Senior Staff Backend Architect, Listings & Quality (Remote)

Airbnb; United States; Remote; USD 248,000 - 310,000; Full time

Job summary

Airbnb is seeking a Senior Staff Engineer to set technical direction for the Guest & Host backend platforms, shaping APIs, data provenance, and platform contracts. You will partner with AI, Trust, and Infrastructure teams to align architecture with product goals and ensure scalable, reliable systems.

You will lead multi-year strategy for Listings and Quality, drive platformization, mentor engineers, and contribute hands-on design and code reviews to reduce operational load while maintaining high

Qualifications

• 12+ years in tech with backend and platform experience.
• 4+ years as an Architect or Staff Engineer owning large-scale systems.
• Strong product and platform judgment for platform decisions.

Responsibilities

• Set the multi-year technical strategy for Listings and Quality backend.
• Partner with AI Platform, Trust, Infrastructure, and Product teams to align architecture.
• Design APIs, data models, and data provenance for AI features.
• Drive platformization, generalization of shared capabilities, and self-service.

Skills

Distributed systems

Backend architecture

APIs design

Data modeling

Leadership / mentorship

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

Java

Kotlin

Job description

Airbnb is seeking a Senior Staff Engineer to set technical direction for the Guest & Host backend platforms, shaping APIs, data provenance, and platform contracts. You will partner with AI, Trust, and Infrastructure teams to align architecture with product goals and ensure scalable, reliable systems.

You will lead multi-year strategy for Listings and Quality, drive platformization, mentor engineers, and contribute hands-on design and code reviews to reduce operational load while maintaining high