Airbnb
Senior Software Engineer, Payments Transaction Risk
San Francisco, CA · Senior
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About the 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.
- Your Location: This position is US - Remote Eligible.
Nice to have
- Focusing on continuous monitoring and alerting to uplevel the quality and observability of our risk systems.
- Collaborating with other engineering teams across Airbnb to advance our engineering process and technical foundation.
- 5+ years of relevant industry experience (Payments/Fintech) as a backend software engineer.
- Proficient in at least one major programming language (preferably Java/Kotlin/Python).
- Experience in React (or any equivalent JS library) would be nice to have.
- Passion for delivering products end-to-end, from ideation through planning and scoping to implementation and experimental A/B testing.
- Rigor in high code quality, automated testing, and other engineering best practices.
- Outstanding communication and interpersonal skills and detail oriented.
Company info
- The Difference You Will Make: We are looking for talented and self-motivated Senior Software Engineers who are passionate about working in this highly dynamic domain and collaborating with world-class XFN teams to advance our mission.
- We strive to also provide a disability inclusive application and interview process.
- Reasonable Accommodations: We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations throughout the recruitment process for applicants with disabilities.
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