Senior Software Engineer, App Foundation (Backend) at Airbnb

This role is for a seasoned backend engineer with at least five years of experience who thrives on building the plumbing that makes high-traffic apps actually work. You are the right fit if you have spent years working with Java or Kotlin and love the challenge of optimizing data pipelines and APIs to shave milliseconds off request times for millions of users. **What makes it worth a look...** The primary draw is the genuine remote flexibility combined with a high salary floor and a compensation package that includes equity and employee travel credits. You get to work on foundational systems that impact every guest and host on the platform without being tied to a specific office hub. **You might be a good fit if you...** * Have deep experience scaling distributed systems using Java, Kotlin, or C++. * Know how to profile services to fix bottlenecks in databases and caching layers. * Prefer building reusable frameworks and "paved paths" rather than just shipping one-off features. * Can self-serve on data analysis to prove your architectural changes actually improved performance.