Senior Frontend Engineer

Summary

Join Airbnb's Client Media Foundation team as a Senior Frontend Software Engineer to develop and optimize media solutions for Airbnb's web frontend products. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, design and develop media features, work closely with engineers across Airbnb to understand their needs and build scalable solutions, partner with designers for feedback, optimize existing media infrastructure, stay updated on industry trends, and mentor team members. This role requires 5-9+ years of experience in web/full-stack development with a focus on media-related technologies. You will leverage your expertise in React, Typescript, Signals, HTML, and CSS to build high-performance web experiences. The position is US-remote eligible, with occasional office work or offsites. Airbnb offers competitive compensation, including a base pay range of $191,000-$223,000 USD, bonus, equity, benefits, and Employee Travel Credits.

Requirements

• 5-9+ years of experience in Web / full-stack development, with a strong focus on media-related technologies (e.g. media processing libraries / frameworks, media players, formats, codecs, knowledge of industry standards and best practices for media encoding and compression), and a passion for creating engaging user experiences through media
• Strong expertise building and maintaining high-performance and scalable Web frontend experiences using React, Typescript, Signals, HTML, and CSS
• Excellent problem-solving, debugging, and optimization skills
• Strong collaboration and communication abilities, with the ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams
• An overwhelming desire and curiosity to learn!

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and refine media-related features for Airbnb on the web, ensuring high-quality and performant user experiences
• Work closely with engineers from product teams across Airbnb, understanding their productivity and feature pain points and building media solutions to resolve them scalably and flexibly
• Partner with designers, working collaboratively to provide and receive constructive feedback towards beautiful and performant media products
• Continuously optimize and improve the performance and reliability of existing media infrastructure
• Stay up-to-date with the latest industry trends, technologies, and best practices in Web development and media processing
• Mentor and guide team members in their career development, fostering a culture of continuous learning and growth

Benefits

• Bonus
• Equity
• Benefits
• Employee Travel Credits