Staff Software Engineer, Airbnb
Trust Platform
Community marketplace for holiday accomodation
Job no longer available
Community marketplace for holiday accomodation
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
1001+ employees
Company mission
To create a world where anyone can belong anywhere.
Role
Who you are
- 10+ years of industry engineering experience
- 2+ years experience working in Fraud Detection/Mitigation or Trust & Safety required
- BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent work experience
- Proficiency in one or more backend languages (Java/Ruby/Kotlin etc). Familiarity with Scala is a plus
- Experience with service-oriented architectures and developing large-scale distributed systems
- Hands on experience leading project teams and setting technical direction
- Experience with platform architecture patterns and best practices
- Experience with building and leading infrastructure is a plus
What the job involves
- As part of the Trust Engineering team, you will be in charge of designing large scale systems to detect and mitigate fraud across our entire platform
- You will be deeply involved in building highly available and real-time risk detection services in close collaboration with product, data science and operations teams to understand ever evolving attack vectors and to make Airbnb the most safe and trusted community
- There are still many unsolved problems to tackle in both online and offline risk, and we're looking for talented engineers to solve these challenges with us
- Design, implement, and operate resilient and scalable distributed systems
- Build and evolve platform capabilities to tackle the changing landscape of fraud attacks by collaborating with engineering teams in Airbnb’s Trust, Payment and CSP organizations
- Provide critical input in Trust Platform’s team roadmap and technical direction
- Identify opportunities to improve the reliability, scalability, and efficiency of Trust Platform services and drive their implementation
- Mentor other engineers in developing their technical and collaboration skills
- Advocate and participate in efforts to advance Airbnb’s engineering processes and technical foundations
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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