Remote Staff Backend Engineer, Host Pricing & Availability

airbnb, Inc.; United States; On-site; USD 190,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Airbnb seeks a Staff Backend Engineer to lead the Host Pricing & Availability backend, shaping scalable systems that power pricing, calendar management, and host tooling. You will own technical strategy, mentor senior engineers, and collaborate with product, design, and data science to deliver high-impact features.

You will architect APIs, data pipelines, and services for reliability and performance, balancing long-term quality with immediate business needs in a fast-growing marketplace.

Qualifications

• 9+ years of engineering experience with a BS/MS or PhD in CS or similar.
• Proven track record of leading teams and setting technical strategy.
• Expertise with backend systems in large-scale service-oriented architectures.
• Experience influencing cross-functional partners and engineering teams.
• Strong judgment balancing short-term business needs with long-term technical quality.
• Excellent communication and cross-team collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Architect and lead the technical strategy for pricing and availability backend systems, ensuring APIs, services, and data pipelines are robust today and evolve with business needs.
• Lead 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 long-term backend system architecture within Host Pricing organization.
• Champion engineering excellence by establishing architectural standards and mentoring senior engineers.

Skills

Team leadership

Backend systems

Cross-functional collaboration

System design

Problem solving

Debugging in production

Communication skills

Education

BS/MS or PhD in CS or related field

Job description

Airbnb seeks a Staff Backend Engineer to lead the Host Pricing & Availability backend, shaping scalable systems that power pricing, calendar management, and host tooling. You will own technical strategy, mentor senior engineers, and collaborate with product, design, and data science to deliver high-impact features.

You will architect APIs, data pipelines, and services for reliability and performance, balancing long-term quality with immediate business needs in a fast-growing marketplace.