Senior Software Engineer, Airbnb
Search and Personalization Infrastructure
$185-223k
More information about location
Community marketplace for holiday accomodation
Open for applications
Community marketplace for holiday accomodation
1001+ employees
Open for applications
$185-223k
More information about location
1001+ employees
Company mission
To create a world where anyone can belong anywhere.
Role
Who you are
- BS/MS in Computer Science, Mathematics or Statistics is required
- Exceptional coding skills in Java and Python and clear understanding of Algorithms/Data structures. This position requires 80% of the time coding. If coding is not your interest or strength, need not apply. Similarly, analyzing and deriving insights from large data sets by applying simple ML techniques is required
- Willingness to try, experiment and learn new concepts with a positive attitude to work is highly desirable
- Open source committers to Lucene/ElasticSearch are very welcome!
- Good technical writing skills are desirable
- New Graduates may also apply if able to provide evidence of having written large amounts of code/building systems
What the job involves
- Search is at the core of the Airbnb marketplace that connects our guests and hosts. It helps guests find the best homes and experiences to fit their needs and wants
- We collaborate with cross-functional partners to revolutionize Airbnb search experience, and advance Airbnb's mission to help anyone feel like they can belong anywhere
- Work on search infrastructure engineering projects to improve search experience, in collaboration with product teams
- Up-level search system reliability, scalability and performance, in collaboration with Infrastructure teams
- Use the data in the Knowledge Graph to power rich product use-cases and also enrich the existing data based on measurement
- Build the next generation search platform to power different products at Airbnb, including typeahead, contextualizing and personalizing search results
- A Typical Day:
- A large chunk of focused time to implement important components of the search platform, with GitHub Copilot as your assistant
- Analyze large amounts of data, build hypotheses, experiment, learn and iterate
- Give technical presentations/proposals to partners, add documentation about existing systems
- Discuss with cross-functional partners (e.g., product managers, designers) on the technical design of an exciting new search feature
- Attend an in-person gathering with team members and partners
Our take
When Airbnb was originally founded, the product helped customers book air mattresses on people's apartment floors. Since then, Airbnb has had over a billion customers hosted through its platform. With more than 4 million registered hosts worldwide, it has grown into a major player in the hospitality sector.
Airbnb has been successful in disrupting the traditional holiday lettings sector. Before it existed accommodation was limited to hotels and bed and breakfasts, but Airbnb has mainstreamed the idea of renting out spare rooms or even entire homes. It has created a new sector of hosts purchasing properties to rent out on the platform and provides a level of flexibility and a range of offerings not previously possible for travelers.
Perhaps a victim of its own success, by 2022 supply of Airbnb-listed properties began to outstrip demand in some markets, as hosts overestimated the appetite for domestic travel. However, the company is still posting strong financials and has unveiled new tools to support its hosts in a tougher rental market. With a healthy bottom line and a huge user base, Airbnb is very likely to overcome the current market turbulence and continue its growth.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Some candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
25% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 10 rounds)
Apr 2020
$500m
GROWTH EQUITY VC
Mar 2017
$447.8m
SERIES F
Total funding: $3.8bn
Company benefits
- Paid volunteer time
- Health food and snacks
- Generous parental and family leave
- Learning and development
- Annual travel and experiences credit
Company values
- Champion the Mission: We’re united with our community to create a world where anyone can belong anywhere
- Be a Host: We're caring, open, and encouraging to everyone we work with
- Embrace the Adventure: We’re driven by curiosity, optimism, and the belief that every person can grow
- Be a Cereal Entrepreneur: We’re determined and creative in transforming our bold ambitions into reality
Company HQ
Showplace Square, San Francisco, CA
Articles
Leadership
Brian Chesky
(Co-Founder & CEO)Previously an Industrial Designer, studying at Rhode Island School of Design.
Nathan Blecharczyk
(Co-Founder & CSO)Studied Computer Science at Harvard, and had around 4 years of professional Software Engineering experience before founding Airbnb, including interning at Microsoft.
Joe Gebbia
(Co-Founder)Also studied Industrial Design at Rhode Island, and previously founded various design-related startups
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