Senior Software Engineer, Host Platforms & Access

About this role

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.


The difference you will make
The Host Platforms & Access team is dedicated to accelerating value delivery to Airbnb Hosts. We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer to help us accelerate this mission by systematically identifying, extracting, and generalizing core functionality across host pricing, availability, and guidance systems. We architect robust platforms and unified APIs that simplify development, eliminate fragmentation, clarify boundaries, and enable rapid innovation and seamless integration across Host Pricing & Settings domains for internal teams, external partners, and client surfaces.


As a Senior Engineer, you will sit at the center of the Host Pricing & Settings org, acting as a force multiplier by bridging all key business domains - pricing, availability, and guidance - with unified, industry-leading platforms and APIs.


A typical day

• Build scalable platforms and APIs that enable faster delivery of product features within the Host Pricing and Settings organization
• Work with product and design partners to explore problem spaces and devise solutions to customer problems
• Consolidate logic across multiple systems to improve efficiency and maintainability.
• Identify areas for improvement and champion the adoption of best practices in product development, engineering, architecture, and testing.
• Follow data-driven approaches to find inefficiencies in the build/test/deploy pipeline

Your expertise

• 6+ years of experience with a BS/Masters or 4+ years with a PhD
• Experience building & launching high-impact systems
• 3 years of experience with design and arch...