Staff Frontend Engineer

About the team & opportunity

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

We show our prospective customers the value of our product and features in increasing their most valuable asset…time.

Calendly's website represents an industry leading growth funnel that fuels the revenue generation of our product. Tens of millions of users traffic our sophisticated website supported by a team of engineers, designers, product, data and operations people. We use the latest technologies for experimentation, deployment and personalization. We collaborate cross-functionally to increase the effectiveness of our primary channel for acquiring sign ups and leads to power the business.

Why do we need you? We are looking for a Staff Engineer with a passion for frontend design to be the recognized expert and leader for our engineering team. You will own our code base, coding guidelines, and be the go to person for our technical decisions. You will be constantly evolving with technology and design updates, and feature improvements as a result of our data informed testing program. Day-to-day, this role will report to the Senior Manager, Marketing Website on the Growth Marketing team, and you will have close functional relationships and career opportunities within our broader engineering organization.

On a typical day, you will be working on:

• 8+ years experience developing websites and web applications using React with Node.js for developing JAMstack websites and using headless CMS’ such as Contentful.
• Clear communication and an eagerness to collaborate and exchange knowledge to continue to delight our visitors
• Minimum of a BS degree in Computer Science or related technical field involving coding (e.g., physics or mathematics), or equivalent technical experience.
• Demonstrable experience designing and documenting data structures, architecture, and process flows for websites.
• Ability to develop new features, improve system stability, and increase overall performance.
• Demonstrated technical leadership experience as an architect or tech lead.
• Deep understanding of modern web applications design architecture, good API design patterns, performance and scale.
• Experience with libraries such as Chakra UI, MUI, Styled components or similar.
• Expert in (and a big fan of) executing on Atomic Design Methodology.
• An agile, solutions oriented, problem solver. You are curious and like getting into the weeds. Your reward is finding a way to deliver on” impossible” ideas.
• Experience evaluating and implementing web standards for usability and accessibility.
• Proficient and shown experience using TypeScript in a professional setting.
• Experience migrating from Gatsby/GraphQL to Next.js is a plus
• Experience with AB testing using Optimizely is a plus.
• 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? You will be a recognized authority on our engineering team and own our code base, coding guidelines, and our go to person for our technical decisions. You will keep our website scalable and be prepared for constant changes from technology and design updates, and feature improvements as a result of our data informed testing program.

Millions of people already rely on Calendly, and we’re still in the midst of our growth curve — it’s an extraordinary 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:

Typically, individuals will participate in the following interview process. However, there may be slight nuances given the role and or department we are hiring for. Please keep in mind that individuals can be declined from the position at any stage of the process.

• Qualified individuals will be invited to schedule a phone interview with a member of our recruiting team. This is a great time to ask any initial questions you have about the company or the role.
• Next, we’ll put you in direct contact with your potential manager. You’ll get a chance to learn even more about life at Calendly, the responsibilities within your role, and the qualities needed to succeed here.
• Then, you will perform an interview exercise, where you can highlight your skills.
• Next, or in parallel, you’ll meet with your potential team members.
• Finally, we connect with those you’ve worked with before, to learn more about the impact you can make, the valu