
Staff Backend Engineer, Reservations and Additional Products
Airbnb
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: United States
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Salary
💰 $212,000 - $265,000 per year
Job Level
Tech Stack
About the role
- Explore, shape, and develop new product experiences alongside cross-functional partners (design and product); from ideation to implementation at scale.
- 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.
- Help define and improve coding standards, development processes and best practices.
- Mentor and provide technical guidance to engineers, fostering a culture of knowledge sharing and continuous learning.
Requirements
- 10+ years of experience in a hands-on software engineering role in backend development.
- Bachelor’s and/or Master/PhD’s degree, preferably in CS, or equivalent experience.
- Strong expertise in the following: Java/Kotlin. JavaScript, React is a plus.
- Demonstrated expertise in backend systems within large-scale service-oriented architectures containing mission critical data. Fullstack product experience is a plus.
- 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.
- Ability to drive alignment, manage projects and effectively collaborate with stakeholders.
- Mentorship of senior developers.
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
JavaKotlinJavaScriptReactbackend developmentservice-oriented architectureprototypingcoding standardsdevelopment processesiterative development
Soft Skills
communicationcollaborationmentorshipproject managementknowledge sharingcontinuous learningalignmenttechnical guidancefostering culturepassion for quality
Certifications
Bachelor's degreeMaster's degreePhD