Senior Director, Software Engineering

Calendly is a scheduling automation and meeting lifecycle platform used by millions of users. They are looking for an experienced and hands-on leader in the product development space to define and execute the vision and strategy for a key product area, mentoring a team of engineers and driving innovation in customer-facing products.

Responsibilities:

• Defining and executing the vision and strategy for a key product area aligning with the Calendly’s goals and priorities
• Supporting and mentoring a team of managers and engineers, providing technical guidance and coaching on their career development
• Driving innovation and adoption of new technologies and methodologies that enhance customer-facing products and user experiences
• Delivering a high-quality, dependable product experience that meets customer expectations and scales with business growth
• Collaborating with other engineering teams, product managers, and stakeholders to understand the business requirements and deliver solutions that meet or exceed expectations
• Driving continuous improvement in how teams build and ship customer-facing features

Requirements:

• 15+ years of software engineering experience, with at least 10+ years in a leadership role
• Experience helping to build and scale an AI-first engineering organization, including integrating AI/ML capabilities into core services, developer workflows, and product strategy
• Experience leading high-performance engineering teams
• Experience building highly-available distributed back-end systems
• Comfortable acting as a change-agent, driving adoption of modern engineering methodologies
• Experience leveraging modern cloud technologies to deliver scalable customer-facing products
• Experience operating in both high-growth startup technology companies and larger, more established organizations, with the ability to adapt leadership style and processes to each
• Strong communication, collaboration, and problem-solving skills
• Passion for delivering high-quality products and services that delight customers
• Ability to iterate and ship fast
• The ability to work in our San Francisco office 2 days per week
• Authorized to work lawfully in the United States of America as Calendly does not engage in immigration sponsorship at this time