Senior Staff Software Engineer, Marketing Technology

Airbnb

Senior Staff Software Engineer at Airbnb transforming marketing tech into an AI-driven platform. Leading tech strategy across teams to deliver impactful marketing campaigns.

Posted 7/29/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $248,000 - $310,000 per yearWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates deep expertise in backend systems and large-scale, service-oriented architectures, with a strong ability to set technical vision and drive execution across multiple teams. Proven track record in mentoring engineers and influencing engineering culture while maintaining hands-on involvement in critical projects.

Highest-signal resume keywords

Technical LeadershipBackend Systems ExpertiseArchitecting AI-Driven SystemsJava and Kotlin ProficiencyCross-Functional Communication

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Hard Skills

Software EngineeringTechnical Vision SettingDistributed ArchitectureMicroservice ArchitectureGraphQLRelational DatabasesNoSQL DatabasesCaching SolutionsAgentic Systems ArchitectureSystem Quality at Scale

Soft Skills

MentoringCross-Functional InfluenceCommunication

Tools & Technologies

RedisLangGraph

Certifications & Qualifications

Bachelor's DegreeMaster's DegreePhD

Industry Keywords

Marketing TechnologyGrowth Platform Systems

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

GraphQLJavaKotlinNoSQLRedis

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Define and drive technical vision and strategy for the Content Platform org, ensuring architectural decisions scale across teams and align with broader company technology direction.
Identify and resolve the highest-leverage, most ambiguous technical problems that span multiple teams or systems, often before they become visible to others.
Lead architecture and design reviews across the org, setting technical standards and driving consistency in engineering practices.
Mentor and grow Staff and senior engineers, and act as a technical multiplier by scaling your judgment and expertise across the broader organization.
Partner directly with engineering leadership, product, design, and marketing/business stakeholders to align technical strategy with business priorities and influence roadmap decisions at the org level.
Represent Marketing Technology in company-wide technical forums, driving adoption of best practices and shaping technical direction beyond your immediate team.
At Senior Staff level, our engineers are expected to operate with organization-wide scope and impact, setting technical direction that shapes how multiple teams build and scale, while remaining deeply hands-on when it matters most.

Requirements

What you’ll need

15+ years of hands-on software engineering experience, including a track record of technical leadership at organizational scale
Bachelor's and/or Master's/PhD degree, preferably in CS, or equivalent experience
Deep expertise in backend systems and large-scale, service-oriented and distributed architectures
Proven experience architecting and scaling agentic or AI-driven systems in production
Experience with Java, and/or Kotlin, LangGraph, GraphQL, relational and NoSQL databases, caching solutions like Redis, and microservice architecture
Demonstrated ability to set technical vision and drive execution across multiple teams and stakeholders, with a track record of influencing engineering culture and standards beyond a single team
Passionate about efficiency, availability, and system quality at scale
Past experience with Marketing Technology or Growth platform systems is a plus
Exceptional communication and cross-functional influence skills, with experience driving initiatives that span teams, departments, and leadership.

Benefits

Comp & perks

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