Description

You will lead the development and refinement of major subsystems powering Airbnb's hosting services, designing the future state of technical systems, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver flexible, scalable solutions.

Requirements

• 9+ years of relevant software development experience in a fast-paced tech environment.
• Expertise with backend systems in large-scale service-oriented architectures.
• Good judgment in balancing short-term business needs with long-term technical quality.
• Strong understanding of how backend systems impact UX.
• End-to-end mentality across team boundaries.
• Excellent communication and teamwork skills.
• Passionate about efficiency, availability, system quality, and user experience.

Responsibilities

• Design the future state of technical systems by combining strategic product goals with deep system understanding.
• Lead engineers in building technical solutions.
• Participate in developing product and UX requirements with designers, product managers, and stakeholders.
• Nurture a culture of technical quality from design through code review to production operations.
• Mentor engineers in technical and collaboration skills.
• Identify and propose solutions to engineering challenges.
• Collaborate with product, engineering, data science, UX, and platform teams.