Staff Frontend Engineer, Airbnb
Data Management
$200-250k
Community marketplace for holiday accomodation
Job no longer available
Community marketplace for holiday accomodation
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$200-250k
1001+ employees
Company mission
To create a world where anyone can belong anywhere.
Role
Who you are
- BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent work experience
- 10+ years of experience in UI development
- Experience working with databases or adjacent technologies such as SQL, NoSQL, GraphQL, RESTful API, ORM frameworks and caching technologies
- Strong expertise in the following: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and Typescript
- Experience with modern Javascript frameworks such as React, Preact, Angular, Next, Vue or Meteor
- Familiarity with data management tools and technologies, such as data catalog, metadata management, data access controls and other data-driven applications
- Strong communication skills and the ability to learn quickly within a collaborative environment
- Experience with user testing and gathering feedback
- Ability to work in areas outside of your usual comfort zone
- Strong design skills and attention to detail
- Strong communication and collaboration skills
What the job involves
- We are seeking a highly experienced UI Engineer to join our data infrastructure organization to design and develop user interfaces for our data-driven applications and tools that are visually appealing, easy to use, and responsive
- You will work closely with cross-functional teams that are developing and implementing policies, standards, and processes to ensure the quality, accuracy, and security of our data assets
- The interfaces you develop will be the critical entry point for the entire ecosystem of data management
- Additionally, you will partner with a variety of stakeholders, including data engineers, infrastructure engineers, data scientists, product managers and other engineers to build user interfaces that enable our users to make data-driven decisions and greatly improve the overall accessibility to the data warehouse
- Develop and implement frontend interfaces for data management which includes data governance policies and processes, data classification, data lineage, data quality, data privacy, and data retention
- Work with data infrastructure engineers, data engineers, data scientists and product managers to develop and improve data management frameworks and tools, including a data inventory catalog, metadata management, and data access controls
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand user requirements and translate them into functional UI designs
- Develop responsive and visually appealing user interfaces using modern web technologies such as HTML, CSS, and JavaScript
- Create and maintain reliable API endpoints
- Implement and maintain complex backend systems using appropriate technologies such as Python, Node.js, Java, Spring Boot or Express.js
- Optimize user interfaces for performance, scalability, maintainability and the overall user experience
- Conduct user testing and gather feedback to improve UI designs
- Stay up-to-date with the latest and emerging UI design trends and technologies
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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