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Airbnb · 2 weeks ago

Senior Frontend Engineer, GraphQL & Networking Platform

Airbnb is a global platform that connects hosts and guests for unique stays and experiences. As a frontend engineer on the Client Data & Networking Platform team, you will develop tools and frameworks that empower product engineers to deliver fast, data-rich user experiences across the platform.

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Responsibilities

Work closely with Android and iOS engineers on the team to develop foundational, cross platform solutions
Partner with Airbnb product teams to understand their pain points, pilot proposed solutions, and drive adoption of paved path tooling and frameworks
Collaborate with a wide variety of infrastructure teams as well as support product foundation teams as they build additional capabilities on top of the team’s offerings
Participate in all phases of software development from architecture/design through implementation, testing, and on-call

Qualification

TypeScriptGraphQLREST APIsClient networkingPerformance optimizationCaching strategiesAsynchronous programmingMentoring junior engineersInternal tooling developmentCLI applicationsAgentic AI solutions

Required

8+ years of industry experience
Extensive experience working with TypeScript to develop web applications, including designing and integrating with GraphQL and REST APIs
Proven track record working on an Infrastructure or Platform team supporting medium to large engineering organizations
Excellent engineering and coding skills, with a solid understanding of client networking, performance optimization, caching strategies, client storage solutions, and asynchronous programming
Experience mentoring and growing junior engineers and driving best practices for web client development
Motivation for personal growth and a commitment to learning new technologies to support the team's evolving needs
Interest in innovations within the web industry and a passion for staying current with emerging trends
Interest in developing internal tooling and CLI (command line interface) applications

Preferred

Experience building agentic AI solutions is a plus

Benefits

Bonus
Equity
Benefits
Employee Travel Credits

Company

Airbnb is an online community marketplace for people to list, discover, and book accommodations through mobile phones or the Internet.

H1B Sponsorship

Airbnb has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
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Trends of Total Sponsorships
2025 (234)
2024 (176)
2023 (160)
2022 (270)
2021 (250)
2020 (274)

Funding

Current Stage
Public Company
Total Funding
$6.44B
Key Investors
VERSO CapitalJP Morgan ChaseFirstMark
2020-12-10IPO
2020-04-14Debt Financing· $1B
2020-04-06Private Equity· $1B

Leadership Team

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Brian Chesky
Co-founder & CEO
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Nathan Blecharczyk
Co-founder / Chief Strategy Officer
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