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.
The Community You Will Join:
Checkout builds the bridge between guests and hosts — we’re a high-impact team focused on creating the next generation of our user experience that lets a guest book a stay or experience. We collaborate deeply with our cross-functional partners to design, build, and launch efficient, reliable, and ergonomic systems. We seek to drive innovative solutions that will enable us to revolutionize the travel experience and advance Airbnb’s mission. Our team thrives on strong judgment about data and a foundational appreciation for great design that we work to bring to our guests.
The Difference You Will Make:
As a Staff Software Engineer on the Checkout team, you will lead the development and refinement of major subsystems that power the booking checkout process at Airbnb. You will put your experience with distributed systems and business workflow systems at work, playing a pivotal role in transforming the checkout ecosystem.
At the Staff level, our Engineers are responsible for establishing a technical vision and then delivering a solution that is flexible, always available, efficient, and scales with the needs of the business. Each individual brings their own unique skill set, experiences, thought leadership and technical expertise to solve these technical challenges for Airbnb.
A Typical Day:
- 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.
Your Expertise:
- 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.
Your Location:
Remote- USA
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.
We strive to also provide a disability inclusive application and interview process. If you are a candidate with a disability and require reasonable accommodation in order to submit an application, please contact us at: reasonableaccommodations@airbnb.com. Please include your full name, the role you’re applying for and the accommodation necessary to assist you with the recruiting process.
We ask that you only reach out to us if you are a candidate whose disability prevents you from being able to complete our online application.
How We'll Take Care of You:
Our job titles may span more than one career level. 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.
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Airbnb Seattle, Washington, USA Office
720 Olive Way, Seattle, Washington, United States, 98101
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