Senior Software Engineer - Host Platforms & Access

The difference you will make

The Host Platforms & Access team is dedicated to accelerating value delivery to Airbnb Hosts. We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer to help us accelerate this mission by systematically identifying extracting and generalizing core functionality across host pricing availability and guidance systems. We architect robust platforms and unified APIs that simplify development eliminate fragmentation clarify boundaries and enable rapid innovation and seamless integration across Host Pricing & Settings domains for internal teams external partners and client surfaces.

As a Senior Engineer you will sit at the center of the Host Pricing & Settings org acting as a force multiplier by bridging all key business domains - pricing availability and guidance - with unified industry-leading platforms and APIs.

A typical day

• Build scalable platforms and APIs that enable faster delivery of product features within the Host Pricing and Settings organization

• Work with product and design partners to explore problem spaces and devise solutions to customer problems

• Consolidate logic across multiple systems to improve efficiency and maintainability.

• Identify areas for improvement and champion the adoption of best practices in product development engineering architecture and testing.

• Follow data-driven approaches to find inefficiencies in the build/test/deploy pipeline

Your expertise

• 6+ years of experience with a BS/Masters or 4+ years with a PhD

• Experience building & launching high-impact systems

• 3 years of experience with design and architecture; and testing/launching software products.

• Previous experience with domain driven design and context mapping

• You are a full-cycle developer: strong ownership and experience building and operating  high-scale distributed systems across the full software life cycle.

• You have excellent communication skills and the ability to work well within a team and across engineering teams.

• You are a strong problem solver and have solid production debugging skills.

• End-to-end “big picture” perspective that connects technical decisions to real user impact

• Good judgment in making tradeoffs to balance short-term business needs with long-term technical quality

Remote- USA

This position is US - Remote Eligible. The role may include occasional work at an Airbnb office or attendance at offsites as agreed to with your manager. While the position is Remote Eligible you must live in a state where Airbnb Inc. has a registered entity. Click here for the up-to-date list of excluded states. This list is continuously evolving so please check back with us if the state you live in is on the exclusion list . If your position is employed by another Airbnb entity your recruiter will inform you what states you are eligible to work from.

Our Commitment To Inclusion & Belonging:

Airbnb is committed to working with the broadest talent pool possible. We believe diverse ideas foster innovation and engagement and allow us to attract creatively-led people and to develop the best products services and solutions. All qualified individuals are encouraged to apply.

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