Remote Staff Software Engineer, Internationalization

Summary

Join Airbnb's Internationalization team as an engineer to foster global belonging and offer the best localization experience by providing reliable, efficient, scalable, and extensible globalization infrastructure and tooling for Airbnb code, content, and stakeholders.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s and/or Master’s degree, preferably in CS, or equivalent experience
• 9+ years of industry experience
• Strong programming (Java / Kotlin / C++ or equivalent) skills for hands-on IC work
• Demonstrate strong expertise and be hands-on in backend systems within large-scale service-oriented architectures
• Experience with designing and building large scale production systems or features
• Experience in popular storage systems such as relational databases, noSQL and caching
• Experience or desire to work collaboratively in cross-functional teams and stakeholders
• Able to architect localization infrastructure with a good understanding of client facing interfaces, and willing to dive into JavaScript / Typescript and related web technologies

Responsibilities

• Build scalable systems supporting high volume real time translation requests and efficient retrieval of translated content
• Build intuitive workflows and tools to serve the needs of our stakeholders, business partners, and end users
• Partner with a broad range of cross-functional stakeholders to determine the right strategy for localization across asset categories
• Drive down costs, improve quality, and land efficiency wins via impactful optimizations and infrastructure upgrades
• Be part of an impactful infrastructure team while contributing to and learning industry best practices on internationalization
• Mentor and partner effectively with other engineers and the leadership team to build a positive team culture

Benefits

US - Remote Eligible