Staff Full Stack Engineer, Platform Services

Calendly; United States; Remote; USD 189,000 - 307,000; Full time

Job summary

Calendly is looking for a Staff Full Stack Engineer to join its Platform Services team. You will influence architectural design and guide engineering practices to enhance the platform. The ideal candidate should possess deep technical expertise, strong communication skills, and experience with distributed systems. This remote-first role offers an opportunity to impact millions of users directly.

Benefits

Quarterly Corporate Bonus

Equity awards

Competitive benefits package

Qualifications

• Deep understanding of distributed systems and cloud computing.
• Experience with architectural refactoring to microservices.
• Strong leadership and mentoring capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement services and components.
• Provide mentorship and technical leadership.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with various teams.

Skills

Problem-solving

Collaboration

Communication

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Google Cloud Platform

Kubernetes

Node.js

TypeScript

Ruby on Rails

React

PostgreSQL

Redis

Job description

Staff Full Stack Engineer, Platform Services

Remote - US

About the team & opportunity

What’s so great about working on Calendly’s Platform Services team?
You will play a crucial role in designing, developing, and maintaining the foundational services and capabilities that support our engineering teams and drive the success of our products. You will leverage your deep technical expertise and leadership skills to influence platform architecture; guide engineering practices and execution; and ensure the resiliency, scalability, and performance of our platform.

Why do we need you?
Well, we are looking for a Staff 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 report to the Head of Platform Services in this role.

A day in the life of a Staff Engineer at Calendly

On a typical day, you will be working on:

• Architectural Design: Have a strong opinion 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. You will be engaged across initiatives spanning Trust & Safety, Identity & Access Management, Scheduling, and Calendar squads to name a few.

Planning & Execution: Act as a hands-on, key contributor on critical “Big Rock” initiatives, delivering high output with high quality. Participate in planning to define scope, milestones, and work breakdown in a manner that promotes incremental delivery and high impact.

• Vision & Strategy: Develop and articulate 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.

You will be using technologies like Google Cloud Platform, Kubernetes, Go, Node, TypeScript, Ruby on Rails, React, PostgreSQL, Redis, and more.

What do we need from you?

• Deep understanding of distributed systems and cloud computing.
• Experience performing a major architectural refactor. Bonus if you have experience refactoring a monolithic application into microservices.
• Experience building, operating, and maintaining high-traffic, high-availability platforms and systems.
• 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.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to convey complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
• Strong collaborative skills and the ability to work effectively within a team, including remote and distributed teams
• Proven leadership capabilities with experience mentoring and guiding engineering teams.
• Ability to adapt to new technologies, changing requirements, and evolving organizational needs.
• 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 [e-mail] .

Calendly is registered as an employer in many, but not all, states. If you are located in Alaska, Hawaii, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Iowa, West Virginia, and Rhode Island, you will not be eligible for employment. Note that all individual roles will specify location eligibility.

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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:

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