engineering experience, with deep expertise in Angular 2+ and React

  • Strong command of TypeScript, RxJS, NgRx, and modern frontend architecture patterns

  • Experience building reusable component systems and scalable frontend application structures

  • Deep knowledge of performance optimization, debugging, and building for large-scale web applications

  • Strong product sense and ability to work cross-functionally in a fast-moving company

  • Demonstrated success leading major technical initiatives and influencing across teams

  • Strong mentorship skills and a track record of leveling up other engineers

  • Excellent communication and execution skills, especially in high-urgency environments

  • Strong experience with unit, integration and end 2 end testing using jest, vilest, playwright or related frameworks and ability to come up with testing strategies.


Unsure if you meet all the qualifications of this job description but are deeply excited about the role? We hire based on ambition, grit, and a passion for improving the way people work. If you think ClickUp is the company for you, we encourage you to apply!

At ClickUp, we assess every candidate based on the potential impact they can have. We hire the best people for the job and support each person’s journey to build their boldest career.

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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Visa Sponsorship

Please note we are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa for roles outside of engineering and product at this time. Sponsorship for engineering and product roles is not guaranteed, but is instead based on the business needs for that specific role at that time. Please reach out to the recruiter with any questions.

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ClickUp Talent Acquisition will only initiate contact via an @clickup.com email or through our official careers portal on clickup.com. We will never request fees, payments, or sensitive personal information. Please disregard any offers received outside these channels and report them to [email protected].

AI Processing Notice

ClickUp may use artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies to help review and screen candidates' employment applications against role-related criteria. These tools support, but do not replace, human decision‑making. If you have questions or need an accommodation in the recruitment process, please contact us at [email protected].

Skills Required

  • 7+ years of frontend engineering experience
  • Deep expertise in Angular 2+ and React
  • Strong command of TypeScript, RxJS, NgRx, and modern frontend architecture
  • Experience building reusable component systems
  • Strong experience with unit, integration and end to end testing

ClickUp Compensation & Benefits Highlights

The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about ClickUp and has not been reviewed or approved by ClickUp.

  • Strong & Reliable Incentives Feedback suggests variable compensation is attractive for high performers in customer-facing roles, with healthy on-target-earnings ranges. This indicates incentives are structured to reward above-target performance.
  • Healthcare Strength Feedback suggests health coverage is robust, with comprehensive medical, dental, and vision options and low out-of-pocket costs reported by some. Wellness and mental health programs further bolster the offering.
  • Leave & Time Off Breadth Feedback suggests generous or flexible PTO and parental leave are core parts of the package, supported by remote-friendly practices. Additional elements like volunteer time off and paid holidays broaden the time-off mix.

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The Company
HQ: San Diego, CA
1,000 Employees
Year Founded: 2016

What We Do

ClickUp is the world’s only all-in-one productivity platform that flexes to the way people want to work. It replaces all individual workplace productivity tools with a single, unified platform that includes project management, document collaboration, whiteboards, spreadsheets, and AI. With our headquarters based in San Diego and a rapidly expanding global presence, we are shaping the future of work. Join our team at ClickUp, one of the fastest-growing SaaS companies worldwide, and help millions of users be more productive - saving them at least one day every week.

Why Work With Us

ClickUppers are highly passionate, energetic, and unique people that align in the mission of saving people time and making the world more productive. We're the newcomer, the underdog, but that's where we thrive. Let’s make the world more productive!

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