Senior Software Engineer, Airbnb
Quality and Merchandising
$191-223k
Community marketplace for holiday accomodation
Open for applications
Community marketplace for holiday accomodation
1001+ employees
Open for applications
$191-223k
1001+ employees
Company mission
To create a world where anyone can belong anywhere.
Role
Who you are
- We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated backend engineer who is looked up to as a backend and data engineering expert
- 6+ years of industry experience as backend engineer, inclusive MS or PhD in relevant fields
- Experience in building and scaling high-quality and high-traffic products (or systems)
- Ability to evaluate technical approaches and design product solutions to solve real-world problems
- Ability to drive alignment, manage projects and effectively collaborate with stakeholders
- Mentorship to junior developers
- Experience working in data-heavy domains is a plus
What the job involves
- Airbnb is powered by our Host and Guest communities. Our team is responsible for building world class backend merchandising systems that power data driven features and boost booking funnel
- As key individual contributors in this team, you will have the opportunities to drive team directions and partner with key teams across the company such as Search, listings discovery, booking and checkout etc
- We are at the early journey of building a company-wide user centric platform and products in a multi-year effort
- As a key IC in this team, you will have the unique opportunity to drive multiple years of technical vision and architect a merchandising system which serves online and offline data merchandising insights from scratch
- You will be in charge of the whole lifecycle of big yet ambiguous problem solving from prototyping to leading a group of talented engineers to deliver high quality work through multiple releases
- Provide critical input and be able to influence technical direction
- Influence and collaborate with stakeholders to adopt team goals and roadmaps
- Work with cross functional partners (product managers, MLEs, DS, Analytics etc) to design and deliver high-quality systems
- Design and implement backend service to drive organic bookings and improve user experience
- Lead efforts to architect, prototype, build and launch solutions for host or listing success
- Mentor engineers on day to day basis to ensure quality and directions, both within and outside of the team
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
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 HQ
Showplace Square, San Francisco, CA
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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