Airbnb is seeking to build a company-wide user centric platform and products in a multi-year effort, and is looking for a skilled backend engineer to drive technical vision and architect a merchandising system.
Requirements
- 9+ years of industry experience as backend engineer
- Experience in building and scaling high-quality and high-traffic products (or systems)
- Ability to evaluate technical approaches and design product solutions to solve real-world problems
- Experience working in merchandising domains is a plus
- BS, MS or PhD in a relevant field
- Ability to drive alignment, manage projects and effectively collaborate with stakeholders
- Mentorship to junior developers
Responsibilities
- Provide critical input and influence technical direction
- Design and implement backend service to drive organic bookings and improve user experience
- Lead efforts to architect, prototype, build and launch solutions for host or listing success
- Mentor engineers on day to day basis to ensure quality and directions, both within and outside of the team
- Work with cross functional partners to design and deliver high-quality systems
- Influence and collaborate with stakeholders to adopt team goals and roadmaps
- Evaluate technical approaches and design product solutions to solve real-world problems
Other
- 9+ years of industry experience
- BS, MS or PhD in a relevant field
- Ability to drive alignment, manage projects and effectively collaborate with stakeholders
- Mentorship to junior developers
- Must live in a state where Airbnb, Inc. has a registered entity
- Occasional work at an Airbnb office or attendance at offsites, as agreed to with your manager
