Senior Backend Engineer

Summary

Join Airbnb's next-gen Media platform team as a Senior Backend Engineer! Collaborate with a talented team to build and improve the foundation powering Airbnb's products. You will contribute to the full development cycle, from design to launch, working cross-functionally with product, design, and engineering teams. This US-remote eligible position requires 5+ years of relevant software development experience, strong Java skills, and excellent communication. The role offers a competitive salary, bonus, equity, benefits, and Employee Travel Credits. Continuous learning and improvement are encouraged.

Requirements

• 5+ years of relevant software development experience in a fast paced tech environment
• Possess strong software skills in Java
• Have excellent communication skills and the ability to work well within a team and with teams across the engineering, product & design organizations
• Be passionate about efficiency, availability, technical quality and system quality

Responsibilities

• Work cross-functionally with product, design, and other engineering counterparts to execute on product and business strategy and build novel products and features that our users will love
• Contribute to the full development cycle: technical design, development, test, experimentation, analysis, and launch
• Review code and design docs, giving feedback on product specs and mocks
• Continuously learn and improve your technical and non-technical abilities

Preferred Qualifications

Experience working with image processing or content video transcoding

Benefits

• Bonus
• Equity
• Benefits
• Employee Travel Credits