Staff Software Engineer, Airbnb
Airbnb
$204-255k
Community marketplace for holiday accomodation
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Community marketplace for holiday accomodation
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$204-255k
1001+ employees
Company mission
To create a world where anyone can belong anywhere.
Role
Who you are
- 9+ years of experience in a hands-on software engineering role
- Bachelor’s and/or Master’s degree, preferably in CS, or equivalent experience
- Considerable experience working in Java, GO, Python or Scala
- Strong understanding of distributed system concepts, including consistency models, CAP theorem, and distributed algorithms
- Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud) and services related to distributed computing (e.g., Kubernetes, Docker)
- Knowledge of databases (SQL and NoSQL) and data storage solutions in a distributed context
- Understanding of network protocols, data serialization (e.g., JSON, Protobuf), and API design for distributed systems
- Ability to analyze and optimize system performance and scalability
- Technical leadership: hands on experience leading project teams, setting technical direction and strategy and mentoring engineers
- Experience in technical leadership, mentoring engineers, and setting project direction
What the job involves
- Join our innovative team as a Distributed Systems Engineer, where you'll play a pivotal role in designing and building scalable, reliable systems that power our global platform
- We value creativity and collaboration, and you'll have the opportunity to work with cutting-edge technologies in cloud computing, data management, and distributed architectures
- If you're passionate about solving complex problems, optimizing performance, and leading technical initiatives, we want to hear from you
- Help us shape the future of travel by ensuring our systems are robust, efficient, and ready to meet the demands of users worldwide
- Provide thought leadership, define strategy, influence cross functional collaboration and drive architectural decisions
- Lead multi-team technical initiatives, and work cross-functionally to identify opportunities for business impact, refine, and prioritize requirements for engineering systems
- Architect and implement complex features, focusing on data-driven decision making and performance optimizations
- Lead efforts with other engineering teams to advance Airbnb’s engineering processes and technical foundations
- Drive systemic improvements by identifying patterns to streamline development, reduce toil and increase technical quality and operational excellence over time
- Mentor and provide technical guidance to junior engineers through design reviews, code walkthroughs, and knowledge-sharing sessions, fostering a culture of knowledge sharing and continuous learning
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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