Senior Staff Engineer, Airbnb
Mobile Platform
$244-304k
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Community marketplace for holiday accomodation
Open for applications
Community marketplace for holiday accomodation
1001+ employees
Open for applications
$244-304k
More information about location
1001+ employees
Company mission
To create a world where anyone can belong anywhere.
Role
Who you are
- 14+ years relevant industry experience in a fast paced environment
- Exceptional abilities and experience building well-designed APIs
- Experience setting technical direction, planning, and successfully executing on large projects spanning multiple teams
- Proven impact on developer productivity and tooling
- Ability to create a culture of technical excellence
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Proven track record of working effectively across teams and organizations
What the job involves
- The Developer Platform team is responsible for the infrastructure powering full lifecycle (build, test, and deploy) for all developers at Airbnb
- We also look after higher level APIs and tools, all aiming to improve developer experience and effectiveness
- Be responsible for driving technical strategy, alignment, and execution for improving the iOS and Android developer experience at Airbnb
- Be a key member of the leadership team of Developer Platform
- Help shape the overall strategy and success for the whole organization
- Partner with leaders across Airbnb to ensure our offerings truly serve our customer needs
- As a very senior technical individual contributor, you will bring a unique skill set and experience to our organization, and work to solve some of the broader technical challenges in native developer experience
- Additionally, you will lend expertise to specific teams and deep dive into projects as needed
- Drive the continued development of a long term technical strategy for iOS and broader native developer experience
- Bring technical expertise to decision making and architecture, having a keen eye for constraints while building the best solution
- Apply data-driven approach to measuring developer productivity and effectiveness, having an intense product oriented focus on customer needs and success
- Identify foundational opportunities impacting native product developers through a deep appreciation of business use-cases
- Elevate level of iOS expertise at Airbnb
- Uplevel and support others with servant leadership, mentorship, advocacy, and allyship
- Work cross functionally to align technical initiatives and decisions
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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