Staff Full Stack Engineer

About the team & opportunity 

What’s so great about working on Calendly’s Engineering team? 

We make things possible for our customers through innovation.

Why do we need you? Well, we are looking for a Staff Full Stack Engineer who will bring strong technical competency and distributed systems experience, enjoys solving complex problems with a results driven mindset, and fosters a strong sense of ownership and operational excellence. You will be using technologies like Google Cloud Platform, Kubernetes, Node, TypeScript, React, PostgreSQL, and more. You will report to one of the Engineering Managers in our Contact Management group and will be at the forefront of building a best-in-class contact management and scheduling experience that empowers users to foster stronger connections and host exceptional meetings with ease and efficiency.

A day in the life of a Staff Full Stack Engineer at Calendly

On a typical day, you will be working on: 

• Architectural Design: Have strong opinions on shaping our technical strategy and North Star Architecture as well as guiding the design and implementation of services and components within your area
• Technical Leadership: Provide mentorship, guidance, and decision making to enable engineering teams to deliver the right solutions and outcomes
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with product, design, engineering, and other stakeholders to understand requirements and translate them into technical solutions 
• Planning & Execution: Acting as a hands-on, key contributor on critical “Big Rock” initiatives, delivering high output with high quality; participating in planning to define scope, milestones, and work breakdown in a manner that promotes incremental delivery and high impact
• Vision & Strategy: Developing and articulating the vision for a service and its capabilities, defining its strategic value, and overseeing its evolution to meet future demands and enhance our overall platform

What do we need from you?

• Deep understanding of distributed systems and cloud computing
• Experience driving zero-to-one development of key technical capabilities
• Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to analyze complex systems to identify root causes and implement effective mitigations and resolutions
• Demonstrated ability to drive innovation and propose new solutions or improvements that align with organizational goals
• Experience with Typescript and Node or a comparable web-app development framework
• Strong web frontend skills with experience utilizing React for client-side application development, and prior experience working with microfrontend architectures
• Availability for participation in on-call rotation, ensuring prompt and effective responses to business-critical alerts outside of regular working hours
• Authorized to work lawfully in the United States of America as Calendly does not engage in immigration sponsorship at this time

What’s in it for you? 

Ready to make a serious impact? Millions of people already rely on Calendly’s products, and we’re still in the midst of our growth curve — it’s a fantastic time to join us. Everything you’ll work on here will accelerate your career to the next level. If you want to learn, grow, and do the best work of your life alongside the best people you’ve ever worked with, then we hope you’ll consider allowing Calendly to be a part of your professional journey.

If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request a reasonable accommodation as part of the application or recruiting process, please contact us at [email protected] . 

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The ranges listed below are the expected annual base salary for this role, subject to change.

Calendly takes a number of factors into consideration when determining an employee’s starting salary, including relevant experience, relevant skills sets, interview performance, location/metropolitan area, and internal pay equity.

Base salary is just one component of Calendly’s total rewards package. All full-time (30 hours/week) employees are also eligible for our Quarterly Corporate Bonus program (or Sales incentive), equity awards, and competitive benefits.

Calendly uses the zip code of an employee’s remote work location, or the onsite building location if hybrid, to determine which metropolitan pay range we use. Current geographic zones are as follows:

• Tier 1: San Francisco, CA, San Jose, CA, New York City, NY
• Tier 2: Chicago, IL, Austin, TX, Denver, CO, Boston, MA, Washington D.C., Philadelphia, PA, Portland, OR, Seattle, WA, Miami, FL, and all other cities in CA.
• Tier 3: All other locations not in Tier 1 or Tier 2