Staff Software Engineer - Guest Displays & Platforms
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The Community You Will Join
Guest Displays & Platforms team
The Guest Displays & Platforms team owns pricing and availability across all product surfaces as well as the main product details page (PDP) that brings together all the listing details, and anchors the guest booking flow. On the pricing side, we compute and present the prices the guest sees based on all applicable host settings, platform fees, and taxes for the particular guest and listing location. On the availability side, we compute availability based on applicable host settings, existing reservations and policy-based controls.
As a Guest Displays & Platforms Staff Engineer, you’ll lead the development and refinement of major subsystems powering the core user journey for Airbnb guests. This includes developing new and refined product features, supporting day-to-day operations, identifying patterns and building systems and patterns to streamline development and increase quality over time, performing and presenting technical & product deep dives to relevant stakeholders, and strategic planning.
At the staff+ level, our engineers are responsible for establishing a technical vision and then delivering a solution that is flexible, always available, efficient, and scales with the needs of the business. Each individual brings their own unique skill set, experiences, thought leadership and technical expertise to solve these technical challenges for Airbnb.
The Difference You Will Make
Design the future state of our technical systems by combining a strategic understanding of our highest level product goals with a deep understanding of our existing systems to inform the right technical and product tradeoffs for both short and long term
Lead engineers—both inside and outside your immediate team—in building out these technical solutions
Participate in the development of product and UX requirements by engaging early and often with designers, product managers and other stakeholders to help steer teams on the most efficient path towards overall goals
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 coming in the way of technical and product engineering excellence
Collaborate with internal teams across Search, Checkout, Reservations, Host Settings, Listings, Payments, Tax, Cities, Trust and others
Your Expertise:
10+ years of relevant software development industry experience in a fast-paced tech environment
Expertise with backend systems in large-scale service-oriented architectures
Expertise with front-end web development using React or similar javascript-based frameworks
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
Your Location:
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.
We strive to also provide a disability inclusive application and interview process. If you are a candidate with a disability and require reasonable accommodation in order to submit an application, please contact us at: reasonableaccommodations@airbnb.com. Please include your full name, the role you’re applying for and the accommodation necessary to assist you with the recruiting process.
We ask that you only reach out to us if you are a candidate whose disability prevents you from being able to complete our online application.
About the job
Staff Software Engineer - Guest Displays & Platforms
To see similar active jobs please follow this link: Remote Development jobs
The Community You Will Join
Guest Displays & Platforms team
The Guest Displays & Platforms team owns pricing and availability across all product surfaces as well as the main product details page (PDP) that brings together all the listing details, and anchors the guest booking flow. On the pricing side, we compute and present the prices the guest sees based on all applicable host settings, platform fees, and taxes for the particular guest and listing location. On the availability side, we compute availability based on applicable host settings, existing reservations and policy-based controls.
As a Guest Displays & Platforms Staff Engineer, you’ll lead the development and refinement of major subsystems powering the core user journey for Airbnb guests. This includes developing new and refined product features, supporting day-to-day operations, identifying patterns and building systems and patterns to streamline development and increase quality over time, performing and presenting technical & product deep dives to relevant stakeholders, and strategic planning.
At the staff+ level, our engineers are responsible for establishing a technical vision and then delivering a solution that is flexible, always available, efficient, and scales with the needs of the business. Each individual brings their own unique skill set, experiences, thought leadership and technical expertise to solve these technical challenges for Airbnb.
The Difference You Will Make
Design the future state of our technical systems by combining a strategic understanding of our highest level product goals with a deep understanding of our existing systems to inform the right technical and product tradeoffs for both short and long term
Lead engineers—both inside and outside your immediate team—in building out these technical solutions
Participate in the development of product and UX requirements by engaging early and often with designers, product managers and other stakeholders to help steer teams on the most efficient path towards overall goals
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 coming in the way of technical and product engineering excellence
Collaborate with internal teams across Search, Checkout, Reservations, Host Settings, Listings, Payments, Tax, Cities, Trust and others
Your Expertise:
10+ years of relevant software development industry experience in a fast-paced tech environment
Expertise with backend systems in large-scale service-oriented architectures
Expertise with front-end web development using React or similar javascript-based frameworks
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
Your Location:
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.
We strive to also provide a disability inclusive application and interview process. If you are a candidate with a disability and require reasonable accommodation in order to submit an application, please contact us at: reasonableaccommodations@airbnb.com. Please include your full name, the role you’re applying for and the accommodation necessary to assist you with the recruiting process.
We ask that you only reach out to us if you are a candidate whose disability prevents you from being able to complete our online application.