Staff GenAI Backend Engineer — Remote (ARC)

Praxy; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 204,000 - 255,000; Full time

Job summary

Airbnb is seeking a Staff GenAI Backend Engineer to drive backend programs for intelligent agent matching and routing across channels. You will own routing infrastructure, ensure high availability, and mentor engineers while collaborating with product, data science, and partner teams.

The role emphasizes designing scalable systems, AI prompt effectiveness, and maintaining architectural discipline in a fast‑paced environment. Remote‑eligible with US residency required.

Qualifications

• 9+ years of software development experience in service-oriented architectures.
• Experience designing scalable backend systems and routing infrastructures.
• Expertise in prompt engineering for AI/LLM scenarios.
• Knowledge of RAG patterns, memory routing, and agent planning.
• Strong collaboration across product, design, data science, and operations.

Responsibilities

• Lead engineering delivery on strategic GenAI backend programs for routing and differentiated service.
• Own and evolve core routing infrastructure, with high availability and scalability.
• Mentor junior engineers and drive architectural decisions and code quality.
• Participate in on-call rotations, incident response, and post-mortems.
• Collaborate cross-regionally to align routing capabilities and drive consistency.

Skills

Backend development

Service‑oriented architectures

Workflow optimization

Prompt engineering

RAG patterns

Memory routing

Agent planning

Distributed systems

Agile development

Cross-team collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Master’s/PhD preferred

Job description

Airbnb is seeking a Staff GenAI Backend Engineer to drive backend programs for intelligent agent matching and routing across channels. You will own routing infrastructure, ensure high availability, and mentor engineers while collaborating with product, data science, and partner teams.

The role emphasizes designing scalable systems, AI prompt effectiveness, and maintaining architectural discipline in a fast‑paced environment. Remote‑eligible with US residency required.