Remote Staff Backend Engineer Job in United States Airbnb

Who you are

• 9+ years of experience in a hands-on software engineering role in backend or full-stack development
• Bachelor’s and/or Master/PhD’s degree, preferably in CS, or equivalent experience
• Extensive experience working in Java and/or Kotlin
• Passionate about efficiency, availability, technical quality and system quality
• Passionate about design and UX sensibilities
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills
• Enjoy collaborating via code reviews and architecture discussions
• Motivated to improve teammates’ productivity
• Experience working with a microservice architecture at scale

Desirables

• Product team experience
• Motivation for personal growth and learning new technologies to support team’s needs

What the job involves

• Develop new, highly-impact product features on Airbnb’s search and other high-traffic surfaces
• Work closely with cross functional partners in design, product, marketing, and data science to bring new features from design to production
• Prototype new features to collect feedback and iterate on to reach ideal product solutions for Airbnb guests
• Advise stakeholders on the technical scope and feasibility of complex product requirements
• Communicate product direction and needs to the foundation and infrastructure teams
• Write technical specifications for new features and systems
• Mentor, guide, advocate and support the career growth of individual contributors

Application process

• Submit an application
• Possible reasonable accommodation requests through reasonableaccommodations@airbnb.com