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Staff Backend Engineer – Hosting Services

Backend EngineerSoftware EngineerFull TimeRemoteTeam 5,001-10,000Since 2007H1B SponsorCompany Site LinkedIn

Location

United States

Posted

31 days ago

Salary

$204K - $255K / year

Bachelor Degree9 yrs expEnglish

Job Description

• Lead the development and refinement of major subsystems powering the hosting services systems • Develop new and refined product features • Support day-to-day operations • Identify patterns and build systems and patterns to streamline development • Perform and present technical & product deep dives to relevant stakeholders • Engage in strategic planning • Nurture a culture of technical quality from design, through code review, to production operations • Mentor other engineers in developing their technical and collaboration skills • Collaborate with product, engineering, data science, data engineering, UX and numerous platform teams within Airbnb

Job Requirements

9+ years of relevant software development industry experience in a fast-paced tech environment
Expertise with backend systems in large-scale service-oriented architectures
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
End-to-end mentality that transcends team boundaries and helps find globally optimal solutions
Excellent communication skills and the ability to work well within a team and with teams across the engineering organization
Passionate about efficiency, availability, system quality and user experience.