Staff Software Engineer, Airbnb
Host Calendar
$204-254k
More information about location
Community marketplace for holiday accomodation
Open for applications
Community marketplace for holiday accomodation
1001+ employees
Open for applications
$204-254k
More information about location
1001+ employees
Company mission
To create a world where anyone can belong anywhere.
Role
Who you are
- Our ideal candidate has excellent interpersonal skills to navigate and make informed trade-offs that take into account business priorities, user experience, and the establishment of a robust technical foundation
- The candidate has an absolute commitment to quality, is highly experimental, and not afraid to try solutions
- If you are a fervent supporter of a strong technical foundation that supports the user needs and seek a role in a dynamic, teamwork and product-oriented setting, we invite you to reach out to us
- 10+ years of industry experience (and/or relevant academic experience)
- Experience leading and shipping large scope technical projects in collaboration with multiple experienced engineers and setting the technical direction
- 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
What the job involves
- The Host Calendar team is looking for a Staff Engineer to help us craft the next generation of tools for Airbnb hosts
- We create tools that help our hosts run their business, giving them insights to help them better price their properties that hopefully lead to better returns
- As a Staff Engineer working in the Host Calendar team, you will help drive the technology and implementation strategy to directly help hosts run their business day-to-day
- Work with product and design partners to explore problem spaces and devise solutions to customer problems
- Collaborate with other product engineers and partners to develop Host calendar and availability functionality and surface insights / analytics
- Create technical and execution strategies for new projects and legacy migrations as well as drive hand-ons implementation of those solutions
- 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
- Ability to mentor and grow more junior engineers to improve their software development craft
- Personal projects that show an aptitude for technical excellence and product sense
- Ability to work in areas outside of your usual comfort zone and show motivation for personal growth
- The role may include occasional work at an Airbnb office or attendance at offsites, as agreed to with your manager
Our take
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.
Kirsty
Company Specialist
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
Articles
Leadership
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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