Staff Software Engineer, HotelTonight

at Airbnb
USD 204,000-255,000 per year
SENIOR
✅ Remote

SCRAPED

Used Tools & Technologies

Not specified

Required Skills & Competences ?

MySQL @ 4 Ruby @ 7 Java @ 7 Scoping @ 7 Communication @ 4 API @ 4

Details

Airbnb, founded in 2007, has grown to millions of hosts worldwide. HotelTonight, acquired by Airbnb in 2019, is a hotel-booking service focused on last-minute trips, offering seamless booking and personalized hotel deals. Hotels are a significant part of Airbnb's growth strategy, emphasizing unique and distinctive stays.

Responsibilities

  • Own and deliver guest and hotel partner-facing features.
  • Ensure high availability, scalability, and speed of backend systems.
  • Identify and define improvements to existing infrastructure and drive technical roadmap.
  • Lead engineering projects from ideation to rollout.
  • Collaborate with other engineers to maintain platform reliability.
  • Participate in on-call rotations to meet SLAs.
  • Experiment with new technologies and techniques.
  • Mentor and support other engineers.

Requirements

  • 9+ years experience with Java or Ruby.
  • Strong problem-solving skills with ability to evaluate and propose technical solutions.
  • Effective communication with senior stakeholders.
  • Experience with relational databases like MySQL and Postgres, and key/value stores.
  • Experience scaling and maintaining high-traffic production systems.
  • Knowledge of server-driven UI architectures, patterns, and API design.
  • Strong project scoping and management skills.
  • Ability to mentor engineers.

Benefits

  • Competitive base pay ranging from $204,000 to $255,000 USD per year.
  • Bonus, equity, benefits, and Employee Travel Credits.
  • Remote eligible within the US, with occasional onsite work possible.
  • Inclusive work environment committed to diversity, equity, and accessibility.

Location

  • United States (Remote eligible in states where Airbnb has a registered entity).