Senior Staff Software Engineer, Payments
Airbnb
Remote - Bangalore, IndiaremotePosted 1 month ago
Skill Required
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Key highlights
- Required experience: 15+ years in a hands-on software engineering role
- Role is India - Remote (eligible anywhere within India)
- Focus on designing systems that harness various AI advancements
- Player-coach role with hands-on engineering and mentorship responsibilities
- Bachelor's and/or Master's degree, preferably in CS, or equivalent experience required
Role overview
Airbnb's Payments organization is responsible for everything related to settling money in Airbnb's global marketplace and making the Payment experience as delightful, magical, intuitive, and easy as possible. As a Senior Staff Software Engineer for Payments, you will provide overarching guardrails on the evolution of the architecture with a special focus on Community Partner experiences, catering to evolving business needs and coaching other engineers on the team.
Responsibilities
- Provide overarching guardrails on the evolution of the architecture with special focus on Community Partner experiences, catering to evolving business needs and coaching other engineers on the team.
- Envision and design decision support systems, knowledge management systems as well as workflow orchestration systems that can harness various AI advancements.
- Define and drive the architecture strategy, work on cross-functional teams to align on organizational initiatives, set standards and help in governance.
- Be a player-coach; be hands-on when a situation arises (player mode) and hands-off where there is opportunity for other engineers to grow and gain experience (coach mode).
- Collaborate with other senior leaders to define and drive long-term technical strategy and architecture that enables the company's future vision.
- Establish a technical vision and lead efforts to architect, build, and launch reliable, performant, and scalable solutions.
- Be a critic for existing and new technologies, providing a balanced view of the technology landscape and nurture a culture of sustainable innovation.
- Collaborate with and influence cross-functional partners to design and deliver high-quality products.
- Lead multi-team technical initiatives, and work cross-functionally to identify opportunities for business impact, refine, and prioritize requirements for engineering systems.
- Lead conversations that align technical efforts with business outcomes and product priorities.
- Uplevel engineering quality through design/code reviews, mentorship, and hands-on implementation.
- Mentor and provide technical guidance to junior engineers through design reviews, code walkthroughs, and knowledge-sharing sessions, fostering a culture of knowledge sharing and continuous learning.
Requirements
- 15+ years of experience in a hands-on software engineering role.
- Bachelor's and/or Master's degree, preferably in CS, or equivalent experience.
- Experience building, leading, and architecting production systems or features with broad impact.
- Demonstrated technical leadership: hands-on experience leading project teams, setting technical direction and strategy, prototyping to iterate ideas, and working cross functionally with Product, Design and Operations teams.
- Strong communication and collaboration skills with both technical and non-technical partners, experience driving initiatives that span across teams, departments and leadership.
- Passion to level-up those around you through curiosity and fostering a collaborative and inclusive team environment.
- Proven experience in defining product/technical strategy and driving alignment with cross-functional leaders and stakeholders.
Additional details
- Airbnb was born in 2007 when two hosts welcomed three guests to their San Francisco home, and has since grown to over 5 million hosts who have welcomed over 2 billion guest arrivals in almost every country across the globe.
- Every day, hosts offer unique stays and experiences that make it possible for guests to connect with communities in a more authentic way.
- Payments is key for any healthy marketplace, and is just as central to the product at Airbnb.
- The Payments organization at Airbnb is responsible for everything related to settling money in Airbnb's global marketplace and makes the Payment experience as delightful, magical, intuitive, and easy as possible.
- The goal of the Payments team is to build and operate scalable systems that power payments ecosystems, host/guest protections as well as community partner experiences applying core engineering principles that leverage both time-tested and cutting edge technology.
- This position is India - Remote (Eligible anywhere within India). The role may include occasional work at an Airbnb office or attendance at offsites, as agreed to with your manager.
- Airbnb is committed to working with the broadest talent pool possible. We believe diverse ideas foster innovation and engagement, and allow us to attract creatively-led people, and to develop the best products, services and solutions. All qualified individuals are encouraged to apply.