Engineering Manager
Job description
What’s in it for you?
Ready to make a serious impact? Millions of people already rely on Calendly, and we’re still in the midst of exciting product growth — 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.
About the team & opportunity
We are looking for a hands-on Engineering Manager who combines people leadership with a strong background in technical execution and a product mindset. You will work directly with our Senior Director of Engineering, partnering closely with product, design, data, security, and go‑to‑market stakeholders to define and deliver the roadmap for new Scheduling products.
What you'll bring:
- A track record of leading teams that build and operate highly-available products at scale.
- A coaching mindset that grows engineers through clear expectations, actionable feedback, and regular performance and career conversations.
- Strong technical judgment in distributed, service-oriented architectures and API design, with the ability to navigate trade-offs and guide engineers through complex decisions.
- Comfort operating in ambiguous, cross-functional environments — partnering with Product, Design, Security, CX, and GTM to align on priorities and outcomes.
- A bias for action, measurable outcomes, and continuously improving how your team executes, ships, and operates its services.
- Ability to balance technical execution with team development and stakeholder management.
A day in the life of an Engineering Manager at Calendly
As a Manager at Calendly, you have the chance to mentor and grow some of the best and brightest engineers in the world. This role will work alongside our other Engineering teams to make Calendly even simpler and more powerful for our user base.
We are seeking a versatile technical leader who relishes the chance to work on impactful technology and can help accelerate and empower our development teams while helping us create the future of scheduling. At Calendly, you’ll have the opportunity to make a huge impact on a product used by millions.
On a typical day, you will be:
- Working on products and services aimed at simplifying scheduling for millions of users
- Leading agile ceremonies to help your team plan out their work and get it done
- Coaching, mentoring, and onboarding new engineering team members
- Identifying future technical needs and creating plans to meet them
- Providing feedback and guidance to help us continuously grow and scale
- 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
What do we need from you?
- 2+ years experience managing a team of Software Engineers
- 5+ years of overall development experience, ideally using TypeScript, Node.js, and React
- Deep proficiency with distributed / data-oriented application development and SaaS
- 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, with the ability to succinctly explain deep technical concepts
- Experience leading Agile / Scrum ceremonies
- 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
The ranges listed above 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.
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- Tier 3: All other locations not in Tier 1 or Tier 2
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This role may require occasional travel for company events, team collaboration, or offsites.