Airbnb · 18 hours ago
Senior Software Engineer, Search Input
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level
$191K/yr - $223K/yr
5+ years expAirbnb is a global hospitality company that connects hosts and guests for unique stays and experiences. The Senior Software Engineer on the Search Input team will develop impactful product features for Airbnb's search experience, collaborating closely with cross-functional partners to bring new features from design to production.
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Responsibilities
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
Write technical specifications for new features and systems
Provide mentorship to junior team members to support their career and technical growth
Attend a design share-out of an upcoming feature and provide feedback to design and product partners on feasibility and level of engineering effort required
Develop a prototype for a new capability the team needs to develop to achieve the design, and review and evaluate it with partner teams
Create and implement the technical design and code for a key initiative that enables impactful features/products on Airbnb’s search product
Review a team member’s technical design for an upcoming feature and provide feedback on implementations via code review
Deliver improvements that enable the team to ship features efficiently and improve product quality. Bring these improvements to the broader Search organization
Qualification
Required
5+ years of hands-on experience in backend/full-stack development
Bachelor's and/or Master's degree, preferably in CS, or equivalent experience
In-depth experience working in Java and/or Kotlin within a microservice architecture at scale
Passion for efficiency, availability, technical quality, and system quality
Passion for design and UX, with a focus on building user-centric products
Excellent communication and collaboration skills, and the ability to work well within a large engineering organization as well as cross functionally
Enthusiastic about code reviews and architecture discussions, actively contributing to improve teammates' productivity
Experience working on a product team or customer-centric software for a medium to large engineering organization
Benefits
Bonus
Equity
Benefits
Employee Travel Credits
Company
Airbnb
Airbnb is an online community marketplace for people to list, discover, and book accommodations through mobile phones or the Internet.
5001-10000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$6.44BKey Investors
VERSO CapitalJP Morgan ChaseFirstMark
2020-12-10IPO
2020-04-14Debt Financing· $1B
2020-04-06Private Equity· $1B
Leadership Team
Brian Chesky
Co-founder & CEO
Nathan Blecharczyk
Co-founder / Chief Strategy Officer
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