This role is designed for a heavyweight Backend Engineer with over 10 years of experience who thrives at the intersection of product development and data infras
Work type: onsite
Location: United States
Salary: $204,000 – $255,000/yr
Type: Full-time
This role is designed for a heavyweight Backend Engineer with over 10 years of experience who thrives at the intersection of product development and data infrastructure. The ideal candidate has a proven track record of leading high-impact user-centric products and feels at home working alongside ML engineers to turn complex data into actionable tools for hosts. You should be a technical strategist who is just as comfortable prototyping new ideas as you are mentoring junior developers and driving architectural excellence. While the listing mentions "Mid-level" seniority, the 10+ year requirement and "Staff" title indicate a high-level leadership position with a competitive salary range of $204k - $255k. A major highlight is the flexibility; despite being listed as US-based, it is **Remote-Eligible** in most states. You’ll also enjoy unique perks like Employee Travel Credits, equity, and the chance to influence the core marketplace of a global brand. **You might be a good fit if you:** * Have 10+ years of experience building and scaling high-traffic backend systems. * Enjoy collaborating with ML teams to integrate AI-driven solutions into user-facing products. * Are comfortable navigating large-scale data pipelines and API architectures. * Want a remote-friendly role that still offers deep cross-functional influence on product strategy.
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 Community You Will Join:
Airbnb is powered by our Host and Guest communities. Our teams work on everything from driving improvements for the end-to-end Host and Guest experience to launching new product verticals from the ground up. Our job is to build world-class, comprehensive platforms and features to create high-quality experiences for our outstanding community of Hosts and Guests.
Listings and Host Tools Data and AI (LHT-DnA) team is one of the 4 teams of the Marketplace-DnA org: The LHT-DnA team supports host personalization products and provides data driven solutions to achieve superior host experience on Airbnb. These products include but are not limited to managing your space (MYS), host quality standards etc. We own data pipelines and ML models and will build services for serving that are used in the above areas.
The Difference You Will Make:
Marketplaces Data and AI team work on components related to users, listings and marketplace which are foundational to Airbnb, and the quality of their data is critical to the success of our products and business. To strengthen our data foundation and unlock greater value from our data and machine learning models.
We are looking for a data-focused Staff Backend Engineer to help us craft the next generation of tools for Airbnb hosts. As a Staff Engineer, you will help drive the technology and implementation strategy to directly help hosts run their business day-to-day, proactively engaging with a wide range of teams and cross-functional partners to achieve your goals.
A typical day:
This position is US - Remote Eligible. The role may include occasional work at an Airbnb office or attendance at offsites, as agreed to with your manager. While the position is Remote Eligible, you must live in a state where Airbnb, Inc. has a registered entity. [Click here for the up-to-date list of excluded states. This list is continuously evolving, so please check back with us if the state you live in is on the exclusion list](https://careers.airbnb.com/) . If your position is employed by another Airbnb entity, your recruiter will inform you what states you are eligible to work from.
Our Commitment To Inclusion & Belonging:
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.
We strive to also provide a disability inclusive application and interview process. If you are a candidate with a disability and require reasonable accommodation in order to submit an application, please contact us at: [reasonableaccommodations@airbnb.com](mailto:reasonableaccommodations@airbnb.com). Please include your full name, the role you’re applying for and the accommodation necessary to assist you with the recruiting process.
We ask that you only reach out to us if you are a candidate whose disability prevents you from being able to complete our online application.
How We'll Take Care of You:
Our job titles may span more than one career level. The actual base pay is dependent upon many factors, such as: training, transferable skills, work experience, business needs and market demands. The base pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future. This role may also be eligible for bonus, equity, benefits, and Employee Travel Credits.
Pay Range
$204,000—$255,000 USD