Staff Software Engineer, Checkout

Details

Airbnb was born in 2007 when two hosts welcomed three guests to their San Francisco home, and has since grown to over 5 million hosts who have welcomed over 2 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.

Responsibilities

• Lead checkout engineering projects to improve the end user experience, system reliability and performance.
• Mentor, guide, advocate and support the career growth of individual contributors — both inside and outside your immediate team.
• Write and review technical designs that solve large, open-ended foundational technical problems without clearly-known solutions.
• Collaborate with other engineers and cross-functional partners within our team, the larger organization, and our partners in teams such as Payments and Trust to align on long-term technical solutions.
• Apply critical judgment to data — be it about performance, business metrics, or team processes — and use it to inform your work to improve the team and the product.
• Steer end-to-end product with Product Managers, Design, and UX by engaging early and often to guide teams on the most efficient path towards overall goals.

Requirements

• 9+ years of relevant software development industry experience in a fast-paced tech environment.
• Experience building services that enable high-scale, performant client applications.
• Strong coding abilities (Scala / Python / Java/ C++ or equivalent) and experience with architectural patterns of large application-driven products.
• Demonstrated expertise and be hands-on in architecting, building, and maintaining highly available services in a large service-oriented architecture.
• Experience in partnering with other leaders in setting product strategy.
• Shipped several large scale projects with multiple dependencies across teams.
• Technical leadership and strong communication skills with ability to lead other experienced engineers.

Benefits

• This role may also be eligible for bonus, equity, benefits, and Employee Travel Credits.
• The base pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future.

Location

• Remote in United States, with occasional work at Airbnb office or offsites as agreed with manager. Candidate must reside in a US state where Airbnb has a registered entity.