Job Title: Backend Software Engineer

Company Name: Airbnb

Job Details: $157-180.6kGraphQLJavaKotlinMid,and,Senior,levelRemote,from,USMore,information,about,location

Job Url: https://app.welcometothejungle.com/jobs/VUc2ds4b?theme=newly-added

Job Description: Role
Who you are
4+ years of software engineering experience
Developing backend applications and APIs in Java
Working in distributed systems & microservice architectures
Service monitoring and alerting techniques
Product sense to balance technical and product requirements to develop quality experiences for users
Collaboration skills with cross functional and non-technical partners
Willing to embrace challenges and changes with a positive attitude
Nice to have: Experience working in with GraphQL, Kotlin, Thrift IDL, and server driven architectures
What the job involves
Airbnb’s Storefronts team is responsible for the front-door to Airbnb’s guest product experience. The team aims to help users efficiently navigate Airbnb’s app and site, introduce new offerings on Airbnb’s global travel platform, and inspire users to discover the world with Airbnb. The team works on high impact surfaces across Airbnb’s homepage and search pages
The team is highly collaborative with its partners in design, product, and data science to deliver features and experiences used by millions of people. We also work closely with other engineering teams on systems that enable engineers to: develop more efficiently; create improvements that make the product more performant and extensible; and build technical architectures that are scalable and robust
Deliver useful, personalized new features for Airbnb’s homepage; enabling guests around the world to find places to stay and more on Airbnb
Support new, growing products on Airbnb’s global platform like Airbnb Experiences and Services
Contribute to technical improvements that make the team’s products higher quality and increase the team’s velocity
Develop new APIs to power interfaces that enable users to navigate and discover new Airbnb products
Contribute to improving performance and robustness of backend services and architecture powering Airbnb’s homepage & search alongside other search product engineering teams
Contribute to development of new product features and experiences with a cross-discipline group of engineers
Use AI tools to develop new features for Airbnb’s guests and tools for the Airbnb team to move faster
Work closely with cross functional partners in design, product, marketing, and data science to bring new features from design to production

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Top investors

25% employee growth in 12 months

Glassdoor (4.1)

Trustpilot (1.3)

Company
Company benefits
Paid volunteer time
Health food and snacks
Generous parental and family leave
Learning and development
Annual travel and experiences credit

Funding (last 2 of 10 rounds)

Apr 2020

$500m
GROWTH EQUITY VC

Mar 2017

$447.8m
SERIES F

Total funding: $3.8bn

Our take

When Airbnb was originally founded, the product helped customers book air mattresses on people's apartment floors. Since then, Airbnb has had over a billion customers hosted through its platform. With more than 4 million registered hosts worldwide, it has grown into a major player in the hospitality sector.
Airbnb has been successful in disrupting the traditional holiday lettings sector. Before it existed accommodation was limited to hotels and bed and breakfasts, but Airbnb has mainstreamed the idea of renting out spare rooms or even entire homes. It has created a new sector of hosts purchasing properties to rent out on the platform and provides a level of flexibility and a range of offerings not previously possible for travelers.

Perhaps a victim of its own success, by 2022 supply of Airbnb-listed properties began to outstrip demand in some markets, as hosts overestimated the appetite for domestic travel. However, the company is still posting strong financials and has unveiled new tools to support its hosts in a tougher rental market. With a healthy bottom line and a huge user base, Airbnb is very likely to overcome the current market turbulence and continue its growth.

Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle