Staff Platform Engineer

Remotefull timeRemote

senior

$286k–$347k

H1B: no

Calendly Staff Platform Engineer at Calendly responsible for building platform capabilities on Kubernetes to enable self-service infrastructure. Leads technical design and architectural decisions to improve developer productivity and operational efficiency.

Responsibilities

Designing and building software, APIs, and automation that extend Calendly's internal developer platform and enable self-service infrastructure capabilities
Leading technical design and architectural decisions for Kubernetes-based platform capabilities that improve developer productivity and operational efficiency
Exercising deep expertise in cloud infrastructure concepts and patterns
Offering and evangelizing patterns for application teams to consume for cloud native applications development
Fostering a collaborative environment of learning and knowledge dissemination
10+ years of experience in cloud infrastructure and/or software development
Strong software engineering experience building production systems and APIs, ideally using Go (Golang). Experience in another modern programming language is welcome, with the ability and interest to develop in Go
Deep, hands-on Kubernetes expertise, including designing, building, and operating production systems that leverage Kubernetes APIs. Experience developing Kubernetes controllers, operators, or other Kubernetes-native platform capabilities is highly valued
Demonstrated experience leading complex technical initiatives, influencing architectural decisions, and driving adoption of engineering solutions across multiple teams
An eagerness and drive to teach, share your knowledge, and mentor others

Qualification

ComfortableCreative problem-solvingDeep experience designingTier 1Tier 2Tier 3

Required

Comfortable, and practiced, working directly with internal customers to understand needs/requirements and collaborate on solutions
Creative problem-solving, a keen eye for detail, and ability to deliver high quality solutions to complex issues
Deep experience designing, building, and running highly-available production applications
An understanding of the Linux operating system, and systems engineering fundamentals
Technical knowledge of cloud infrastructure (especially GCP), distributed systems, and reliability practices
Working knowledge of software and infrastructure tuning and observability (especially Datadog)
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
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