Airbnb

Staff Backend Engineer - Ads Platform

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3 months ago
Remote, United StatesStaff+
H1B sponsor

Base Salary

$212k - $265k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Set technical direction and make architecture decisions for systems that generate creatives, optimize bids and budgets, and manage audiences across paid channels
  • Write and review code while establishing engineering standards for quality, availability, and system health
  • Partner with Marketing, Product, and Design to translate growth objectives into platform capabilities and human-in-the-loop controls
  • Advance the AI-assisted, agentic, and autonomous roadmap through experimentation and staged rollout
  • Mentor engineers through design reviews and technical guidance
  • Collaborate with ML/AI and data platform teams on models and signals for campaign optimization and integrate with Airbnb’s core product

Requirements

  • 9+ years of experience in a hands-on software engineering role
  • Bachelor’s or master’s degree, preferably in computer science, or equivalent experience
  • Experience leading project teams, setting technical direction and strategy, and mentoring engineers
  • Experience defining product or technical strategy and driving alignment with cross-functional leaders and stakeholders
  • Strong focus on efficiency, availability, technical quality, and system quality
  • Strong communication and collaboration skills across teams, departments, and leadership
  • Hands-on experience with paid advertising platforms such as Meta or Google is a bonus

Benefits

  • US remote eligible, with occasional office work or offsites as agreed with the manager
  • May be eligible for bonus, equity, benefits, and Employee Travel Credits

Categories

AI ApplicationsBackendGrowth Engineering
Airbnb

About Airbnb

10,000+ employees

Airbnb operates a global online marketplace that connects hosts offering homes, rooms, and unique properties with travelers seeking short-term stays and experiences. The company earns revenue primarily through service fees on bookings; founded in 2007 and headquartered in San Francisco, it is a public company on NASDAQ (ABNB) with over 5 million hosts and guest arrivals recorded in nearly every country.

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