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.
