Staff Backend Engineer – Hosting Services
Airbnb
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: United States
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Salary
💰 $204,000 - $255,000 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Lead the development and refinement of major subsystems powering the hosting services systems
- Develop new and refined product features
- Support day-to-day operations
- Identify patterns and build systems and patterns to streamline development
- Perform and present technical & product deep dives to relevant stakeholders
- Engage in strategic planning
- Nurture a culture of technical quality from design, through code review, to production operations
- Mentor other engineers in developing their technical and collaboration skills
- Collaborate with product, engineering, data science, data engineering, UX and numerous platform teams within Airbnb
Requirements
- 9+ years of relevant software development industry experience in a fast-paced tech environment
- Expertise with backend systems in large-scale service-oriented architectures
- 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.
Benefits
- Bonuses
- Equity
- Benefits
- Employee Travel Credits
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard Skills & Tools
backend systemsservice-oriented architecturetechnical deep divescode reviewsystem qualityuser experienceproduct features developmentstreamlined developmentstrategic planningmentoring
Soft Skills
excellent communicationcollaborationgood judgmentteamworkpassion for efficiencyavailability focustechnical quality cultureend-to-end mentalitypattern identificationstakeholder engagement