Backend Engineer, Payments Platform

airbnb, Inc.; United States; Remote; USD 162,000 - 186,000; Full time

Job summary

Airbnb is hiring for a backend-focused software engineer to design, build, and operate distributed services that scale to new markets. You will work with the policies/coverage platform, implement experimentation hooks, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to meet regulatory and product needs.

Expect on-call rotations and a strong emphasis on data-driven reliability. Ideal candidates have 3+ years of backend experience, proficiency in Java/Kotlin/Python/Go, and solid knowledge of

Qualifications

• 3+ years of professional software engineering experience with a backend focus.
• Proficiency in at least one backend language such as Java, Kotlin, Python or Go.
• Experience building and operating services and APIs, with working knowledge of relational databases and SQL.
• Bachelor's and/or Master's degree, preferably in Computer Science, or equivalent experience.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to backend services and APIs for policy, coverage, enrollment and regional rules that scale to new markets.
• Translate product and regulatory requirements into clean, well-tested code and configurable platform behavior.
• Implement experimentation hooks, logging and metrics for testing offers and measuring attach rate.
• Partner with Product, Design, Data Science, Legal and other engineering teams to deliver high-impact work.
• Use data to find gaps in conversion and reliability, and drive fixes and improvements.
• Participate in code reviews, technical design discussions and operational improvements across the team.
• Design, build and operate distributed backend services with reliable monitoring, logging and alerting.
• Write and review code and technical designs, and apply sound engineering judgment.
• Build data pipelines and events that support analytics and experiments.
• Collaborate with infrastructure, security and privacy teams to meet high standards for data protection across regions.
• Take part in on-call rotations and help improve system reliability.

Skills

Java

Kotlin

Python

Go

Relational Databases

SQL

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Computer Science

Job description

Airbnb is hiring for a backend-focused software engineer to design, build, and operate distributed services that scale to new markets. You will work with the policies/coverage platform, implement experimentation hooks, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to meet regulatory and product needs.

Expect on-call rotations and a strong emphasis on data-driven reliability. Ideal candidates have 3+ years of backend experience, proficiency in Java/Kotlin/Python/Go, and solid knowledge of