Staff Software Engineer, Marketplaces & Intelligence Data and AI

The Community You Will Join

Airbnb is currently hiring for multiple teams:

• Supporting host personalization products and providing data-driven solutions to enhance the host experience.
• Building systems that give Airbnb a real-time, comprehensive view of the global travel market.
• Working on components related to users, listings, and marketplaces, focusing on the quality of data and its impact on products and business success.

The Difference You Will Make

We are seeking a data-focused Staff Backend Engineer to help us develop the next generation of tools for Airbnb hosts. This role involves working with product and ML engineers, influencing product strategy, collaborating with other engineering teams, and mentoring junior engineers.

A Typical Day

• Work with product and ML engineers to explore problem spaces and devise solutions to customer problems.
• Prototype new ideas and influence the product strategy.
• Proactively collaborate with other engineering teams to develop an iterative plan to improve our APIs and architecture.
• Collaborate with other product engineers and partners to develop backend to support data and AI solutions.
• Create technical and execution strategies for new projects and drive hand-on implementation of those solutions.
• Identify areas for improvement and champion the adoption of best practices in product development, engineering architecture, and testing.
• Perform technical design reviews and code reviews.
• Mentor and grow more junior engineers.

Qualifications

• 10+ years industry experience.
• Experience leading teams, setting technical direction, building and launching high-impact user-facing products.
• Experience influencing partners such as designers and product managers as well as other engineering teams.
• Excitement to ideate, prototype new ideas, and influence product direction.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to work well within a team and across engineering teams.
• Demonstrated ability to mentor and grow more junior engineers, set and drive best practices.

Location

This position is US - Remote Eligible. The role may include occasional work at an Airbnb office or attendance at offsites, as agreed to with your manager. While the position is Remote Eligible, you must live in a state where Airbnb, Inc. has a registered entity. Click here for the up-to-date list of excluded states. This list is continuously evolving, so please check back with us if the state you live in is on the exclusion list. If your position is employed by another Airbnb entity, your recruiter will inform you what states you are eligible to work from.

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.

How We'll Take Care of You

The actual base pay is dependent upon many factors, such as: training, transferable skills, work experience, business needs and market demands. The base pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future. This role may also be eligible for bonus, equity, benefits, and Employee Travel Credits.

Pay Range: $204,000—$255,000 USD

Offices: United States