Senior Software Engineer, Airbnb
Payments
$185-221k
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Community marketplace for holiday accomodation
Open for applications
Community marketplace for holiday accomodation
1001+ employees
Open for applications
$185-221k
More information about location
1001+ employees
Company mission
To create a world where anyone can belong anywhere.
Role
Who you are
- 5+ years of full stack software development experience
- Proficient in at least one major programming language (preferably Java/Scala/Ruby on Rails/Python)
- Experience with modern Javascript frameworks such as React, Preact, Angular, Next, Vue or Meteor
- Passion for delivering products end-to-end: from ideation through planning and scoping to implementation and experimental A/B testing
- Exposure to architectural patterns of large, high-scale web applications, such as well-designed APIs, high volume data pipelines, and efficient algorithms
- Passionate about design and building UX products. You bring flexibility to collaboration with design and product partners by presenting tradeoffs and iterating to the ideal solution
- Outstanding communication and interpersonal skills and detail oriented
- Capable of making data driven decisions and articulating tradeoffs in any technical decisions
- Bachelor’s and/or Master’s degree, preferably in CS, or equivalent experience
What the job involves
- Within Payments, Payins is a full stack team responsible for all aspects of the guest payment experience - generating quotes, onboarding new payment methods to allow guests to pay us in their preferred method of payment, and enabling self-serve methods to answer questions about their upcoming and previous payments
- As a Senior Fullstack Software Engineer on the Payins team, you will help shape the long-term technical vision for the user experiences and backend systems that power money movement at Airbnb
- You will also collaborate with our partners and stakeholders across Airbnb, such as Guest & Host and Pricing, to execute on highly visible launches - like Buy Now Pay Later and Pay By Bank
- Incentives and Stored team serves as the architects behind the multifaceted platforms driving growth and economic campaigns at Airbnb
- One of our core focuses lies in crafting innovative solutions that harness the potency of incentives such as discounts, coupons, and credits to propel the company's growth trajectory
- In addition, we are spearheading the development of an expansive stored value platform designed to efficiently manage users' stored values, such as credits and cash, as well as its integrations with third-party reward systems such as airline points
- Our mission is to empower Airbnb to leverage the power of incentives & stored value to fuel supply & demand, reward engagement, and drive stickiness to our platform
- Working with cross-functional partners on Product and Design to triage, scope, and evaluate feasibility of proposed features and functionality
- Identifying new opportunities for impact on conversion, contact reduction, or quality and advocating for the staffing and prioritization of these opportunities
- Mentoring engineers across the Payments Engineering team
- Influencing cross-org Quality initiatives to reduce defect introduction rate, reduce incident detection time, and refine incident response processes
- Being a collaborative teammate that can help elevate the rest of the engineering organization
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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