Airbnb

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

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

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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