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Staff Software Engineer, Guest & Host

Full-stack EngineerSoftware EngineerFull TimeRemoteLeadTeam 5,001-10,000Since 2007H1B SponsorCompany SiteLinkedIn

Location

United Kingdom

Posted

20 days ago

Salary

£120K - £150K / year

Seniority

Lead

Bachelor Degree9 yrs expEnglish

Job Description

Staff Software Engineer, Guest & Host

Airbnb

• As a Staff Engineer, you will lead the development and refinement of major subsystems. • Responsibilities include creating and refining product features, ensuring seamless day-to-day operations, identifying patterns for streamlined development, and presenting technical and product insights to stakeholders. • At the staff full-stack level, you’ll set a technical vision, delivering flexible, efficient, and scalable solutions aligning with business needs. • Shape our technical systems’ future state by aligning high-level product goals with a deep understanding of existing systems, guiding strategic technical and product decisions for both short and long terms. • Lead engineers across teams in crafting technical solutions, engaging in the development of product and UX requirements, and fostering a culture of technical excellence. • Collaborate with various teams - product, engineering, data science, data engineering, and UX - to contribute to the development of efficient solutions and uphold technical quality.

Job Requirements

  • Proven Experience: A track record of 9+ years in the software development industry within a fast-paced tech environment.
  • Backend Proficiency: Demonstrated expertise in backend systems within large-scale service-oriented architectures.
  • Strategic Decision-Making: Proven ability to exercise sound judgment in making trade-offs to balance short-term business needs with long-term technical quality.
  • End-to-End Understanding: Experience with an end-to-end mentality, transcending team boundaries to find globally optimal solutions.
  • Effective Communication: Excellent communication skills with a history of collaborating effectively within and across engineering teams.
  • Quality Advocacy: Passionate about efficiency, availability, system quality, and user experience, demonstrated through prior projects.
  • Architectural Excellence: Experience in architectural patterns of high-scale distributed products/services, such as well-designed APIs, data pipelines, and efficient algorithms.
  • Collaborative Background: A track record of successfully working collaboratively in cross-functional teams with design, product, and data science partners.

Benefits

  • The actual base pay is dependent upon many factors, such as: training, transferable skills, work experience, business needs and market demands. This role may also be eligible for bonus, benefits, and Employee Travel Credits.

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