Senior Frontend Software Engineer, Airbnb
Messaging Platform
$185-223k
Community marketplace for holiday accomodation
Job no longer available
Community marketplace for holiday accomodation
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$185-223k
1001+ employees
Company mission
To create a world where anyone can belong anywhere.
Role
Who you are
- 5+ years industry experience developing Web applications at scale
- Experience with modern JavaScript/Typescript libraries and tooling (e.g. React, graphql)
- Fluency in HTML, CSS, and related web technologies
- Strong product sense and a passion for UX product development
- Ability to collaborate with Product Management, Design, and backend, and other web engineers
- Passion for continuous learning and staying ahead of web development trends
- Excellent communication skills
What the job involves
- Messaging is a critical surface in building connections with our users
- Our mission is to build a world-class messaging product and platform at Airbnb, bringing together guests and hosts across the world
- As a web frontend engineer of this team, you’ll be responsible for building innovative, performant and accessible solutions with other like-minded engineers, designers, and product managersmangers
- Build the next-gen of Messaging used by millions of users
- Collaborate with cross-functional partners such as Product Managers, Experience Designers and other Engineers to design and deliver high-quality products on Desktop and Moweb
- Work closely with backend engineers and other web engineers on the team to develop and maintain messaging features
- Design & build new integrations across other teams within Airbnb
- Identify areas of improvement and drive web best practices
- The role may include occasional work at an Airbnb office or attendance at offsites, as agreed to with your manager
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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