Community You Will Join:

We’re developing groundbreaking tools to facilitate connections and hosting experiences on Airbnb. Our team specialises in co-hosting, focusing on cooperative hosting approaches. Collaborating with engineering teams in the US, you will play a pivotal role in elevating our project from a regional initiative to a global program.

Software Engineer Role:

As a Hosting Services Staff Engineer, you will lead the development and refinement of major subsystems powering the co-hosting systems. Responsibilities include creating and refining product features, ensuring seamless day-to-day operations, identifying patterns for streamlined development, and presenting technical and product insights to stakeholders. At the staff full-stack level, you’ll set a technical vision, delivering flexible, efficient, and scalable solutions aligning with business needs.

Your Impact:

Designing Future States: Shape our technical systems’ future state by aligning high-level product goals with a deep understanding of existing systems, guiding strategic technical and product decisions for both short and long terms.

Leadership in Action: Lead engineers across teams in crafting technical solutions, engaging in the development of product and UX requirements, and fostering a culture of technical excellence.

Collaboration Champion: Collaborate with various teams—product, engineering, data science, data engineering, and UX - to contribute to the development of efficient solutions and uphold technical quality.

Your Expertise:

Proven Experience: A track record of 9+ years in the software development industry within a fast-paced tech environment.

Backend Proficiency: Demonstrated expertise in backend systems within large-scale service-oriented architectures.

Strategic Decision-Making: Proven ability to exercise sound judgment in making trade-offs to balance short-term business needs with long-term technical quality.

End-to-End Understanding: Experience with an end-to-end mentality, transcending team boundaries to find globally optimal solutions.

Effective Communication: Excellent communication skills with a history of collaborating effectively within and across engineering teams.

Quality Advocacy: Passionate about efficiency, availability, system quality, and user experience, demonstrated through prior projects.

Architectural Excellence: Experience in architectural patterns of high-scale distributed products/services, such as well-designed APIs, data pipelines, and efficient algorithms.

Collaborative Background: A track record of successfully working collaboratively in cross-functional teams with design, product, and data science partners.