Offer summary

Qualifications:

10+ years of industry experience in software engineering., Experience leading teams and setting technical direction., Proficiency in building and launching high-impact user-facing products., Strong communication skills and ability to influence cross-functional teams..

Key responsibilities:

Collaborate with product and design teams to develop solutions for customer problems.

Prototype new ideas and influence product strategy.

Improve APIs and architecture through collaboration with engineering teams.

Mentor junior engineers and promote best practices in development.

Job description

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:

Airbnb is powered by our Host and Guest communities. Our teams work on everything from driving improvements for the endtoend Host and Guest experience to launching new product verticals from the ground up. Our job is to build worldclass, comprehensive platforms and features to create highquality experiences for our outstanding community of Hosts and Guests.

The Pricing team empowers Airbnb hosts to better run their business by providing the tools and education to implement pricing strategies that adapt to their evolving goals. The Pricing Guidance team sits in this area and works closely with other engineering teams, Data Science, Modeling, Design, and Product to help our hosts.

The difference you will make

We are looking for a productfocused Staff Backend Engineer to help us craft the next generation of tools for Airbnb hosts. As a Staff Engineer, you will help drive the technology and implementation strategy to directly help hosts run their business daytoday, proactively engaging with a wide range of teams and crossfunctional partners to achieve your goals.

A typical day

Work with product and design partners to explore problem spaces and devise solutions to customer problems

Prototype new ideas and influence the product strategy

Proactively collaborate with other engineering teams to develop an iterative plan to improve our APIs and architecture

Collaborate with other product engineers and partners to develop new host pricing functionality

Create technical and execution strategies for new projects and drive handons implementation of those solutions

Identify areas for improvement and champion the adoption of best practices in product development, engineering architecture, and testing

Perform technical design reviews and code reviews

Mentor and grow more junior engineers.

Your expertise

10+ years industry experience

You have experience leading teams, setting technical direction, building & launching highimpact userfacing products

You have experience influencing partners such as designers and product managers as well as other engineering teams

You are excited to ideate, prototype new ideas, and influence product direction

You have excellent communication skills and the ability to work well within a team and across engineering teams

You have demonstrated an ability to mentor and grow more junior engineers, set and drive best practices

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 uptodate 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 creativelyled 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 Well 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.
Pay Range
$204,000—$255,000 USD