Staff Backend Engineer

We’re developing groundbreaking tools to facilitate connections and hosting experiences on Airbnb. Our team specializes in co-hosting, focusing on cooperative hosting approaches. We provide host-facing tools to help multiple people collaborate with each other in the whole hosting journey. The tool suite includes access control, messaging, payout for host-facing products. The team collaborates with PM, design, content, legal partners and closely works with engineering teams worldwide. You will play a pivotal role in enhancing our foundations and enriching the host-facing collaborative tools.

As a Co-Hosting Foundation Staff Engineer, you will lead the development and refinement of major subsystems powering the co-hosting systems. Responsibilities include creating and refining product features, ensuring seamless day-to-day operations, identifying patterns for streamlined development, and presenting technical and product insights to stakeholders. At the staff backend level, you’ll set a technical vision, delivering flexible, efficient, and scalable solutions aligning with business needs.

Proven Experience: A track record of 9+ years in the software development industry within a fast-paced tech environment.
Backend Proficiency: Demonstrated expertise and be hands-on in backend systems within large-scale service-oriented architectures.
Strategic Decision-Making: Proven ability to exercise sound judgment in making trade-offs to balance short-term business needs with long-term technical quality.
End-to-End Understanding: Experience with an end-to-end mentality, transcending team boundaries to find globally optimal solutions.
Effective Communication: Excellent communication skills with a history of collaborating effectively within and across engineering teams.
Quality Advocacy: Passionate about efficiency, availability, system quality, and user experience, demonstrated through prior projects.
Architectural Excellence: Experience in architectural patterns of high-scale distributed products/services, such as well-designed APIs, data pipelines, and efficient algorithms.
Collaborative Background: A track record of successfully working collaboratively in cross-functional teams with design, product, and data science partners.