Staff AI Engineer - AI Platform

About the role

ClickUp is seeking a Staff AI Engineer to build and maintain the core AI platform and apply large language models to deliver intelligent features. This role focuses on backend systems that enable scalable, reliable, and secure AI-powered capabilities while driving product innovation. You will work cross-functionally to integrate AI technologies into the core platform and ensure high performance and reliability in production.

Responsibilities

• Architect, design, and implement scalable AI platform services that support the deployment, orchestration, and lifecycle management of LLMs and other AI models.
• Apply LLMs and other AI technologies directly to build and enhance ClickUp’s intelligent features, working closely with product and engineering teams to deliver impactful solutions.
• Build and maintain robust APIs and backend systems that enable seamless integration of AI-powered features into ClickUp’s core platform.
• Develop infrastructure for model serving, monitoring, logging, and automated evaluation to ensure high reliability and performance of AI services in production.
• Integrate with multiple LLM providers and manage model selection, routing, and fallback strategies for optimal performance and cost.
• Drive the adoption of best practices in AI privacy, security, and compliance, including data anonymization, secure data handling, and regulatory adherence.
• Optimize platform performance, scalability, and cost-efficiency, leveraging cloud-native technologies and distributed systems.
• Stay current with advancements in AI infrastructure, MLOps, and LLM applications, and proactively incorporate relevant innovations into ClickUp’s AI platform.

Required skills

• AI/ML platforms
• Backend engineering
• Distributed systems
• Cloud-native technologies
• LLMs
• Python
• Go
• TypeScript
• MLOps
• Kubernetes
• Docker

Qualifications

• Extensive experience designing and building scalable AI/ML platforms or infrastructure in a production environment
• Proven track record of applying LLMs and AI models to real-world product features
• Deep expertise in backend engineering, distributed systems, and cloud-native technologies
• Proven experience integrating and managing multiple LLMs and AI models

About the Company

ClickUp is an AI-native company building the first truly converged AI workspace that unifies tasks, docs, chat, calendar, and enterprise search.