Senior Engineering Manager

About the team & opportunity 

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

We make things possible for our customers through impactful innovation.

Why do we need you? Well, we are looking for a Senior Engineering Manager who has a strong background in people management, technical execution, and the ability to help grow our organization. You will work directly with the Head of Engineering for our Platform Services group, and will be focused on building foundational tools for engineering to create a best-in-class scheduling experience that empowers our users to host better meetings. 

A day in the life of a Senior Engineering Manager at Calendly

As a Senior Engineering Manager at Calendly, you have the chance to mentor and grow some of the best and brightest engineers in the world. In this role, you will be overseeing the evolution of Calendly’s architecture from a monolithic codebase into high availability services. This role will also be working on building out the foundational APIs and capabilities that enable our entire engineering team to innovate quickly. This means working closely with product focused engineering teams to understand their needs, and also deep diving into our data services to discover new capabilities and insights that provide value to our users.

Top candidates bring clarity where there is ambiguity and can work autonomously to research and uncover solutions. If chosen for this role, you’ll be responsible for mentoring, coaching, and planning for the future of your team. At Calendly, you’ll have the opportunity to make a huge impact on the quality and development of a product impacting millions.

On a typical day, you will be working on:

• Hiring engineers to build out both new and existing squads for the company, with oversight on all team members that get hired onto the squad
• Solving problems that enable the entire engineering organization to move faster
• Coaching, mentoring, and onboarding new engineering team members
• Ensuring the career development, satisfaction, and productivity of the engineers on your team
• Identifying future technical needs and creating plans to meet them
• Providing feedback and guidance to help us continuously grow and scale

What do we need from you?

• 5+ years experience leading a team 
• 10+ years of overall development experience (Ruby on Rails, Javascript, or strongly typed languages preferred)
• Deep proficiency with web application development and building scalable architecture
• Ability to be a hands on contributor when need be
• Experience planning and leading development efforts on large projects
• Previous experience leading and mentoring teams and driving them toward big goals with consistent execution
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to succinctly explain deep technical concepts
• Experience leading Agile/Scrum ceremonies
• Previous experience working within a balanced engineering and product team
• Experience with MVC frameworks for backend development 
• 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 phenomenal 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 career.

Our Hiring Process:

We aim to provide an inclusive and equitable candidate experience to everyone who expresses interest in working at Calendly. To learn more about our hiring process, please visit our careers page at www.careers.calendly.com.

Once selected for an opportunity, the recruiter assigned to the role will keep you informed every step of the way. Have questions? Let your recruiter know! Want to share your experience? We are passionately committed to improving and building on our process, and we consider feedback a gift.

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 recruiting@calendly.com . 

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Compensation is based on a variety of factors including but not limited to location, experience, and job-related skills. In addition, Calendly offers a wide range of best in class total rewards. This includes comprehensive employee benefits like healthcare, dental, vision, parental leave, 401(k) match, paid time off, and much more. At Calendly we believe exceptional performance deserves exceptional rewards! During the hiring process, we are committed to sharing details about the compensation range for the position, enabling you to make an informed decision. 

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