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
Architect and lead the technical strategy for our pricing and availability: backend systems, ensuring APIs, services, and data pipelines are robust today and evolve alongside business needs.
Lead the development and optimization of Airbnb’s core pricing and availability products.
Collaborate with product engineers and cross-functional partners to develop: new host pricing functionality and calendar management tools.
Contribute to the long-term backend system architecture within the Host Pricing organization.
Champion engineering excellence by establishing architectural standards and: mentoring senior engineers to elevate the organization's technical maturity.
+ years of engineering experience with a BS/MS or PhD in CS or similar
What they're looking for
- Proven track record of leading teams, setting technical strategy, and launching high-impact product features
- Expertise with backend systems in large-scale service-oriented architectures.
- Experience influencing cross-functional partners and engineering teams.
- Good judgment in making tradeoffs to balance short-term business needs with long-term technical quality.
