Senior Software Engineer, Airbnb
Marketing Technology
$185-223k
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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
- Bachelor’s and/or Master’s degree, preferably in CS, or equivalent experience
- 5+ years of industry experience in a fast paced tech environment
- Working experience in distributed systems (Java)
- Working experience in Big Data (Hive/Presto/Spark), Python, and SQL
- Design experience in scalable API and reliable production systems
- Experience building new scalable, reliable company-wide platforms leveraging existing core functionalities
What the job involves
- We are looking for seasoned senior software engineers across multiple pillars of our organization to build this best-in-class platform. Areas of impact may include:
- Leading efforts to build a scalable marketing platform that enables delivering personalized content to Airbnb users on-site (eg. Landing Pages) and off-site such as email and push notification
- Designing the systems, implementing the solutions, and operating the platform with comprehensive testing and monitoring
- Working with Performance Marketing to drive growth for Airbnb from Google Search Engine Marketing (SEM) and Affiliates Marketing (Metasearch, Influencer), measuring the performance for Brand Marketing on Facebook, providing analytic reports for Email performance, etc
- A Typical Day:
- Develop custom solutions to integrate with external Ads Platforms (e.g., Google, Facebook, Trivago, ImpactRadius, etc) via API
- Design and implement privacy centric marketing event tracking solutions to support business operations
- Automate production pipelines and integrate with upstream/downstream data sources E2E
- Build backend services for various internal tools (e.g., Analytics Hub, Dimension Manager, Ads Connect, etc)
- Build scalable platform for offsite and in-product content configuration, hydration and rendering
- Work with cross functional partners including product managers, designers and marketing managers to design and deliver a scalable content platform
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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