Senior Payments Platform Engineer — Scale & Reliability

airbnb, Inc.; Northern (KY); Híbrido; USD 196 000 - 227 000; Tempo integral

Resumo da oferta

Airbnb is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for the Payments Platform in the United States. You will design and build scalable, observable backend services that handle large transaction volumes and connect guest payments to host payouts across Airbnb's global marketplace.

You will collaborate with product managers, data scientists, and operations to translate evolving business needs into robust features, from ideation through testing and rollout, while driving code quality, testing, and

Qualificações

• 5+ years of backend software engineering experience, ideally in Payments or Fintech.
• Experience with architectural patterns of large, high‑scale web applications, such as well‑designed APIs, high‑volume data pipelines, and efficient algorithms.
• Commitment to code quality, automated testing, and engineering best practices.
• Strong communication skills and attention to detail, with experience collaborating in cross‑functional teams.
• Ability to make data‑driven decisions and clearly articulate technical tradeoffs.
• Bachelor's and/or Master's degree, preferably in CS, or equivalent experience.

Responsabilidades

• Design and build service‑oriented, modular, observable backend systems with well‑defined APIs.
• Partner with product managers, data scientists, and operations to turn evolving business needs into product features.
• Take features from ideation through planning, scoping, implementation, and experimental A/B testing.
• Set up and tune monitoring and alerting to raise the quality and reliability of our systems.
• Write high‑quality, well‑tested code and review others' code to uphold engineering best practices.
• Work with other engineering teams across Airbnb to improve our engineering process and technical foundation.

Conhecimentos

Backend engineering

Payments/Fintech

APIs

Automated testing

Cross-functional collaboration

Data-driven decisions

Formação académica

CS degree

Descrição da oferta de emprego

Airbnb is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for the Payments Platform in the United States. You will design and build scalable, observable backend services that handle large transaction volumes and connect guest payments to host payouts across Airbnb's global marketplace.

You will collaborate with product managers, data scientists, and operations to translate evolving business needs into robust features, from ideation through testing and rollout, while driving code quality, testing, and