Senior Software Engineer

Summary

Join Airbnb's Community Support Platform (CSP) as a Senior Engineer to lead initiatives improving customer issue routing, data tracking, and overall support experience. Work cross-functionally with product, design, and engineering teams to build and launch new products and features. Drive the full development lifecycle, from design to launch, and build efficient, reusable backend components. Contribute to team roadmaps and technical direction, mentoring junior developers. This US-remote eligible position requires 6+ years of industry experience and proficiency in backend languages like Java, Kotlin, or C++. The role offers a competitive salary, bonus, equity, benefits, and employee travel credits.

Requirements

• 6+ years industry experience
• Bachelor’s and/or Master’s degree, preferably in CS, or equivalent experience
• Proficiency in one or more back-end server languages (Java/Kotlin/C++)
• Experience in building and scaling high-quality and high-traffic products (or systems)
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to work well within a team and with teams across the engineering, product & design organizations
• Ability to evaluate technical approaches and design product solutions to solve real-world problems
• Mentorship to junior developers

Responsibilities

• Work cross-functionally with product, design, and other engineering counterparts to execute on product and business strategy to build novel products and features
• Drive, lead, and contribute to the full development cycle: technical design, development, test automation, experimentation, analysis, and launch. You’ll be reviewing code and design docs, giving feedback on product specs and mocks
• Build efficient and reusable backend components, with high quality, while making sure to maintain performance and scalable systems
• Provide critical input in team roadmap and technical direction

Benefits

This role may also be eligible for bonus, equity, benefits, and Employee Travel Credits