Senior Staff Software Engineer, Growth Platform (Remote)

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Job Summary:

Airbnb is a global platform that connects hosts and guests, offering unique stays and experiences. The Staff Software Engineer for the Growth Platform will lead the development of an AI-driven growth engine to enhance supply expansion and improve host success, collaborating with various stakeholders to deliver impactful solutions.

Responsibilities:

• Design the future state of our technical systems by combining a strategic understanding of our highest level product goals with a deep understanding of our existing systems to inform the right technical and product tradeoffs for both short and long term

• Lead engineers—both inside and outside your immediate team—in building out these technical solutions

• Participate in the development of product and UX requirements by engaging early and often with designers, product managers and other stakeholders to help steer teams on the most efficient path towards overall goals

• Nurture a culture of technical quality from design, through code review, to production operations

• Mentor other engineers in developing their technical and collaboration skills

• Identify and propose solutions to problems coming in the way of technical and product engineering excellence

• Collaborate with internal teams across the tech community, Hosting, Guest and Mobile and data engineering.

Qualifications:

Required:

• 9+ years of relevant software development industry experience in a fast-paced tech environment

• Strong proficiency in at least one major backend programming language (e.g., Java, Kotlin, Scala, Python) and experience with modern frontend frameworks (e.g., React, Angular, Vue.js)

• Proven track record of delivering end-to-end products in a collaborative environment, from ideation and planning to implementation and launch

• Experience with architectural patterns of large-scale web applications, including well-designed APIs, high-volume data pipelines, and efficient algorithms

• Demonstrated ability to make data-driven decisions, articulate technical trade-offs, and communicate effectively with cross-functional partners

• Passion for creating intuitive user experiences and a keen interest in data systems and analytics

• Good judgment in making tradeoffs to balance short-term business needs with long-term technical quality

• Strong understanding of how deep backend systems are expressed in the UX shown to customers

• End-to-end mentality that transcends team boundaries and helps find globally optimal solutions

• Excellent communication skills and the ability to work well within a team and with teams across the engineering organization

• Passionate about efficiency, availability, system quality and user experience

• Passionate about building AI-driven applications that deliver innovative and impactful solutions

Company:

Airbnb is an online community marketplace for people to list, discover, and book accommodations through mobile phones or the Internet. Founded in 2008, the company is headquartered in San Francisco, California, USA, with a team of 5001-10000 employees. The company is currently Public Company. Airbnb has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships.