Airbnb Staff Backend Engineer Media Foundation 

United States 

599513802

The Community You Will Join:

We focus on delivering high quality, performant & cost-efficient media experiences through innovative media solutions leveraging content optimization techniques & caching strategies. Additionally, we drive product innovation by exploring new ways to enhance media experiences through AI-driven enhancements, interactive media formats, and improved media accessibility.

A Typical Day:

• Design and implement scalable, high-performance backend services for media processing, storage, and delivery.
• Lead architectural decisions and drive technical excellence in media infrastructure participating in regular on-call & improving team’s operational rigor
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams both internal including frontend, mobile, and infrastructure engineers as well as vendors, to enhance media-related experiences.
• Mentor and guide engineers, fostering a culture of technical excellence and innovation.

• You will ideate and prototype solutions that address concerns that are unique to the Airbnb Media hosting and media processing.

Your Expertise:

• 9+ years of software development experience in a fast paced tech environment with a minimum of 3 years working with media systems
• Strong programming (Java, Kotlin or equivalent) skills for hands-on IC work
• You have excellent communication skills and the ability to work well within a team and with teams across the engineering, product & design organizations
• Experience working with image processing or content video transcoding,
• Experience AI/ML-based media processing
• Knowledge of content moderation, media compliance, and rights management.
• Passion to level-up those around you through curiosity and fostering a collaborative and inclusive team environment

How We'll Take Care of You:

Offices: United States