Airbnb Staff Backend Engineer Search Input 

United States 

97739364

The Difference You Will Make:

• Develop new, highly-impact product features on Airbnb’s search and other high-traffic surfaces.
• Work closely with cross functional partners in design, product, marketing, and data science to bring new features from design to production.
• Prototype new features to collect feedback and iterate on to reach ideal product solutions for Airbnb guests.
• Effectively advise stakeholders on the technical scope and feasibility of complex product requirements.
• Communicate product direction and needs to the foundation and infrastructure teams, and collaborate on defining the technical requirements for future systems.
• Write technical specifications for new features and systems.
• Mentor, guide, advocate and support the career growth of individual contributors.

Your Expertise:

• 9+ years of experience in a hands-on software engineering role in backend / full-stack development.
• Bachelor’s and/or Master/PhD’s degree, preferably in CS, or equivalent experience
• Extensive experience working in Java and/or Kotlin
• Passionate about efficiency, availability, technical quality and system quality.
• Passionate about design and UX sensibilities, building UX products
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills and the ability to work well within engineering organization and cross functions.
• Love collaborating via code reviews and architecture discussions, and are motivated to improve their teammates’ productivity
• Experience working with a microservice architecture at scale.
• [Bonus] Experience working on a Product team or customer-centric software supporting a medium to large engineering organization.
• [Bonus] Show motivation for personal growth and learning new technologies to support the team’s needs