Staff Backend Engineer

Summary

Join Calendly's Platform Services team and play a crucial role in designing, developing, and maintaining foundational services. As a Staff Engineer, you will leverage your expertise in distributed systems and cloud computing to influence platform architecture and guide engineering practices. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, contribute to critical initiatives, and mentor engineering teams. This role requires deep understanding of distributed systems, experience with architectural refactoring, and strong problem-solving and communication skills. Calendly offers a competitive salary, quarterly bonuses, equity awards, and benefits.

Requirements

• Deep understanding of distributed systems and cloud computing
• Experience performing a major architectural refactor
• 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
• Authorized to work lawfully in the United States of America

Responsibilities

• Shape Calendly's technical strategy and North Star Architecture
• Guide the design and implementation of services and components
• Provide mentorship, guidance, and decision making to engineering teams
• Work closely with product, design, engineering, and other stakeholders to understand requirements and translate them into technical solutions
• Act as a hands-on, key contributor on critical initiatives, delivering high output with high quality
• Participate in planning to define scope, milestones, and work breakdown
• Develop and articulate the vision for a service and its capabilities
• Define a service's strategic value and oversee its evolution

Preferred Qualifications

Experience refactoring a monolithic application into microservices

Benefits

• Quarterly Corporate Bonus program (or Sales incentive)
• Equity awards
• Competitive benefits