Staff Software Engineer

Summary

Join Airbnb's Pricing team as a Staff Backend Engineer to build the next generation of tools for Airbnb hosts. You will collaborate with product and design partners, prototype new ideas, and influence product strategy. The role involves working with other engineering teams to improve APIs and architecture, developing new host pricing functionality, and creating technical execution strategies. You will also identify areas for improvement, champion best practices, perform code reviews, and mentor junior engineers. This is a remote position within the USA, with occasional office work or offsites as needed. The role offers a competitive salary and potential for bonus, equity, benefits, and Employee Travel Credits.

Requirements

• 10+ years industry experience
• You have experience leading teams, setting technical direction, building & launching high-impact user-facing products
• You have experience influencing partners such as designers and product managers as well as other engineering teams
• You are excited to ideate, prototype new ideas, and influence product direction
• You have excellent communication skills and the ability to work well within a team and across engineering teams
• You have demonstrated an ability to mentor and grow more junior engineers, set and drive best practices

Responsibilities

• Work with product and design partners to explore problem spaces and devise solutions to customer problems
• Prototype new ideas and influence the product strategy
• Proactively collaborate with other engineering teams to develop an iterative plan to improve our APIs and architecture
• Collaborate with other product engineers and partners to develop new host pricing functionality
• Create technical and execution strategies for new projects and drive hand-ons implementation of those solutions
• Identify areas for improvement and champion the adoption of best practices in product development, engineering architecture, and testing
• Perform technical design reviews and code reviews
• Mentor and grow more junior engineers

Benefits

• Bonus
• Equity
• Benefits
• Employee Travel Credits