iOS Developer

Airbnb; Albuquerque (NM); Hybrid; USD 97,000 - 134,000; Full time

Job summary

Airbnb, Inc. in Albuquerque, NM seeks a senior engineer to help shape the next generation of our platform. The hybrid role offers a salary of up to $134,000 per year, with autonomy to run your own projects and a team invested in your development.

You will lead a Node.js rewrite, optimize cloud infrastructure, and harden cultural awareness systems while addressing legacy code debt. Expect growth from senior to ownership as you mentor and contribute across Linux-based stacks.

Qualifications

• Senior-level judgment on when to scale or absorb.
• Ability to meet a clear senior bar.
• Reliability to work without micromanagement.
• Ownership of company resources and budgets.
• Calm under the small-but-mighty chaos of a senior role.

Responsibilities

• Ship the Node.js team-oriented rewrite that pays down years of Airbnb technical debt.
• Trim Airbnb's cloud bill by right-sizing the Stakeholder Management infrastructure in Albuquerque, NM.
• Stress-test Cultural Awareness systems until they bend, then harden where they cracked.
• Profile and refactor legacy code to reduce technical debt over time.
• Troubleshoot and resolve production incidents across Linux-based applications.
• Apply Cultural Awareness and Linux to solve fast-moving engineering challenges.
• Architect fault-tolerant distributed systems leveraging Node.js and Linux.
• Ship Flask fixes to Airbnb customers in Albuquerque, NM the same day they report them.

Skills

Senior judgment

Ownership mindset

Calm under pressure

Reliability

Independent contributor

Tools

Node.js

Flask

Linux

Cloud infrastructure

Job description

Help Airbnb engineer the next generation of our platform, one well-tested Cultural Awareness commit at a time. This hybrid opening offers $97,000 - $134,000, the autonomy to run your own projects, and a team invested in your development.

Key Responsibilities

• Ship the Node.js team-oriented rewrite that pays down years of Airbnb technical debt
• Trim Airbnb's cloud bill by right-sizing the Stakeholder Management infrastructure in Albuquerque, NM
• Stress-test Cultural Awareness systems until they bend, then harden where they cracked
• Profile and refactor legacy code to reduce technical debt over time
• Troubleshoot and resolve production incidents across Linux-based applications
• Apply Cultural Awareness and Linux to solve fast-moving engineering challenges
• Architect fault-tolerant distributed systems leveraging Node.js and Linux
• Ship Flask fixes to Airbnb customers in Albuquerque, NM the same day they report them

What You'll Bring

• Senior-caliber judgment about when to upscale and when to absorb
• Comfort being measured against a clear senior bar
• The reliability that lets a manager stop checking in
• The kind of ownership that treats the company's money like your own
• Calm under the small-but-mighty chaos a senior role tends to generate

Airbnb took a tired corner of the technology world and rebuilt it, brick by brick, from a small office in Albuquerque, NM. Our team in NM keeps a running list of what we'd do differently, and we actually act on it.

Here you earn $97,000 - $134,000 while a dedicated mentor helps you grow from senior into ownership, all wrapped in benefits worth keeping.

We bumped this posting hours ago because the role is still very much open.

Let the Airbnb team in Albuquerque, NM meet the person behind the Flask on your resume.