# Sr. Director, Engineering

**Company:** [Calendly](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/calendly)
**Location:** San Francisco, CA
**Role:** Engineering Management
**Salary:** $274k – $427k/yr
**Experience:** 15+ years
**Skills:** AI/ML, GCP, Distributed Systems, Backend Systems, Leadership, Cloud Platforms
**Posted:** 2026-05-01

> Leads engineering team building shared services platform, defines strategy for core services, mentors managers/engineers, drives AI integration and scalability in high-growth environment. Requires 15+ years experience including 10+ in leadership.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Defining and executing the vision and strategy for a key product area aligning with 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 Calendly’s services
- Ensuring the quality, performance, security, and scalability of a product line of business following best practices and standards
- Collaborating with other engineering teams, product managers, and stakeholders to understand the business requirements and deliver solutions that meet or exceed expectations

## 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 working as a change-agent, and drive adoption of modern engineering methodologies
- Knowledge of cloud platforms, such as **GCP** and their services and tools
- 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

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