Staff Backend Engineer, Host Pricing & Availability
AirbnbShort-term Rentals company
Remote$212,000 - $265,000 USDLead
Sequoia Capital
Greylock Partners
Andreessen Horowitz
Founders Fund
Y Combinator
Silver Lake
Software Engineering
About the role
TL;DR
Staff Backend Engineer to drive technical strategy for pricing and availability systems.
- •The Host Pricing & Availability team builds the platform and tools that empower hosts to manage their business effectively.
- •As a Staff Engineer, you will drive the technical strategy and delivery of Airbnb's pricing product roadmap.
- •Key Responsibilities Architect and lead the technical strategy for our pricing and availability backend systems.
- •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.
- •Requirements 9+ years of engineering experience with a BS/MS or PhD in CS or similar.
- •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.
Required skills
MicroservicesREST APIgRPCSQLPythonJavaGoAWSDockerKubernetesGit
Domain expertise
travel
Benefits & perks
bonus, equity, benefits, Employee Travel Credits
Tech stack
PythonJavaGoSQLMicroservicesREST APIgRPCAWSDockerKubernetesGit
