Staff Software Engineer, Cities

Job Description

As a Staff Senior Software Engineer on the Cities team, your work will directly contribute to one of the most potent elements of Airbnb s commitment to operate as a 21st-century company by enabling us to strengthen, partner with, and earn the trust of the communities we serve. The software systems you build will help cities implement and manage home-sharing regulations at scale around the world, and make it easier for our hosts to know about and comply with those regulations. You will work with a team of talented, passionate, mission-driven developers and a diverse set of partners and stakeholders across product, design, data science, policy, operations, and legal disciplines. Your contributions will take a variety of forms, including: Building a long-term regulatory platform with well-defined APIs that is service-oriented, modular, granular, observable, configurable, and efficient Developing an industry-first portal that enables city officials to directly understand the impact of Airbnb on their communities and manage compliance with local regulations, as applicable Creating highly-automated, auditable, access-controlled tools for Airbnb compliance managers to address off-platform compliance issues Designing intuitive experiences for hosts that make it simple for them to learn about and comply with their local regulations Acting as a role model and mentor for other engineers on the team through your visible commitment to best engineering practices What You ll Need to Succeed 8+ years of full-time work experience in software engineering, information technology, or a related domain Bachelor s or Master s degree in computer science, or equivalent experience Passion for delivering products end-to-end, from ideation through planning and scoping to implementation and experimental A/B testing Proficiency in one or more back-end server languages (Java/Ruby/C#/C++/etc.) Fluency with HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and related web technologies Experience with modern JavaScript libraries and tooling (e.g. React) is a bonus Expertise in popular storage systems such as relational or noSQL databases Ability to write high-performance production-quality code Willingness to work across the stack to address technical challenges anywhere in the system Experience in designing and building large-scale production systems Experience with SOA (service-oriented architecture) design patterns Success at mentoring others and leading by example Strong written and verbal communication skills Attention to detail, bias for action, and the ability to tackle ambiguous problems Desire to work collaboratively in cross-functional teams with design, product, data science, policy, operations, and legal partner