Staff Software Engineer, Airbnb
Payments Compliance
$200-250k
Community marketplace for holiday accomodation
Job no longer available
Community marketplace for holiday accomodation
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$200-250k
1001+ employees
Company mission
To create a world where anyone can belong anywhere.
Role
Who you are
- 12+ years of technical experience, with 8+ years of relevant industry experience in a fast paced tech environment
- Prior knowledge of Regulatory Compliance standards and experience in implementing those controls is required
- You have excellent communication skills and the ability to work well within a team and with teams across the engineering organization
- You are a strong problem solver and have led a team that is on-call for production systems before
- Technical leadership: hands on experience leading project teams and setting technical direction and strategy
- BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent work experience
- Proficiency in one or more back-end server languages (Java/Ruby/Go/C++/etc.)
- Exposure to architectural patterns of high-scale web and data applications
- Be future looking - we might be focused on immediate regulations, but need to build for the long term
- End-to-end ownership mentality that transcends team boundaries
What the job involves
- As a Staff Engineer, you would be expected to bring in expertise of managing large scale, and platforms, and support Airbnb’s entire Compliance program and scale it to efficiently adapt to ever evolving regulatory needs
- The Payments Compliance systems are complex and interface with various other parts of AIrbnb
- As a Staff engineer, you’ll be responsible for establishing a technical vision and building alignment within engineering and cross-functional teams - all while delivering a solution that is flexible, always available, efficient, and scales with the needs of the business
- Lead the development and refinement of systems powering compliance
- Partner with technical leaders inside and outside of Compliance to design and build the next-generation Compliance system that is service-oriented, configurable, auditable and efficiently leverages existing Airbnb capabilities
- Work closely with Product, Design, Policy, Operations and other cross-functional partners as part of a globally distributed team, to define and ship impactful features
- Partner with other engineering teams in Airbnb to serve our users holistically
- Lead and mentor engineers — both inside and outside your immediate team — in building solutions and developing skills
- Advocate for and participate in efforts to advance Airbnb’s engineering processes and technical foundations
- Drive systemic improvements by identifying patterns to streamline development, reduce toil and increase technical quality and operational excellence over time
Otta's take
Sam Franklin
CEO of Otta
When Airbnb was originally founded, the product helped customers book air mattresses on people's apartment floors. Since then, Airbnb has had over a billion customers hosted through its platform. With more than 4 million registered hosts worldwide, it has grown into a major player in the hospitality sector.
Airbnb has been successful in disrupting the traditional holiday lettings sector. Before it existed accommodation was limited to hotels and bed and breakfasts, but Airbnb has mainstreamed the idea of renting out spare rooms or even entire homes. It has created a new sector of hosts purchasing properties to rent out on the platform and provides a level of flexibility and a range of offerings not previously possible for travelers.
Perhaps a victim of its own success, by 2022 supply of Airbnb-listed properties began to outstrip demand in some markets, as hosts overestimated the appetite for domestic travel. However, the company is still posting strong financials and has unveiled new tools to support its hosts in a tougher rental market. With a healthy bottom line and a huge user base, Airbnb is very likely to overcome the current market turbulence and continue its growth.
Insights
Some candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
25% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 10 rounds)
Apr 2020
$500m
GROWTH EQUITY VC
Mar 2017
$447.8m
SERIES F
Total funding: $3.8bn
Company benefits
- Paid volunteer time
- Health food and snacks
- Generous parental and family leave
- Learning and development
- Annual travel and experiences credit
Company values
- Champion the Mission: We’re united with our community to create a world where anyone can belong anywhere
- Be a Host: We're caring, open, and encouraging to everyone we work with
- Embrace the Adventure: We’re driven by curiosity, optimism, and the belief that every person can grow
- Be a Cereal Entrepreneur: We’re determined and creative in transforming our bold ambitions into reality
Company HQ
Showplace Square, San Francisco, CA
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Founders
Brian Chesky
(Co-Founder & CEO)Previously an Industrial Designer, studying at Rhode Island School of Design.
Nathan Blecharczyk
(Co-Founder & CSO)Studied Computer Science at Harvard, and had around 4 years of professional Software Engineering experience before founding Airbnb, including interning at Microsoft.
Joe Gebbia
(Co-Founder)Also studied Industrial Design at Rhode Island, and previously founded various design-related startups
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