Senior Software Engineer, Guest & Host

Bengaluru - India

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 20 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Senior Software Engineer Guest & Host

Airbnb is a mission-driven company dedicated to helping create a world where anyone can belong anywhere. It takes a unified team committed to our core values to achieve this goal. Airbnbs various functions embody the companys innovative spirit and our fast-moving team is committed to leading as a 21st century company.

The Host ops tooling team focuses on creating tools and services that support home-sharing and our community of hosts in the larger ecosystem with internal & external stakeholders. We do this by partnering with those stakeholders to create win-win solutions that support our community and benefit society at large.

The team is developing a supply moderation platform that allows us to offer product solutions to 1000 Operation specialists around the world that are based on our policy objectives. Our long-term goal is to be able to launch a solution in any city with minimal to no engineering effort.

To accomplish these goals we work closely with Legal Data Science and Operations colleagues. This invigorating cross-functional partnership is a defining element of software engineering on the team one that maximizes the impact of the products we build and contributes to Airbnbs leading position in the home-sharing economy. If you are passionate about using technology to make a positive impact on the world this is the right team for you!

What Youll Do

As a Senior Software Engineer on the Host ops tooling team your work will directly contribute to one of the most potent elements of Airbnbs commitment to operate as a 21st-century company by enabling us to strengthen partner with and earn the trust of the communities we serve. The Ops Tooling team is part of the Guest & Host organization and supports the Hosting Supply team by developing tools and automation for supply onboarding curation labeling and vetting. The Senior Engineer will work closely with cross-functional partners on Host Ops tooling focusing on server-side development data management and system integration. Their responsibilities include creating robust backend systems to automate and reduce manual tasks. Additionally they will design scalable systems and data pipelines and collaborate with AI/ML teams to implement algorithms that enhance analytics and content classification.

You will work with a team of talented passionate mission-driven developers and a diverse set of partners and stakeholders across product design data science policy operations and legal disciplines.

Your contributions will take a variety of forms including:

Building a long-term moderation platform with well-defined APIs that is service-oriented modular granular observable configurable and efficient
Creating highly-automated auditable access-controlled tools for Airbnb compliance managers to address off-platform compliance issues
Designing intuitive experiences for hosts that make it simple for them to learn about and comply with the Airbnbs policies

What Youll Need to Succeed

6 years of full-time work experience in software engineering information technology or a related domain
Bachelors or Masters degree in computer science or equivalent experience
Passion for delivering products end-to-end from ideation through planning and scoping to implementation and experimental A/B testing
Proficiency in one or more back-end server languages (Java/Ruby/C#/C/etc.)
Expertise in popular storage systems such as relational or noSQL databases
Ability to write high-performance production-quality code
Willingness to work across the stack to address technical challenges anywhere in the system
Experience in designing and building large-scale production systems
Knowledge of SOA (service-oriented architecture) design patterns
Success at mentoring others and leading by example
Strong written and verbal communication skills
Attention to detail bias for action and the ability to tackle ambiguous problems
Desire to work collaboratively in cross-functional teams with design product data science policy operations and legal partners

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Senior Software Engineer Guest & HostAirbnb is a mission-driven company dedicated to helping create a world where anyone can belong anywhere. It takes a unified team committed to our core values to achieve this goal. Airbnbs various functions embody the companys innovative spirit and our fast-moving...