Airbnb is hiring a
Staff Web Engineer

Summary

Join Airbnb's Reservation Management team as an engineering leader to drive end-to-end development of key products and champion the web community. The ideal candidate should have experience with building scalable practices, collaborating closely with Design partners, and demonstrated proficiency in ideation, prototyping, and shipping innovative product experiences.

Requirements

• 10+ years of industry experience
• Strong expertise in the following: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and Typescript
• Extensive experience with modern Javascript frameworks such as React, Preact, Angular, Next, Vue or Meteor
• Passion for delivering products end-to-end: from ideation through planning and scoping to implementation and experimental A/B testing
• Deep understanding of frontend architecture and improving build processes (npm, yarn, webpack, parcel)
• Ability to mentor and grow more junior engineers (set and drive best practices for iOS client development)
• Personal projects that show an aptitude for technical excellence and product sense
• Ability to work in areas outside of your usual comfort zone and show motivation for personal growth
• Interest in innovations within the web community

Responsibilities

• Explore, shape, and develop new product experiences alongside cross-functional partners (design and product); from ideation to implementation at scale
• Design and implement scalable web practices across the Reservation Management team
• Be a champion of the team’s web community, mentor other engineers and uplevel the broader team’s culture
• Lead investments into new technical capabilities that push the envelope and unlock product innovation
• Develop prototypes to validate ideas while proactively considering long-term implications on technical design and architecture
• Translate prototypes to high quality, scalable, and maintainable production code through iterative development
• Writing unit and integration tests, reviewing other’s code

Preferred Qualifications

Nice to have: demonstrated design and UX sensibilities