Senior Software Engineer, Payments PlatformNew

The opportunity

Airbnb was born in 2007 when two hosts welcomed three guests to their San Francisco home, and has since grown to over 5 million hosts who have welcomed over 2 billion guest arrivals in almost every country across the globe. Every day, hosts offer unique stays and experiences…

What you'll do

  • Work on multi-team technical initiatives, and work cross-functionally to: identify opportunities for business impact, refine, and prioritize requirements for engineering systems.

  • Architect and implement complex features, focusing on data-driven decision: making and performance optimizations.

  • Work with other engineering teams to advance Airbnb’s engineering processes and technical foundations

  • Work on systemic improvements by identifying patterns to streamline: development, reduce toil and increase technical quality and operational excellence over time.

  • Mentor and provide technical guidance to junior engineers through design: reviews, code walkthroughs, and knowledge-sharing sessions, fostering a culture of knowledge sharing and continuous learning.

  • + years of experience in a hands-on software engineering role.

What they're looking for

  • + years of relevant industry experience (Payments/Fintech) as a backend software engineer is plus.
  • Experience leading design, implementation, and deployment of one or more high: scale, cross-functional payment systems.
  • Bachelor’s and/or Master’s degree, preferably in CS, or equivalent experience
  • Technical leadership: hands on experience leading project teams, setting technical direction and strategy and mentoring engineers.