Staff Software Engineer

Summary

Join Airbnb's Global Tax Engineering team as a Staff Engineer and lead the development and refinement of systems powering Tax. You will partner with technical leaders to design and build the next-generation Invoice system. Collaborate with cross-functional teams globally to define and ship impactful features. Mentor engineers and advocate for improvements in Airbnb's engineering processes. This remote position, based in India, offers opportunities for career development and a supportive work environment.

Requirements

• 9+ years of experience in a hands-on software engineering role in backend / full-stack development
• Bachelor’s and/or Master/PhD’s degree, preferably in CS, or equivalent experience
• Passionate about efficiency, availability, technical quality and system quality
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills and the ability to work well within engineering organization and cross functions
• Love collaborating via code reviews and architecture discussions, and are motivated to improve their teammates’ productivity
• Experience working with a microservice architecture at scale

Responsibilities

• Lead the development and refinement of systems powering Tax
• Partner with technical leaders inside and outside of Tax to design and build the next-generation Invoice system that is service-oriented, configurable, auditable and efficiently leverages existing Airbnb capabilities
• Work closely with Product, Pricing, Payments, Operations and other cross-functional partners as part of a globally distributed team, to define and ship impactful features
• Partner with other engineering teams in Airbnb to serve our users holistically
• Lead and mentor engineers — both inside and outside your immediate team — in building solutions and developing skills
• Advocate for and participate in efforts to advance Airbnb’s engineering processes and technical foundations. Drive systemic improvements by identifying patterns to streamline development, reduce toil and increase technical quality and operational excellence over time

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in Fintech, Tax, Invoicing
• Experience working on a Product team or customer-centric software supporting a medium to large engineering organization
• Show motivation for personal growth and learning new technologies to support the team’s needs

Benefits

• Inclusive and supportive work environment
• Career development-- internal mobility, mentoring opportunities, and leadership development opportunities
• Remote work