Senior Software Engineer, Viaduct Backend, GraphQL

Airbnb

Senior Software Engineer at Airbnb working on backend solutions for the Viaduct GraphQL platform. Collaborating with cross-functional teams to enhance developer experience and improve platform efficiency.

Posted 4/28/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $191,000 - $225,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

GraphQLKotlin

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Code in a high-impact, deep-complexity domain. We value a deep-work culture and ensure you have protected focus time to solve hard problems.
Share knowledge and learn from your teammates through collaboration and pairing.
You will navigate ambiguity, taking abstract requirements and refining them into concrete technical roadmaps to improve platform reliability and capabilities.
Partner with our customers - the Viaduct tenant teams - to support their mission to ship an industry-leading user experience.
Contribute to the planning process that informs the strategy and roadmap for the Viaduct platform.
We value sustainable engineering practices. We share on-call responsibilities across a large team and prioritize long-term reliability fixes to minimize off-hours pages.

Requirements

What you’ll need

6+ years of experience in a relevant role - ideally in a team that owned a developer platform
Proficiency and interest working cross-team with both product and infrastructure engineers
Experience operating critical online backend services
Comfort shipping high visibility, complex coding projects
Strong preference: expertise with GraphQL, Kotlin, AI-enabled development flows.

Benefits

Comp & perks

This role may also be eligible for bonus, equity, benefits, and Employee Travel Credits.

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Hard Skills & Tools

GraphQLKotlinAI-enabled development flowsbackend servicescoding projectstechnical roadmapssustainable engineering practicesplatform reliabilitycomplex codingproblem-solving

Soft Skills

collaborationknowledge sharingnavigating ambiguitycustomer partnershipplanningteamworkcommunicationfocusadaptabilitylong-term thinking