ClickUp is revolutionizing the way the world works. As the only all-in-one productivity platform built from day one for true convergence ClickUp unifies tasks docs chat calendar enterprise search and moresupercharged by context-driven AI. While others scramble to bundle fragmented tools or bolt on AI we anticipated this future and made it our foundation from the start. Headquartered in San Diego with a rapidly expanding global footprint we empower over three million teams to break free from silos and reclaim their timesaving at least one day every week. Join ClickUp one of the fastest-growing SaaS companies on the planet and help millions of users transform the way they work. Were not just building software. Were shaping the future of work. Come join us in building the futuretogether.
About the Role
Were looking for a Senior Data Engineer to help shape and scale our modern data platform. This role combines hands-on technical ownership with strategic influence across our data ecosystem. Youll work with AWS serverless technologies Snowflake dbt and Terraform to design reliable scalable and cost-effective data pipelines that empower analytics and AI-driven applications.
Youll play a key role in building the foundation that allows us to make smarter faster and data-driven decisions while also enabling AI-powered products and insights.
What Youll Do
- Design build and maintain cloud-native data infrastructure using Terraform for IaC.
- Develop and optimize data pipelines leveraging AWS services (Lambda Fargate Step Functions S3 Kinesis DynamoDB Aurora etc.) and Snowflake.
- Implement ELT workflows within dbt in partnership with our Analytics Engineering function
- Build and maintain LLM frameworks ensuring high-quality and cost effective outputs.
- Automate infrastructure and pipeline deployments with CI/CD best practices.
- Monitor debug and improve system performance with strong observability and logging practices.
- Partner with cross-functional teams (analytics data science product engineering) to deliver high-quality data solutions.
- Mentor teammates and contribute to engineering standards raising the technical bar across the team.
What Were Looking For
- 5 years of professional experience in data engineering or software engineering with emphasis on scalable data systems.
- Deep experience with AWS cloud services (especially Lambda Fargate Step Functions S3 DynamoDB Aurora).
- Hands-on expertise in Terraform and/or AWS CDK for managing infrastructure as code.
- Strong knowledge of SQL and experience with Snowflake or another cloud data warehouse.
- Proficiency with dbt and modern ELT patterns.
- Solid coding skills in Python (or another general-purpose language).
- Experience building pipelines to support AI/ML workflows (feature engineering training data pipelines model monitoring).
- Understanding of CI/CD workflows Git-based development and containerization (Docker).
- Knowledge of data quality governance and observability best practices.
Nice to Have
- Experience in both startup and enterprise environments with ability to adapt to fast-changing priorities while maintaining quality.
- Familiarity with orchestration frameworks (Airflow Dagster Prefect).
- Knowledge of streaming/event-driven architectures (Kinesis Kafka).
- Prior experience mentoring or leading engineers.
Why Join Us
- Work with a modern cloud-native stack (AWS serverless Snowflake dbt Terraform/CDK).
- Enable AI use cases by building the pipelines and infrastructure that power them.
- High visibility and impact your work will directly power decision-making and revenue
- A culture that values autonomy collaboration and continuous learning.
- Competitive compensation equity and benefits.
- Opportunities for career growth and leadership as we scale our data function.
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Salary and Benefits
At ClickUp we believe in transparency and fairness in compensation. The range displayed reflects the minimum and maximum target salaries for the position across all US locations. Please note that the actual compensation for this position may vary and is dependent on factors such as geographic location interview performance years of experience education level and specific skills. We encourage candidates to discuss compensation expectations during the interview process to ensure alignment with their qualifications and our companys compensation philosophy.
This position is eligible for the following benefits and perks:
- Equity
- 401k
- Health Dental and Vision insurance
- Spending accounts
- Life & Disability
- Paid parental leave
- Flexible paid time off
- Enhanced employee assistance program
- Employee wellness stipend
- Professional development stipend
USA Salary Range (OTE)
$140000$165000 USD
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!
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