Full Stack Engineer III - job 1 of 2

As a Full Stack Engineer III at Calendly, you'll be responsible for both building new features and participating in platform scaling initiatives. Your day-to-day includes collaborating with Product and Design teams to refine requirements, attending agile ceremonies to help your team manage their workload, and mentoring fellow engineers.

To apply for the Full Stack Engineer III role at Calendly, you should have at least 3 years of software development experience at a SaaS or technology company. Experience with service-oriented architectures, a strong grasp of various technologies, and the ability to adapt to new tools and paradigms are also essential.

Calendly places a strong emphasis on career growth for its employees, including Full Stack Engineers III. You'll be encouraged to learn new technologies, participate in projects that drive innovation, and benefit from mentorship programs that can enhance your skills and career trajectory.

In your role as a Full Stack Engineer III at Calendly, you will engage with a variety of technologies such as Google Cloud Platform, Kubernetes, Argo Workflows, Typescript, Rails, NodeJS, React, PostgreSQL, and Redis, among others. This diversity will help you become a well-rounded engineer and contribute to our platform significantly.

Calendly promotes a collaborative and innovative work culture where Full Stack Engineers are encouraged to contribute ideas and solutions. You'll find a supportive environment that values teamwork, continuous learning, and a strong commitment to delivering high-quality features that enhance user experience.

In your response, focus on specific projects where you've designed or implemented service-oriented architectures. Highlight any challenges you faced and how you overcame them. Mention your proficiency with microservices and how they integrate with existing systems.

Discuss the strategies you've implemented to decompose monolithic applications into microservices. Explain how you prioritize features while also ensuring stability during the transition and the techniques used to maintain performance.

Mention your commitment to writing clean, maintainable code and how you utilize practices such as code reviews, unit testing, and integration testing. Share examples of how these practices have helped you identify and resolve issues before deployment.

Provide a specific example that demonstrates your mentoring style. Discuss what you taught, the methods you used to communicate concepts clearly, and how mentoring enhanced both your and the junior engineer's skills.

Share your strategies for keeping current in the tech world, such as attending conferences, participating in online courses, or being part of tech communities. Highlight specific examples of technologies you’ve learned recently.

Discuss the tools you find most effective and why, focusing on your familiarity with platforms like Google Cloud Platform, CI/CD tools, and any frameworks or libraries vital to your workflow. Include your reasoning behind those preferences.

Describe a specific challenge related to the Full Stack Engineer role. Discuss the steps you took to troubleshoot the problem and the results of your solutions, especially highlighting any collaborative efforts with your team.

Talk about your method for task prioritization, such as using agile methodologies or project management tools. Provide examples of how you effectively communicate priorities with your team and ensure timely delivery.

Reflect on what specifically draws you to Calendly, such as its innovative culture, commitment to quality, or the opportunity to work on impactful services. Personalize your answer to show your enthusiasm for the role.

Emphasize your experience with agile methodologies, including your past involvement in daily stand-ups, sprint planning, and retrospectives. Share how these practices have improved team collaboration and project outcomes.