Senior Software Engineer, Guest & Host

Airbnb is a global leader in the hospitality industry, connecting hosts and guests for unique stays and experiences. They are seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join the Partner Integration team, responsible for enhancing product functionalities for Guests and Hosts through new partnerships and integrations. The role involves designing APIs, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and leading projects to scale new partnerships efficiently.

Responsibilities:

• Contribute directly to company growth in new areas as we explore partnerships outside of Airbnb
• Lead projects end-to-end – from working with partners directly, to clicking that launch button
• Identify patterns that allow us to scale new partnerships quickly in the future
• Have attention to detail about the user experience
• Design, write and test new APIs and integrations with partners
• Write documents to propose, align and document changes to the system
• Debug external integrations and join the team on-call rotation
• Collaborate with cross-functional partners such as Product, Program, Design and Engineers, and directly with external partners
• Provide input in team roadmap and technical direction
• Build large scale backend solutions that are efficient, reliable, performant and scalable

Requirements:

• 6+ years of experience
• Experience designing scalable and resilient large-scale service-oriented architectures
• Experience leading projects
• Previous experience working with third party API's is a plus
• Previous experience with authentication or secure signing mechanisms is a plus
• Passionate about reliability, efficiency, availability, and system quality
• Good judgment in making and communicating tradeoffs to balance short-term business needs with long-term technical quality
• High sense of user empathy and the ability to identify and solve for user needs and friction
• End-to-end mentality that transcends team boundaries and helps find globally optimal solutions
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to work well within a team and with teams across the engineering organization