Senior Software Engineer, Airbnb
Wishlists
$191-223k
Community marketplace for holiday accomodation
Job no longer available
Community marketplace for holiday accomodation
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$191-223k
1001+ employees
Company mission
To create a world where anyone can belong anywhere.
Role
Who you are
- 5+ years of relevant software development experience in a fast paced tech environment
- Considerable experience working in Java and/or Kotlin
- Fluency in frontend web technologies (e.g. HTML, CSS, React and GraphQL etc)
- You are passionate about efficiency, availability, technical quality and system quality
- Ability to take ownership of complex technical challenges and drive them to resolution
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills and the ability to work well within engineering organization and cross functions
- Ability to drive alignment, manage projects and effectively collaborate with stakeholders
What the job involves
- The Wishlist team is part of Airbnb’s Search and Personalization organization, focused on helping guests discover and plan their perfect trip
- As a senior backend engineer, you’ll collaborate with product, design, and data partners to evolve one of Airbnb’s most beloved features
- Wishlist supports everything from saving and organizing stays to coordinating with friends and family through voting and notes
- It plays a central role in how guests plan together and make booking decisions
- As we reimagine this experience, you’ll help build the next generation of systems that make trip planning more collaborative, personalized, and deeply integrated across the Airbnb platform
- Architect and implement complex features, focusing on data-driven decision making and performance optimizations
- Work cross-functionally with product, design, and other engineering counterparts to execute on product and business strategy
- Contribute to the full development cycle: technical design, development, test, experimentation, analysis, and launch. You’ll be reviewing code and design docs, giving feedback on product specs and mocks
- Continuously learn and improve your technical and non-technical abilities
- Mentor and provide technical guidance to junior engineers, 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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