[Remote] Staff Software Engineer, Marketplaces & Intelligence Data and AI

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Airbnb, founded in 2007, has grown to over 5 million hosts and 2 billion guest arrivals globally. They are seeking a Staff Backend Engineer to enhance tools for hosts and improve the quality of data foundational to their marketplace. The role involves collaboration with product and ML engineers, developing backend solutions, and mentoring junior engineers.

Responsibilities

• Work with product and ML engineers to explore problem spaces and devise solutions to customer problems
• Prototype new ideas and influence the product strategy
• Proactively collaborate with other engineering teams to develop an iterative plan to improve our APIs and architecture
• Collaborate with other product engineers and partners to develop backend to support data and AI solutions
• Create technical and execution strategies for new projects and drive hand-ons implementation of those solutions
• Identify areas for improvement and champion the adoption of best practices in product development, engineering architecture, and testing
• Perform technical design reviews and code reviews
• Mentor and grow more junior engineers

Skills

• 10+ years industry experience
• You have experience leading teams, setting technical direction, building & launching high-impact user-facing products
• You have experience influencing partners such as designers and product managers as well as other engineering teams
• You are excited to ideate, prototype new ideas, and influence product direction
• You have excellent communication skills and the ability to work well within a team and across engineering teams
• You have demonstrated an ability to mentor and grow more junior engineers, set and drive best practices

Benefits

• Bonus
• Equity
• Benefits
• Employee Travel Credits

Company Overview

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