Airbnb Principal Engineer Marketing Technology 

United States 

859991192

The Community You Will Join:

The MarTech platform powers all digital marketing channels including landing pages, email, push, SMS, and digital advertising, as well as the machine learning/AI and data platforms that feed into the management and optimization of these channels.

A Typical Day:

• Define the long-term architectural vision, technology strategy, and roadmap for the MarTech team, focusing on scalability, performance, privacy and security. Serve as the strategic thought partner within the organization.
• Partner with the MarTech leadership to evolve and enhance the following systems:
  • Paid Advertising Platform covering SEM, Affiliates, Display and Brand Measurement.
  • Content Management - tools to create, manage and publish personalized content across all marketing channels
  • Customer Data Management - Data Segmentation and Unified Customer Profile
  • Customer Journey Mapping - tools to create, manage and publish automated customer marketing and product life cycles
  • Airbnb Notifications Platform - delivers billions of notifications yearly to Guests and Hosts.
  • Data & AI/ML platform - data and intelligence that powers and enables measurement of personalized content across all marketing channels.
• Drive the design and implementation of high-impact projects that enhance user experience and data integrity across all user interactions.
• Lead cross-functional collaboration with Product, Data Science, Engineering teams and Business teams to deliver holistic and high-quality customer-centric solutions.
• Advocate for and implement best practices and standards in system design, development, and maintenance.
• Provide technical mentorship and guidance to engineering teams, fostering a culture of excellence and continuous learning.
• Influence company-wide technology decisions and contribute to the broader architectural roadmap.

Your Expertise:

• BS, MS, or PhD in computer science, related field, or equivalent work.
• 15+ years of software engineering experience, with a significant portion dedicated to system architecture and design with focus in Platforms, Data and distributed systems.
• Demonstrated expertise in building and scaling high-availability systems and platforms, with a deep understanding of service-oriented architecture. Have architected/shipped several large-scale projects with multiple dependencies across teams.
• Strong leadership skills, with 5+ years of experience as a senior-level technical lead or architect, driving the technical direction and strategy across multiple teams or projects.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with a proven track record of working effectively across teams and organizations.
• Experience leading and mentoring other senior ICs.
• Intellectual curiosity to approach challenges with fresh perspective and awareness associated with industry trends and dynamics.
• Deep knowledge in the domain of MarTech or AdTech is highly desirable.