Staff Backend Engineer, Search

ClickUp
United States
Workplace: RemoteFull timeUSD 250,000 - 300,000 annuallyFunction: Software EngineeringExperience: 7+ yearsEducation: bachelorsSkills: ["Communication","Collaboration","Problem-solving"]

Lead design, optimization, and scaling of ClickUp's search infrastructure, focusing on OpenSearch/Elasticsearch, real-time indexing, vector search, and collaboration with AI/backend/product teams to deliver fast, relevant results at scale.

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2 months ago

Staff Backend Engineer, Search

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Job Summary

Lead design, optimization, and scaling of ClickUp's search infrastructure, focusing on OpenSearch/Elasticsearch, real-time indexing, vector search, and collaboration with AI/backend/product teams to deliver fast, relevant results at scale.
Location: United States
Workplace: Remote
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Software Engineering

Key Responsibilities

  • •Design and implement robust search solutions that scale with our rapidly growing user base
  • •Improve search relevance, accuracy, and speed to deliver the most relevant results to users at blazing fast speeds
  • •Improve real-time indexing pipelines to ensure search results remain up-to-date
  • •Create measurement frameworks to evaluate and improve search quality
  • •Build and enhance vector search capabilities to power next-generation search experiences

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 250,000 - 300,000 annually

Key Requirements

  • •Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field
  • •7+ years of experience as a search engineer or in a directly related role
  • •Strong expertise in search technologies, particularly OpenSearch / Elasticsearch
  • •Experience measuring and optimizing search quality
  • •Experience with high-volume, distributed data processing systems
Experience:7+ yearsSearchOpenSearchElasticsearchVector searchAI
Education:Bachelor's
Skills:CommunicationCollaborationProblem-solving
Languages:English
Tech Stack:OpenSearchElasticsearchVector embeddingsSemantic searchTypeScriptNLPMachine learning

Company Brief

ClickUp
ClickUp provides an all-in-one productivity platform that combines tasks, docs, chat, goals, and automation to replace multiple workplace apps and increase team productivity for companies of all sizes.
Industry: Enterprise Software
Company Size: Large (251 to 1,000 employees)
Growth: Scaleup
Valuation: Unicorn (USD 1B+)
Funding: Series C
Headquarters: San Diego, United States
Founded: 2017
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