Airbnb · 20 hours ago
Staff Backend Engineer - Hosting Services
United States
Full-time
Remote
Lead/Staff
$204K/yr - $255K/yr
9+ years expAirbnb is a global company that has transformed the way people connect and host since its inception in 2007. They are seeking a Staff Backend Engineer to lead the development and refinement of major subsystems powering their hosting services, focusing on elevating projects from regional to global levels. This role involves collaborating with various teams to design technical solutions and mentor other engineers in a fast-paced tech environment.
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Responsibilities
Lead the development and refinement of major subsystems powering the hosting services systems
Develop new and refined product features
Support day-to-day operations
Identify patterns and build systems and patterns to streamline development and increase quality over time
Perform and present technical & product deep dives to relevant stakeholders
Establish a technical vision and deliver a solution that is flexible, always available, efficient, and scales with the needs of the business
Design the future state of technical systems by combining a strategic understanding of product goals with a deep understanding of existing systems
Lead engineers in building out technical solutions
Participate in the development of product and UX requirements by engaging with designers, product managers, and other stakeholders
Nurture a culture of technical quality from design, through code review, to production operations
Mentor other engineers in developing their technical and collaboration skills
Identify and propose solutions to problems in technical and product engineering excellence
Collaborate with product, engineering, data science, data engineering, UX, and numerous platform teams within Airbnb
Qualification
Required
9+ years of relevant software development industry experience in a fast-paced tech environment
Expertise with backend systems in large-scale service-oriented architectures
Good judgment in making tradeoffs to balance short-term business needs with long-term technical quality
Strong understanding of how deep backend systems are expressed in the UX shown to customers
End-to-end mentality that transcends team boundaries and helps find globally optimal solutions
Excellent communication skills and the ability to work well within a team and with teams across the engineering organization
Passionate about efficiency, availability, system quality and user experience
Benefits
Bonus
Equity
Benefits
Employee Travel Credits
Company
Airbnb
Airbnb is an online community marketplace for people to list, discover, and book accommodations through mobile phones or the Internet.
5001-10000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$6.44BKey Investors
Silver Lake,Sixth StreetVERSO CapitalCapitalG,TCV
2020-12-10IPO
2020-04-14Debt Financing· $1B
2020-04-06Private Equity· $1B
Leadership Team
Brian Chesky
Co-founder & CEO
Nathan Blecharczyk
Co-founder / Chief Strategy Officer
Recent News
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2026-02-08
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