Staff Software Engineer, Test Infrastructure

At ClickUp, we’re not just building software. We’re architecting the future of work! In a world overwhelmed by work sprawl, we saw a better way. That’s why we created the first truly converged AI workspace, unifying tasks, docs, chat, calendar, and enterprise search, all supercharged by context-driven AI, empowering millions of teams to break free from silos, reclaim their time, and unlock new levels of productivity. At ClickUp, you’ll have the opportunity to learn, use, and pioneer AI in ways that shape not only our product, but the future of work itself. Join us and be part of a bold, innovative team that’s redefining what’s possible! 🚀

ClickUp is on a mission to make the world more productive — and that starts with enabling our engineering team with the right tools, frameworks, and best practices to protect functionality and performance of the everything app for work. We’re looking for experienced Software Engineers to help us scale our test infrastructure supporting a modern, AI-powered web and mobile platform that reaches millions of users globally.

On this team, you might architect and evolve robust frontend, backend, services or mobile testing infrastructure. Contribute to unit, integration, end-to-end, API, performance, load, and scale testing frameworks across a hybrid monolith and micro-services architecture. Focus on AI-assisted testing solutions, test isolation, prioritization and quarantining strategies, test data generation, CI quality metrics, test impact analysis and flake detection and elimination. We strive to maximize reliability while maintaining velocity.

What You’ll Do

Functional Web & Mobile Test Infrastructure

Design, build, and maintain internal tools and comprehensive frameworks supporting unit, integration, API, and UI testing using modern approaches with Jest, Locust, Flutter (iOS & Android) and Playwright

Implement containerized, reproducible test environments using Docker and CI/CD pipelines to support local and large-scale execution

Contribute to integration testing strategies for inter-service validation and shared dependencies

Performance, Scale, Load & Data Generation Test Infrastructure

Architect and evolve the load, scale, and performance testing systems used to understand the limits of our system, verify system resilience and protect our critical user journeys

Build data-generation pipelines to create realistic workloads and performance test scenarios

Use APM tools (Datadog RUM, APM, DBM preferred) for build-over-build monitoring and troubleshooting

AI-Enhanced Test Engineering

Evaluate and implement AI-driven tools for automated test generation and maintenance

Integrate self-healing, intelligent failure analysis, and test recommendations into CI pipelines

Culture of Quality

Partner with teams to adopt the tools and frameworks built by Test Infrastructure, with a shift-left strategy in mind

Champion best practices around metrics-based test infrastructure observability and monitoring

Mentor teammates on software architecture and design patterns

What You Bring

Solid experience (8+ years preferred) as a software engineer in fast-paced product environments

Expertise in TypeScript, Node and experience with test frameworks like Playwright, Cypress, Jest, Mocha, Flutter, Detox, Moropo, Locust, JMeter or custom-built tools

Strong fullstack understanding with deep knowledge of RESTful APIs, message queues, and service oriented architecture

Experience with Docker, local environment orchestration, and integrating tests into CI pipelines (e.g., GitHub Actions, Harness)

A strong understanding of modern test pyramid principles, including balancing unit, integration, and end-to-end test automation and the tools and processes to measure and improve test coverage and test impact analysis

Expertise across network layers with HAR and performance metric analysis

Demonstrated interest or experience in AI-assisted code generation & prompt engineering using LLMs

Passion for system design, scalability, and thoughtful failure investigation

Bonus Skills

Built or contributed to internal tools that accelerate code quality or engineering velocity

Familiarity with observability tools (e.g., DataDog, Sentry) for debugging and quality signals

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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 company’s 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)

$200,000

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$242,500 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!

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.

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