Senior Backend Engineer, Hosting Services

Airbnb was born in 2007 when two Hosts welcomed three guests to their San Francisco home, and has since grown to over 4 million Hosts who have welcomed more than 1 billion guest arrivals in almost every country across the globe. Every day, Hosts offer unique stays and experiences that make it possible for guests to connect with communities in a more authentic way.

The Community You Will Join:

We are building a new set of tools to make it easier for people to connect and host on Airbnb. Our team focuses specifically on co-hosting and ways to make it easier for hosts to connect with co-hosts.

As part of the team and in collaboration with engineering teams based in San Francisco, you will focus on elevating this project to a global scale with new functionality. You’ll be able to work on exciting, innovative and technically challenging work, supporting a major company strategy while finding solutions in areas such as UX, scale, performance, robustness and quality.

The Difference You Will Make:

• Own key company level problem statements and drive critical projects
• Lead the scoping phase, the technical requirements and the implementation of the new functionality
• Partner closely with other Engineering teams and cross functional partners including PM, Design, Data, and TPM.
• Mentor and provide technical guidance to junior engineers, fostering a culture of knowledge sharing and continuous learning

A Typical Day:

• Architect and implement complex features, focusing on data-driven decision making and performance optimizations
• Collaborate with other engineers and cross-functional partners across Co Hosting and organizations such as Listings and Users to understand and prioritize technical requirements
• Proactively grows knowledge of leading edge practices and trends involving workflow orchestration systems
• Help define and improve coding standards, development processes and best practices
• Mentor and provide technical guidance to junior engineers, fostering a culture of knowledge sharing and continuous learning

Your Expertise:

• 5+ years of experience in a hands-on software engineering role in backend / full-stack development
• Bachelor’s and/or Master/PhD’s degree, preferably in CS, or equivalent experience
• Considerable experience working in Java and/or Kotlin
• Passionate about efficiency, availability, technical quality and system quality
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills and the ability to work well within engineering organization and cross functions
• Demonstrated expertise in backend systems within large-scale service-oriented architectures
• Ability to drive alignment, manage projects and effectively collaborate with stakeholders.
• Mentorship to junior developers

Our Commitment To Inclusion & Belonging:

Airbnb is committed to working with the broadest talent pool possible. We believe diverse ideas foster innovation and engagement, and allow us to attract creatively-led people, and to develop the best products, services and solutions. All qualified individuals are encouraged to apply.