Staff Software Engineer, Marketplaces & Intelligence Data and AI

About the Role

Supply & Competitive Intelligence sits at the intersection of Data/AI and Airbnb’s competitive strategy. As part of this team, you will build systems that give Airbnb a real-time, comprehensive view of the global travel market — how competitors price, list, and supply their inventory across every market we operate in. Your work will feed ML models and data products that directly inform pricing strategy, supply growth, and product decisions for hundreds of millions of guests and hosts around the world.

We are looking for a data-focused Staff Backend Engineer to help build the next generation of these systems. You will set technology and implementation strategy and work with a wide range of cross-functional partners.

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

Qualifications

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

Location Eligibility

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. You must live in a state where Airbnb, Inc. has a registered entity.