Staff Software Engineer, Payments Transaction

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.

Role Context

Airbnb’s mission is to create a world where anyone can belong anywhere. The Airbnb Payments team supports this mission by economically empowering Airbnb businesses and our global community of guests and hosts.

The Airbnb Payments team enables any two people in the world to exchange money frictionlessly with easy-to-use payment services. It builds and maintains an in-house global payments platform moving billions of dollars in 191 countries, 75 currencies, through a complex ecosystem of payments partners. The platform includes licensing, compliance, regulation controls, and new payment experiences.

Payments Transactions team focuses on the core billing system for Airbnb money movements, ensuring reliable, accurate, timely, scalable, and auditable payment commitments.

Responsibilities

• Provide thought leadership, define strategy, influence cross-functional collaboration, and drive architectural decisions.
• Lead multi-team technical initiatives and collaborate cross-functionally to identify business impact opportunities.
• Architect and implement complex features with a focus on data-driven decision making and performance optimization.
• Collaborate with other engineering teams to advance Airbnb’s engineering processes and tech infrastructure.
• Drive systemic improvements to streamline development, reduce toil, and increase technical quality and operational excellence.
• Mentor and provide technical guidance to junior engineers via design reviews, code walkthroughs, and knowledge sharing.

Requirements

• 9+ years hands-on software engineering experience.
• 5+ years industry experience in Payments/Fintech as a backend software engineer.
• Experience leading design, implementation, and deployment of high-scale, cross-functional payment systems.
• Bachelor’s and/or Master’s degree in CS or equivalent experience.
• Technical leadership experience including project leadership, setting technical direction, and mentoring.
• Strong focus on efficiency, availability, technical and system quality.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with experience driving initiatives spanning teams, departments, and leadership.
• Passion for fostering a collaborative and inclusive team environment.

Location

US - Remote Eligible. Must live in a US state where Airbnb, Inc. has a registered entity. Occasional office or offsite attendance may be required.

Benefits

• Base pay range: $204,000 — $255,000 USD annually.
• Eligible for bonus, equity, benefits, and Employee Travel Credits.

Inclusion

Committed to diversity, inclusion, and disability accommodations in recruiting and hiring processes.