Staff Software Engineer, Airbnb
Core Services, Infrastructure
$204-259k
More information about location
Community marketplace for holiday accomodation
Open for applications
Community marketplace for holiday accomodation
1001+ employees
Open for applications
$204-259k
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
- 9+ years of industry experience
- Strong programming (Java / Kotlin / C++ or equivalent) skills for hands-on IC work
- Demonstrate strong expertise and be hands-on in backend systems within large-scale service-oriented architectures
- Experience with designing and building large scale production systems or features
- Experience in popular storage systems such as relational databases, noSQL and caching
- Experience or desire to work collaboratively in cross-functional teams and stakeholders
- Able to architect localization infrastructure with a good understanding of client facing interfaces, and willing to dive into JavaScript / Typescript and related web technologies
- Experience with modern JavaScript libraries and tooling (e.g. React and GraphQL) is a plus
- Passionate about globalization, user experience, efficiency, availability, and system quality
What the job involves
- The engineer on the I18n Infra team will work on distributed systems, infrastructure, toolings, and workflows, which are critical to the success of Airbnb products among our global audience
- The i18n Infra team owns a wide range of components, with different level requirements on performance and customization, to adapt to the complexities of global markets and business
- Build scalable systems supporting high volume real time translation requests and efficient retrieval of translated content
- Build intuitive workflows and tools to serve the needs of our stakeholders, business partners, and end users
- Partner with a broad range of cross-functional stakeholders to determine the right strategy for localization across asset categories
- Drive down costs, improve quality, and land efficiency wins via impactful optimizations and infrastructure upgrades
- Be part of an impactful infrastructure team while contributing to and learning industry best practices on internationalization
- Mentor and partner effectively with other engineers and the leadership team to build a positive team culture
- Drive (responsible and accountable for) projects with large open-ended scope spanning a product or platform, and contribute to organizational priorities
- Influence stakeholders and coordinate across functions to adopt effective goals or roadmaps, collaborate and deliver
- Foster an inclusive environment for immediate team members and cross-functional partners, and ensures effective communication
- Define and incorporate standards for quality and operational excellence for the i18n products/services
- Be owners and stewards of Airbnb’s multilingual capabilities
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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