Senior Frontend Software Engineer, Airbnb
Marketing Technology
$185-223k
Community marketplace for holiday accomodation
Job no longer available
Community marketplace for holiday accomodation
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$185-223k
1001+ employees
Company mission
To create a world where anyone can belong anywhere.
Role
Who you are
- 5+ years industry experience
- Bachelor’s and/or Master’s degree, preferably in CS, or equivalent experience
- Experience architecting FE systems
- Experience building large web applications using Javascript/Typescript
- Experience with modern JavaScript/Typescript libraries and tooling (e.g. React, graphql)
- Fluency in HTML, CSS, and related web technologies
- Demonstrated knowledge of Computer Science fundamentals
- Awareness of cross-browser compatibility issues and client-side performance considerations
- Demonstrated design and UX sensibilities
What the job involves
- The Marketing Technology team is focused on building the best-in-class platform to enable marketing and product teams at Airbnb
- We’re looking for an experienced frontend engineer who can lead efforts to build a scalable content platform that enables delivering personalized content to Airbnb users on-site (eg. Landing Page, SEM/SEO page) and off-site such as email and push notification
- Work with cross functional partners including product managers, designers and marketing managers to design and deliver high-quality products on web
- Lead efforts to architect and build technology for serving marketing content to guests and hosts including self service tooling platform, tools for marketing, scalable landing pages and in-product content
- Build efficient and reusable web components and architect reliable, performant, and scalable solutions
- Optimize user experience and page performance
- Work with customers to identify usability issues and proactively fix them
- Build relationships with frontend engineers in product orgs (e.g. Homes, Experiences) and solve for their API needs
- Improve existing features and build new features for a web-based application
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
Few 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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