Our mission is to make the world more productive. To do this, we built the everything app for work - Tasks, Docs, Goals, and Chat. Backed by Lightspeed and a16z.
About the role
As the Engineering Manager - Developer Productivity , you will lead a high-impact team focused on improving developer workflows, reducing friction, and enhancing the overall engineering experience. You’ll collaborate across teams to identify bottlenecks, implement scalable solutions, and foster a culture of continuous improvement. Your work will directly influence the speed, quality, and happiness of our engineering organization.
What they're looking for
- Identify and eliminate pain points in the development lifecycle, with a focus on AI-augmented workflows
- Drive adoption of AI coding tools (Cursor, Brain, copilots) as the default across engineering teams
- Ensure every team member has access to and is actively using AI tools, track adoption and remove blockers (tooling, access, training)
- Partner with engineering teams to design AI-augmented development workflows that multiply team velocity
- Coach engineers on the Builder model: planning, delegating to agents, reviewing with judgment, and shipping with velocity
- Experience: 7+ years in software engineering, with 3+ years in a leadership role managing engineering teams
More about this role
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. 🚀
As the Engineering Manager - Developer Productivity , you will lead a high-impact team focused on improving developer workflows, reducing friction, and enhancing the overall engineering experience. You’ll collaborate across teams to identify bottlenecks, implement scalable solutions, and foster a culture of continuous improvement. Your work will directly influence the speed, quality, and happiness of our engineering organization.
Oversee the development and maintenance of CI/CD pipelines, build systems, and internal tools, including AI-powered internal tooling and agents.
Ensure our developer infrastructure is scalable, reliable, and secure.
Evaluate and implement new AI-native technologies, considering token economics, compute costs, and AI spend alongside productivity gains.
Build, mentor, and lead a team of...
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