Senior Software Engineer, Messaging Foundations

Airbnb

4h • Remote

About The Position

Airbnb was born in 2007 when two hosts welcomed three guests to their San Francisco home, and has since grown to over 5 million hosts who have welcomed over 2 billion guest arrivals in almost every country across the globe. Every day, hosts offer unique stays and experiences that make it possible for guests to connect with communities in a more authentic way.
The Community You Will Join:
Airbnb’s mission is to create a world where anyone can belong anywhere. Essential to this mission is the ability to have authentic conversations with members of a global community. The Messaging Foundations team builds the platform that powers these conversations. As a Senior Software Engineer on the team, you will build innovative products, architect scalable solutions, collaborate across organizations, and help shape our roadmap - ensuring that our global community of guests and hosts can communicate seamlessly, wherever they are.
The Difference You Will Make:
You will build and operate the reliable, performant, and scalable infrastructure that powers all messaging experiences across Airbnb. You will build a platform that enables product teams across Airbnb to innovate new conversational experiences faster. You will support and deliver AI-powered features as part of the messaging intelligence platform, driving improvements in trip quality and reducing host effort through contextual assistance.
A Typical Day:
Lead multiple projects that improve the messaging experience
Mentor, guide, advocate and support the career growth of individual contributors
Write and review technical designs that solve large, open-ended foundational technical problems without clearly-known solutions
Collaborate with other engineers and cross-functional partners across Messaging and other organizations across the company to align on long-term technical solutions
Build knowledge of leading edge practices and trends
Drive key technical deliverables for the larger Communications organization

Requirements

• 5+ years of relevant engineering hands-on work experience
• Bachelor’s, Master’s or PhD in CS or related field
• Exceptional architecture abilities and experience with architectural patterns of large, high-scale applications
• Shipped several large scale projects with multiple dependencies across teams
• Has technical leadership and strong communication skills with ability to lead other experienced engineers

Responsibilities

• Lead multiple projects that improve the messaging experience
• Mentor, guide, advocate and support the career growth of individual contributors
• Write and review technical designs that solve large, open-ended foundational technical problems without clearly-known solutions
• Collaborate with other engineers and cross-functional partners across Messaging and other organizations across the company to align on long-term technical solutions
• Build knowledge of leading edge practices and trends
• Drive key technical deliverables for the larger Communications organization

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level