Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Airbnb is a global platform enabling hosts to offer stays and experiences that help guests connect with communities worldwide. The Staff Software Engineer will drive the architectural direction and implementation of large-scale Payments Compliance systems, including compliance experiences, regulatory screening, and auditing controls, while leading technical alignment and mentoring engineers.
Responsibilities
- Lead the development and refinement of systems powering compliance
- Partner with technical leaders inside and outside of Compliance to design and build the Compliance systems that are service-oriented, configurable, auditable and efficiently leverage existing Airbnb capabilities
- Work closely with Product, Design, Policy, Operations and other cross-functional partners as part of a globally distributed team, to define and ship impactful features
- Partner with other engineering teams in Airbnb to serve our users holistically
- Lead and mentor engineers, both inside and outside your immediate team, in building solutions and developing skills
- Advocate for and participate in efforts to advance Airbnb’s engineering processes and technical foundations. Drive systemic improvements by identifying patterns to streamline development, reduce toil and increase technical quality and operational excellence over time
Skills
- 9+ years of industry experience in a fast paced tech environment
- BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent work experience
- You have excellent communication skills and the ability to work well within a team and with teams across the engineering organization
- You are a strong problem solver and have led a team that is on-call for production systems before
- Technical leadership: hands on experience leading project teams and setting technical direction and strategy
- Proficiency in one or more back-end server languages (Java/Ruby/Go/C++/etc.)
- Experience with HTML, CSS and modern Javascript frameworks such as React
- Exposure to architectural patterns of high-scale web and data applications
- Be future looking - we might be focused on immediate regulations, but need to build for the long term
- End-to-end ownership mentality that transcends team boundaries
- 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
- Nice to have: Prior knowledge of Regulatory Compliance standards and experience in implementing those controls
Benefits
- This role may also be eligible for bonus, equity, benefits, and Employee Travel Credits.
- US - Remote Eligible
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