QA Engineer III

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 QA Engineer III who will bring experience testing consumer SaaS applications in an Agile environment. You will report to a QA Engineering Manager and will be responsible for testing new features and functionality within the Calendly platform.

A day in the life of a QA Engineer at Calendly

At Calendly, we strive to think it, build it, ship it—delivering great features to our customers as fast as possible while ensuring the highest quality user experience. As a QAE, you will work closely with Development Engineers and Product Managers. This includes helping define user stories and refine acceptance criteria as well as testing new features and creating automated tests.

Our ideal candidates are analytical with a keen eye for detail and obsession over quality. Top candidates will have experience using continuous integration, deployment, testing, and delivery strategies. This role will be responsible for logging and monitoring errors, and testing performance and load-time. You’ll have the opportunity to design testing strategies in a service-oriented architecture for large scale projects including unit tests, API tests, and functional/GUI tests.

On a typical day, you will be working on: 

• Analyze product requirements and architect test plans
• Contribute in team sprint planning meetings
• Write, validate and execute test cases
• Track defects and provide quality metrics
• Collaborate with SDETs and other engineers on test strategies
• Take ownership of and champion quality in areas of focus
• Promote to the entire organization how important it is to ship high-quality / low-defect code

What do we need from you?

• 4+ years of experience testing web applications
• Experience testing a SaaS product with a strong focus on quality throughout the entire software development cycle
• Experience testing in a service-oriented architecture
• Understanding of web application architecture and troubleshooting
• Exposure to one or more automation testing tools (e.g. Cypress, WebDriver, Playwright)
• Experience with Git or other source control systems
• Experience with one or more scripting languages (e.g. Javascript, Python)
• Working knowledge of CI/CD tools like Jenkins, Buildkite (or other similar tools)
• Experience validating API services using tools such as Postman
• Experience with Agile development methodology (e.g. Scrum)
• Experience mentoring and guiding other Engineers in testing best practices
• Excellent problem-solving skills, a love for technical challenges, and a willingness to learn
• Impeccable time management skills and an ability to self-direct
• Phenomenal written and verbal communication skills
• 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. 

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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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 Top Performer 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