Staff Backend Engineer - Hosting Services

14 hours, 45 minutes ago
Full-time
Lead
Software Development
Airbnb

Airbnb

Airbnb is the world's largest community-driven hospitality company, offering homes and experiences in 191 countries. It is an online marketplace connecting people to unique accommodations and experiences globally.

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure
5K-10K
Founded 2008

Description

  • Lead development and refinement of major subsystems powering Airbnb’s hosting services.
  • Design the future state of technical systems by balancing high-level product goals with knowledge of existing systems to make short- and long-term tradeoffs.
  • Lead and coordinate engineers inside and outside the immediate team to deliver technical solutions.
  • Develop new and refined product features and support day-to-day operations of hosting services.
  • Engage early and often with product managers and designers to shape product and UX requirements and steer efficient implementation paths.
  • Identify recurring patterns and build systems and patterns to streamline development and improve long-term quality.
  • Perform and present technical and product deep dives to stakeholders and participate in strategic planning.
  • Nurture a culture of technical quality across design, code review, and production operations.
  • Mentor other engineers to develop their technical and collaboration skills and identify obstacles to engineering excellence.

Requirements

  • 9+ years of relevant software development industry experience in a fast-paced tech environment.
  • Expertise with backend systems in large-scale service-oriented architectures.
  • Proven ability to make sound tradeoffs between short-term business needs and long-term technical quality.
  • Strong understanding of how backend systems translate into customer-facing UX.
  • End-to-end mentality that transcends team boundaries to find globally optimal solutions.
  • Excellent communication skills and the ability to work effectively across multiple teams and geographies.
  • Passion for efficiency, availability, system quality, and user experience.
  • Willingness to work remotely within the U.S. from a state where Airbnb, Inc. has a registered entity and occasionally attend offices or offsites as agreed with the manager.

Benefits

  • Base pay range: $204,000 — $255,000 USD.
  • Role may be eligible for bonus, equity, benefits, and Employee Travel Credits.
  • US - Remote eligible with the possibility of occasional office work or attendance at offsites.
  • Airbnb’s standard benefits (as applicable) and programs referenced generally in the job posting.
  • Reasonable accommodation for candidates with disabilities during the application and interview process.

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