Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Airbnb, founded in 2007, has evolved into a platform with over 5 million hosts and 2 billion guest arrivals globally. They are seeking a data-focused Staff Backend Engineer to enhance tools for hosts, collaborating with cross-functional teams to improve APIs and architecture while driving technical strategies and mentoring junior engineers.

Responsibilities

• Work with product and ML engineers to explore problem spaces and devise solutions to customer problems
• Prototype new ideas and influence the product strategy
• Proactively collaborate with other engineering teams to develop an iterative plan to improve our APIs and architecture
• Collaborate with other product engineers and partners to develop backend to support data and AI solutions
• Create technical and execution strategies for new projects and drive hands-on implementation of those solutions
• Identify areas for improvement and champion the adoption of best practices in product development, engineering architecture, and testing
• Perform technical design reviews and code reviews
• Mentor and grow more junior engineers

Skills

• 10+ years industry experience
• You have experience leading teams, setting technical direction, building & launching high-impact user-facing products
• You have experience influencing partners such as designers and product managers as well as other engineering teams
• You are excited to ideate, prototype new ideas, and influence product direction
• You have excellent communication skills and the ability to work well within a team and across engineering teams
• You have demonstrated an ability to mentor and grow more junior engineers, set and drive best practices

Benefits

• Bonus
• Equity
• Benefits
• Employee Travel Credits

Company Overview

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