Senior Staff Software Engineer, Airbnb
AI for Developer Productivity
$244-304k
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Community marketplace for holiday accomodation
Open for applications
Community marketplace for holiday accomodation
1001+ employees
Open for applications
$244-304k
More information about location
1001+ employees
Company mission
To create a world where anyone can belong anywhere.
Role
Who you are
- 12+ years industry experience
- Extensive experience with developer tooling and platforms, ideally with tools, frameworks, or systems commonly used in the industry
- Demonstrated experience in applying AI/ML and Generative AI technologies within the context of software development is a huge plus
- Ability to create a culture of technical excellence
- Demonstrated success partnering cross-functionally
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Bachelor’s and/or Master’s degree, preferably in CS, or equivalent experience
- Proficiency in one or more back-end server languages (Java/Ruby/Go/C++/etc.)
- Experienced in architectural patterns of a high-scale distributed products/services, such as well-designed APIs, data pipelines and efficient algorithms
What the job involves
- The Developer Platform team is responsible for the infrastructure powering full developer lifecycle at Airbnb, including local edit-compile-test loop and the continuous delivery ecosystem
- We also look after higher level APIs, tools, and frameworks, all aiming to improve developer experience and effectiveness
- Our vision is to enable Airbnb developers to apply their energy and creativity towards building and operating useful, high-quality software, without having to deal with unnecessary complexities or delays
- In this role, you will spearhead our AI strategy aimed at enhancing developer productivity across our entire development lifecycle (build, test and deploy)
- This encompasses AI-based automatic test generation, AI-based code generation for our internal frameworks, design to code, and AI-assisted migrations, AI-assisted code reviews, among others
- Given the rapid evolution of AI, this team is expected to function like a startup, iterating swiftly to incorporate the most recent AI technologies into our developer tooling
- Formulate our AI for Developer strategy and incorporate AI into the daily tools utilized by developers
- Bring technical expertise to decision making and architecture, having a keen eye for constraints while building the best solution
- Experience & willingness to get hands on with coding across the entire stack to build and ship various AI tools. We will be operating as a startup and being hands on in code to get stuff done is necessary expectation
- Collaborate with engineering leaders across Airbnb to facilitate the adoption of new capabilities. Your clientele will comprise all engineers at Airbnb
- Act as a player/coach of our high-performance team, ensuring code quality, dedication to the craft, and operational excellence
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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