Airbnb was born in 2007 when two Hosts welcomed three guests to their San Francisco home, and has since grown to over 4 million Hosts who have welcomed more than 1 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:

The Partner Ecosystem Team is building a platform to integrate and partner with smart locks. Our team’s goal is to deliver a magical experience for guests from the start by making checking-in easier, while also creating tools to help Hosts manage their check-ins.

We partner with various third-party lock companies across the world, and many engineering teams across Airbnb.

The Difference You Will Make:

As a Senior Software Engineer on the Partner Ecosystem team, you will:

• Design, implement, and maintain backend services that interact with third party vendors to help make a guest’s trip experience seamless
• Work with third-party vendors to help them meet Airbnb’s technical standards
• Nurture a culture of technical quality from design, through code review, to production operations
• Mentor and provide technical guidance to junior and peer engineers in developing their technical and collaboration skills
• Identify and propose solutions to problems coming in the way of technical and product engineering excellence

Your Expertise:

• 5+ years of software engineering experience
• Bachelor’s and/or Master’s degree, or equivalent experience
• Experience designing scalable and resilient service-oriented architectures 
• Previous experience working with third party API’s is a plus
• Good judgment in making tradeoffs to balance short-term business needs with long-term technical quality
• Strong understanding of how deep backend systems are expressed in the UX shown to customers
• Ability to evaluate technical approaches and design product solutions to solve real-world problems.
• Ability to drive alignment, manage projects and effectively collaborate with stakeholders.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to work well within a team and with teams across the engineering organization

Your Location:

This position is US - Remote Eligible. The role may include occasional work at an Airbnb office or attendance at offsites, as agreed to with your manager. While the position is Remote Eligible, you must live in a location where Airbnb, Inc. has a registered entity. Click here for the up-to-date list of excluded states. This list is continuously evolving, so please check back with us if the state you live in is on the exclusion list. If your position is employed by another Airbnb entity, your recruiter will inform you what states you are eligible to work from. 

Our Commitment To Inclusion & Belonging:

Airbnb is committed to working with the broadest talent pool possible. We believe diverse ideas foster innovation and engagement, and allow us to attract creatively-led people, and to develop the best products, services and solutions. All qualified individuals are encouraged to apply.

We strive to also provide a disability inclusive application and interview process. If you are a candidate with a disability and require reasonable accommodation in order to submit an application, please contact us at: reasonableaccommodations@airbnb.com. Please include your full name, the role you’re applying for and the accommodation necessary to assist you with the recruiting process. 

We ask that you only reach out to us if you are a candidate whose disability prevents you from being able to complete our online application. 

How We'll Take Care of You:

Our job titles may span more than one career level. The actual base pay is dependent upon many factors, such as: training, transferable skills, work experience, business needs and market demands. The base pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future. This role may also be eligible for bonus, equity, benefits, and Employee Travel Credits.