A Staff Backend Engineer, Host Pricing & Availability Airbnb via Greenhouse Remote - USA Software engineering View role

Nubeero Limited; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 212,000 - 265,000; Full time

Job summary

Airbnb is seeking a Staff Engineer to drive the technical strategy for Host Pricing and Availability. You will architect scalable backend systems, lead the delivery of pricing products, and collaborate with Product, Design, and Data Science to align architecture with business goals.

You will mentor engineers, establish architectural standards, and guide the evolution of critical services and data pipelines to support growth and reliability.

Qualifications

• 9+ years of engineering experience with a CS degree or higher.
• Proven track record of leading teams and launching high-impact features.
• Expertise with backend systems in large-scale service-oriented architectures.
• Experience influencing cross-functional partners and engineering teams.
• Excellent communication and cross-team collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Architect and lead the technical strategy for pricing backend systems and data pipelines.
• Lead development and optimization of core pricing and availability products.
• Collaborate with product engineers to develop host pricing functionality and calendar tools.
• Contribute to long-term backend architecture within Host Pricing.
• Mentor senior engineers to elevate the team's technical maturity.

Skills

Leadership

Technical strategy

Backend systems

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication

Problem solving

Education

BS/MS/PhD in CS or related field

Job description

Airbnb was born in 2007 when two hosts welcomed three guests to their San Francisco home, and has since grown to over 5 million hosts who have welcomed over 2 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 Host Pricing & Availability team builds the platform and tools that empower hosts to manage their business effectively. We help Airbnb hosts set competitive prices by providing market intelligence, comparable listing data, and demand signals. Additionally, we build advanced tools for seamless calendar management. As a critical component of Airbnb's business and a pillar of trust within our host community, we partner with the Search, Listings, Tax, and Payments teams to ensure accuracy and consistency across our pricing systems.

The Difference You Will Make

As a Staff Engineer on the Host Pricing and Availability team, you will drive the technical strategy and delivery of Airbnb's pricing product roadmap. You will collaborate cross-functionally with Product, Design, and Data Science to architect scalable solutions with clear domain boundaries, while continuously enhancing the performance, efficiency, and impact of our end-to-end architecture.

A Typical Day

• Architect and lead the technical strategy for our pricing and availability backend systems, ensuring APIs, services, and data pipelines are robust today and evolve alongside business needs.
• Lead the development and optimization of Airbnb's core pricing and availability products.
• Collaborate with product engineers and cross-functional partners to develop new host pricing functionality and calendar management tools.
• Contribute to the long-term backend system architecture within the Host Pricing organization.
• Champion engineering excellence by establishing architectural standards and mentoring senior engineers to elevate the organization's technical maturity.

Your Expertise

• 9+ years of engineering experience with a BS/MS or PhD in CS or similar
• Proven track record of leading teams, setting technical strategy, and launching high-impact product features
• Expertise with backend systems in large-scale service-oriented architectures.
• Experience influencing cross-functional partners and engineering teams.
• Good judgment in making tradeoffs to balance short-term business needs with long-term technical quality.
• Excellent communication and cross-team collaboration skills.
• Strong problem-solving and production debugging abilities.

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: [e-mail] . 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.

Pay Range

$212,000 — $265,000 USD

Reasonable Accommodations: We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations throughout the recruitment process for applicants with disabilities. If you need assistance, or an accommodation, please let your recruiter know once you are contacted about a role.