Senior Staff Engineer, Communication & Connectivity

Airbnb

Senior Technical individual contributor leading backend architecture and AI technology application at Airbnb. Collaborating across teams to enhance guest-host communication and integration platforms.

Posted 6/23/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $248,000 - $310,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Working closely with cross functional teams including design, product marketing, prototyping and others to envision a unique, delightful, extensible guest-host communication experience.
Envision and build a scalable foundation for reaching out hosts in need through notifications
Exploring ways to uplift our partner integration platform leveraging the advanced AI technology
Understand how key technical decisions will drive business outcomes and deliver frameworks and platforms that improve delivery with high-quality to those outcomes
Performing design and code reviews and advise/mentor other engineers at Airbnb

Requirements

What you’ll need

12+ years relevant experience in a fast paced, high growth tech environment
BS, MS or PhD in Computer Science or related field
Experience building, leading, and architecting full-stack products and systems at enterprise scale with a great impact
Experience in applying modern artificial intelligence technologies to products and development cycles
Technical leadership: hands on experience leading project teams, setting technical direction and strategy, and working cross functionally with Product and Data Science teams
Strong communication and collaboration skills. Examples of working across teams and organizations on technical initiatives.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Bonuses
Equity
Employee Travel Credits

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Hard Skills & Tools

full-stack developmentartificial intelligencesystem architecturedesign reviewscode reviewsscalable systemstechnical leadershipproject managementproduct developmententerprise scale

Soft Skills

communicationcollaborationmentoringcross-functional teamworkstrategic directionproblem-solvingleadershiporganizational skillsadaptabilitycreativity

Certifications

BS in Computer ScienceMS in Computer SciencePhD in Computer Science